The Architect

"The challenge for the University is to provide accessible contemporary educational and work environments which have an emphasis on being varied and rewarding spaces that respond and adapt to the ever changing needs of education in the 21st century." An extract from the aspirational brief produced by Bligh Voller Nield the architects chosen to design the new law school.

BVN is one of Australia's largest architectural practices employing over 200 people with 13 principals, 20 practice directors and 20 associates. It has offices in Melbourne, Brisbane, Sydney and Canberra.

The Design and Project Principal for the proposed Law School is BVN director Andrew Cortese. The company has appointed as its project director Rosemary Kirkby whose previous experience in workplace reform led to her appointment in 1996 as a member of the Hoare Enquiry into the Management of the Higher Education Sector. Other members of the team working directly with the faculty are Peter Titmuss and Fiona Young. BVN is no stranger to designing educational buildings. It has won awards for its work with the University of New South Wales and Sydney's University of Technology. It also designed the NAB building in Melbourne's docklands and has also worked at the Melbourne based law firm Mallesons Stephen Jaques.

BVN says, "For the design process to work optimally, we recommend a multi-disciplinary, roundtable approach, ensuring all stakeholders are engaged in an integrated process from Day 1."

Proposed Law Building Drawings (staff access only)

The attached drawings are a representative diagram of the current brief provided to BVN. They should be seen as a basis for discussion between the architects and staff, students and other stakeholders of the proposed Caulfield Project. It is intended that the drawings will evolve through ongoing dialogue and consultation between BVN and stakeholders as the direction and vision for the new Law School takes shape.

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