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Victoria University, Werribee Campus, Australia, Building, Architects, Photos
Victoria University - Werribee Campus : Architecture
Victoria University Theatre Building, Melbourne
New Lecture Theatre, Victoria University, Werribee
Michael McKenna Pty Ltd / Morgan McKenna Pty. Ltd.

Although a small building this is a powerful architecture for this
young university campus providing a value added teaching venue with;
tiered seating; flexible (flat floor) teaching area; excellent sight
lines; ideal acoustics; blackout environment; computer based audio-visual
and video projection; a comfortable environment and; has convenient
disability access. The 222-seat auditorium is first stage of a teaching/conference
facility and future remote learning.
The architecture emphasises the buildings prominence in the
small burgeoning campus. Adopting a play tall strategy
the design provides a symbolic and civic value.
The flying wing form generated three dimensionally by crease and folding
of a shoe box auditorium to proportion perspective and
evolve the interior acoustics. The flying wing recalls a fragment
from Melnikovs seminal modernist theatre for the Rusakov Factory
Workers Club, Moscow (c1927) and is a modernist form for the
lecture hall. Wrapped in banded zinc panels the surface articulation
contrasts scales; large format panels; and small envelope provides
a durable and tactile finish.
A lean-too foyer and forecourt provide a small civic space for
the university community. The foyer extrudes the ground plane up into
a canopy over a glazed entry with opaque surfaces finished in banded
(orange) alucobond panels with a smooth automotive paint finish. The
colourful motif provides a pop treatment to contrast the
campus colours.
The auditorium is air-conditioned and energy sustainability is factored
into the design. A naturally aspirated foyer is an air-lock transition
space. A high performance (lightweight) building envelope with extensive
insulation has R 4 - thermal and STC 42 - acoustic values. Concrete
floor systems provide thermal mass. All services are on an automatic
shut down operation and have automatic start-up triggered by motion
sensors.
Victoria University Building - Building Information
Architect: Michael McKenna Pty Ltd / Morgan McKenna Pty. Ltd.
Client: Victoria University of Technology, Werribee Campus
Date of Design: 1997 2000
Structural Engineer: Ove Arup & Partners
Services Engineer: Umow Lai & Associates
Acoustic Engineer: Watson Moss Growcott
Landscape Architect: Rush Wright Associates
Quantity Surveyor: Wilde Wollard Pty. Ltd.
Floor Area: 450 sq m
Structural System: Steel Frame
Principal materials: Mixture of external metal claddings; Rheinzinc;
Alucabond &; Colorbond;
Interiors linings of Plywood, Plaster and Carpet with Sebel theatre
seating;
Budget: $AUS1.75M (1999)
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