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Macquarie University Incubator

Macquarie University Incubator

MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY INCUBATOR

Macquarie Park, Australia

ARCHITECTS
Architectus

BUDGET
$5M - 10M

AREA
0 sqft - 1000 sqft

YEAR
2017

LOCATION
Macquarie Park, Australia

TYPE
Educational › University

The Macquarie University Incubator was designed to respond to the diverse and changing needs of its occupants, as well as two key aspects that informed the design of the space; a relocatable building and a short timeframe for its implementation.

Macquarie University Incubator
Macquarie University Incubator

Timber was selected as the main construction material for its capacity to be beautifully engineered, swiftly fabricated to high quality, and for its potential for future dis-assembly and relocation, with the majority of components prefabricated offsite to ensure rapid construction on site and minimal disruption to the concurrent university semester.

The resulting building was completed within five months of construction commencing.

Macquarie University Incubator
Macquarie University Incubator

A harmonious palette of materials creates a sequence of spaces that are tactile and characteristically warm.

Various timber species were used throughout, including a ceiling diaphragm of cross laminated timber, large span laminated veneer lumber beams and glulam V columns, as well as spotted gum hardwood and cork for the interior floor surfaces, and plywood for the external walls.

Macquarie University Incubator
Macquarie University Incubator

Working with partners including Lipman and StrongBuild, these materials allowed us to take an innovative approach to design, while offering potential for a very high degree of reuse should the building ever be relocated.

The Incubator was conceived as a pair of pavilions, each with flexible layouts that lend themselves to the future adaptations and functions of the start-ups inside.

Macquarie University Incubator
Macquarie University Incubator

A strong driver was the need for collaboration and interaction between individual start-ups and with each other, in addition to privacy for each start-up to operate as its own business.

With this in mind, we created open spaces and breakout areas, and smaller, private meeting rooms.


Macquarie University Incubator
Macquarie University Incubator
Macquarie University Incubator
Macquarie University Incubator
Macquarie University Incubator
Macquarie University Incubator

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