

Eastern Avenue

Eastern Avenue
Lecture and collaboration as hovering open metal box and gathering circle of brick
The lower level connects directly into the teaching facilities of the existing Carslaw Building while the top of the podium establishes a level platform aligning with Eastern Avenue—a central 'street' of the campus. The metal rectangular volume is raised on a grid of columns above the brick podium and set parallel to Eastern Avenue to strengthen and reinforce the definition of this important campus street.
The sequence of circulation has been developed to relate the occupant moving through the building to significant campus vistas and landscape. The 'window' or 'eye' of the central stair is positioned to align with the western passage to the ovals, while the end stair orientates over Victoria Park toward the city.


