Barwon Health Teaching Training & Research Centre / Billard Leece Partnership

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Architects: Billard Leece Partnership
Location: Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Client: Barwon Health Service
Area: 5,400 sqm
Construction Value: $22 million
Completion: 2010
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This project challenges the view that clinical interiors need to be limited in colour or texture.
Using a limited achromatic palette of external materials, the perception of a vibrant visceral-like interior is heightened in this integrated clinical teaching, training and research centre in Geelong, Australia.

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The project is part of the redevelopment of the Geelong Hospital site, providing facilities for Deakin University Medical School, and Barwon Health Services’ teaching, training and medical research facility.

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Rising three levels above a carpark, the building rests on a brick plinth, masking the carpark behind, and recalls the bris-soleil of the modern to give life to its street elevation.