The Awabakal people of the Awabakal Nation
NSW Regional
Regional
This ambitious adaptive re-use redevelopment project of the University of Newcastle’s Health Education Research Building transformed an existing 3,500sq.m carpark floor plate into a new state-of-the-art facility for the School of Nursing & Midwifery at the University of Newcastle. The conversion required extensive and technically complex structural strengthening of the base building structure to accommodate new functions resulting in specialist teaching and simulation laboratories, flexible learning environments tailored to evolving pedagogical models and professional and academic staff workspaces designed for collaboration and efficiency.
The project revitalised a whole level of an existing carpark under adaptive reuse principals to create the new School of Nursing and Midwifery (SoNM) Teaching Labs, Simulation Labs and Staff workspace. It consolidated and integrated the existing School of Health Sciences (SHS) on the level above the carpark with SoNM and the College Office. For the first time, it brought multiple Schools together in the one building with a view to creating a fully integrated building to foster interdisciplinary collaboration between staff and between students across disciplines with the aim to enhance the student learning experience and journey.
Holly Nyquist, Design Architect
Natalie Hancock, Interior Designer
Ben Farnsworth, Graduate of Architecture
Josh Mainey, Documentation
Joanne Hanson, Graduate of Architecture
Caroli de Villiers, Graduate of Architecture
BM+G, BCA Consultant / Certifier
Northrop, Structural & Civil
Terras Landscape Architects, Landscape Consultant
Purple Apple Access, Access consultant
RAPT Consulting, Acoustic Consultant
Liz Cameron – Belanjee, Artist
ADP, ESD, Hyd, Mech & Elec
Jensen Hughes, Fire Engineer