Vicki Sara Building (Building 7)[1] | |
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Alternative names | Science and Graduate School of Health Building UTS |
General information | |
Type | commercial |
Address | Corner of Thomas Street and Jones Street, Ultimo |
Town or city | Sydney |
Country | Australia |
Coordinates | 33°52′59″S 151°11′58″E / 33.883071°S 151.199549°E |
Completed | October 2014 |
Inaugurated | February 2015 |
Cost | $154 million (for the Thomas St Project, which also includes Alumni Green and an underground Library Retrieval System) |
Technical details | |
Floor area | Gross building area: 13,800m2
Usable floor area: 8,900m2 Six levels (including plant) + 3 underground plant and laboratory levels |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Durbach Block Jaggers in association with BVN Architecture |
Main contractor | Richard Crookes Constructions |
The UTS Vicki Sara Building, also known as the Science Faculty Building, is the building housing the Faculty of Science and the Graduate School of Health in the University of Technology Sydney in New South Wales, Australia. It is the third building to be opened under the plan for $154 million worth of structures designed by Durbach Block Jaggers (DBJ) in association with BVN Architecture constructed by Richard Crookes Constructions.[2] The building is located in the City Campus at 67 Thomas St, Ultimo. It was completed in October 2014 and opened for teaching in February 2015.[3] The building has 8 levels that provide spaces for over 1200 staff and students including teaching, learning and research facilities.[3][4]
The organic form of the building is inspired by the shapes of grove of trees. The undulatory form of the building is inflected by 700 multi-colored, box-like openings piercing the glossy off-white surface of the façade. The external cladding has been crafted from 75% recycled glass.[5]