UNSW Tyree Energy Technologies Building
The TETB will accommodate and showcase state-of-the-art and leading edge research in clean energy including photo-voltaics, carbon capture and storage.
The building is expected to be complete and ready for students in October 2011. See page 4 for further information. The anticipated construction value for the TETB is approximately $81.6 million.
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FJMT has been appointed by the University as the architect for the TETB. Their appointment was the result of a design competition to which a short-list of architects was invited from a public invitation for expression of interest.
The design intention seeks a balance and resolution of the various aspects of the brief combining functionality and flexibility in the creation of best practice environments for teaching and learning, research and workplace, with the iconic aspiration of the University’s strategic vision and goals and the potential of the important gateway site.
Further more, the design is required to respond to the University’s Campus Masterplan and Development Control Plan principles in order that a cohesive solution is achieved that accommodates the immediate needs of the TETB, while also providing a strategic and flexible facility that responds to the University’s overall long-term needs and creates a memorable and distinctive address for the Kensington Campus.
The TETB consists of five floor levels totalling approximately 15,000 square metres including a lower ground and ground floors. It incorporates administrative spaces, teaching and learning spaces, engineering workshops, engineering display spaces, a café, and research areas including laboratories.
The roof of the building will incorporate photovoltaic cells for testing of research and development work as well having the potential to contribute to the energy input requirements of the facility.
A central atrium space with access stairs and pedestrian bridges connects the floor levels through the full height of the building to increase visual and physical interconnection and enhance the collaborative nature of the design.
A six star ESD Green Star Rating from the Australian Green Building Council of Australia is targeted for the building.
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