Innovative Teaching and Learning Building at Monash University completed for start of academic year

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Mar 14, 2018

Innovative Teaching and Learning Building at Monash University completed for start of academic year

The new $225 million Learning and Teaching Building at Monash University, designed by John Wardle Architects and built by Multiplex, has been completed ahead of schedule, in time for the start of the university academic year.

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The recently completed Learning and Teaching Building at Monash University's Clayton campus.
Image: supplied.
Image: supplied.

Global builder Multiplex has completed the new $225 million Learning and Teaching Building at Monash University's Clayton campus.

The project included a new transport interchange and a state-of-the-art building featuring innovative learning spaces, and provides a new gateway into the university.

The project was designed by John Wardle Architects, with the four-storey Learning and Teaching Building providing 29,227 square metres of formal and informal learning space, and new staff workspaces. The new building will house the Faculty of Education and the Office of Learning and Teaching.

“We are delighted to continue our collaboration with Monash University with the delivery of the Learning and Teaching Building, which will provide students with truly progressive and contemporary learning spaces,” said regional managing director Victoria at Multiplex, Graham Cottam.

A key feature of the building is 'The Kiln', a series of large brick funnels suspended above the ground where students can occupy the spaces underneath. The concept was inspired by the idea of conversation pits.

Image: 'The Kiln', under which students can gather in small groups. Image supplied.

The new transport interchange will increase capacity for buses and allow for greater ease of commuting to and from the university - a facility essential to a campus that has tens of thousands of visitors daily.

The building was completed ahead of schedule and in time for the beginning of the 2018 academic year.

Multiplex completed Monash University’s $145 million student accommodation precinct last year. The project comprised of four new residential buildings, with more than 1,000 studio apartments, a retail precinct, and informal learning zones.