Northern Plaza, Monash University Clayton

designed by TCL /

Location: Australia / Melbourne / Type: Campus / Parks / Squares and Plazas / Built: 2016 /
Show on Google Maps / Published on April 3, 2017

T.C.L. – Taylor Cullity Lethlean: Contemporary universities are becoming microcosms of our cities. Open spaces are now being developed not as decorative foregrounds to buildings but to host staff, students and the wider community in myriad ways; whether it is meeting, studying, playing, exercising, partying, dining, promenading or escaping. These are social spaces serving increasing student populations, rising on-campus residents, as well as responding to a new 24 / 7 activated campus paradigm. At the heart of Monash University, Clayton is the newly minted Northern Plaza- the dynamic student hub adjacent to the Campus Centre. Under-pinning this field of student activity are layered strategies for interaction creating a curated canvas of engagement. Within a 75 x 75 metre frame Northern Plaza hosts alfresco dining under a leafy canopy, event lawns, BBQs, decks, long civic scaled study desks, informal seating, terraces and linking promenades. This dynamic strategy invites the University population to come together in an animated urban setting, where music, exercise classes, student clubs, pop ups, cinema and exhibitions, or just lounging around, further enrich the setting. A design that says the more life and activity the better!

Design: T.C.L. – Taylor Cullity Lethlean

Client: Monash University
Design Review: Monash Buildings and Property Division and Monash Design Review Panel
Location: Wellington Rd, Clayton VIC 3800
Size: 5000m2
Completion Date: 2016
Photographers: Ben Wrigley

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