Alan MacDiarmid Building
Teaching and Research Building
Victoria University of Wellington
Kelburn Campus
Wellington
For this project we worked as part of a large team for the development of the new Alan MacDiarmid Building - Teaching and Research Building at the Kelburn Campus. It was identified as a flagship project for the university and we acted as specialist laboratory consultants.
The building is for the Schools of Biological Sciences and Chemical and Physical Sciences and includes offices, and general teaching spaces. For the specialist laboratory areas we were engaged to provide design and documentation services.
The design philosophy is for the labs to be visible from other spaces within the building and for labs to be open to each other for the sharing of information and learning.
The labs have been designed so that the layout is able to be modified in the future without significant alterations to the infrastructure. Joinery units were specifically designed to incorporate all services, (including electrical) and allow for future additions to the network of services. Clean rooms are designed to be flexible to allow for changes in requirements over time.
During the project we worked very closely with the services and main architectural consultants to ensure the laboratories were fully integrated into the facility, and that particular requirements for the lab spaces were provided.
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