This is an architecture where the structure and services are inherent, integrated and inseparable from the form, character and expression — the materiality and tectonics — as opposed to an architecture of facades, driven only by a visual interest in complex shapes and patterns.

Four key components underpin this design proposal: an optimised engineered structure; the making of a place of collaboration and community; the embedding of the pedagogical program into the making of place; and the making of an important home for engineering on this part of the St Lucia Campus.