Charles Perkins Centre University of Sydney
Photographs by John Gollings & Andrew Chung Charles Perkins Centre
University of Sydney
Project Stats:
Address Grose Farm Ln Camperdown NSW 2050 Start Date 2012 Completion Date 2013 GFA (m2) 49,500m2
Quick Facts:
• The new building comprises a structure of seven floors, plus three basement levels, and an area of approximately 49,500 square metres – almost twice the surface area of the Sydney Cricket Ground.
• Catering for 950 researchers and 1,445 undergraduate and post graduate students the Charles Perkins Centre creates a new social and educational hub for the western side of the University's campus.
• Aims to improve the diagnosis and treatment of obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease through the provision of state-of-the-art research and education facilities.
• Close to the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, the faculties of medicine, science and veterinary science,and the Centenary Institute, and adjacent to St John;s college, the centre will cater for multidisciplinary research across biomedicalsciences, bioinformatic and computational biology, and clinical research and behavioural science.
The concept of ‘motion’ is expressed by internal elements shifting or turning on each floor level. A reference to DNA profiling and biology, ‘ribbons’ are reflected by expressing key interior elements in a long linear fashion to connect circulation and interaction spaces. These ribbon elements are curved like the continuous ‘flow’ of blood in the cardiovascular system. Similar to the biology of the human body, these concepts form an integral design system.
A layered use of colour was essential in realising our design concept to animate the atrium – the social heart of the building – and aid legibility for such a large, open building. Colour distinguishes and articulates the curved forms of the various social/ interaction spaces, meeting rooms and office clusters as well as providing an individual character for each floor.
Bold white flowing 'ribbons' of the atrium edge and staircases lead to organically shaped common spaces on each floor. Set against the crisp white is a warm colour palette that adds an expression
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Modular tiling - With feature wall tiles
Modular tiling - With white wall tiles
Vinyl floor -Tiled surrounds at basin Legend Shelf at handbasins CT5 - Glennon GX07046 ST11 - Reconstituted Stone
CT2 Feature Tiles Feature Side walls Floor Vinyl RF5 - Tarkett Granite Multisafe 770 CT4 - Glennon GX07083 LM5 - Laminex - Oyster linea CT2
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CT1` CT2 Body Tile Floor Tile Toilet Partition - Front Toilet Modular tiling system CT1 - Glennon GX07046 CT2 - Glennon GX07052 LM6 - Laminex - Licorice linea CEIL2 - Plasterboard - Painted tiles Feature White - RAL 9003 Floors Walls Ceiling Fixtures & Fittings Fixtures
Charles Perkins Centre The University of Sydney Brookfield Multiplex + FJMT + BSA
Francis-Jones Morehen Thorp Level 5, 70 King Street, Sydney Level 2, 56 Hardware Lane, Melbourne www.fjmt.com.au T: 02 9251 7077 T: 03 9604 2500