University of Sydney Business School

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"With a bent for the natural environment and sustainability, the renovated center for the University of Sydney’s Business School provides a place for innovation, learning, and socialization for both its 6,000 students and the local business community. The solution was to consolidate what was previously several facilities spread out on the campus into a single, cohesive site with nine buildings oriented around historic buildings and trees.

Between each facility are deliberately designed green spaces and exterior stairways that link each building placed along the precinct’s “spine,” or the central pathway. The east-facing entry point is fashioned in a V-shape to accommodate a historical Blue Gum tree. Additionally, all the constructions are set back 11 meters from the property line to give the area the feeling of a public park.

The building is equipped with a layered façade to provide shading and thermal massing with a double-skin building envelope. Interior circulation spaces act as a buffer between the outside and periphery teaching spaces to reduce energy use for the heating and cooling systems. This asset helped meet the university’s sustainability requirements while aligning with the City of Sydney’s program.

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