Vision
Co-designing a redeveloped Forestry Building
The University’s vision to redevelop the iconic Forestry building will provide spaces designed specifically for hands-on learning, collaboration and professional networking opportunities for 300 staff and 3000 students across business, law and administration. Architect Robert Morris-Nunn, who designed the award- winning restoration of the historic building in the 1990s, is thrilled that the iconic building – with its beautiful glass dome – will be restored and used as a place of learning. Seeing the building fall into disuse over the last few years has been really sad, so to know that the University is planning to restore it, and even reinstate the forest under the dome, is amazing news. “The dome was built in the 1990s, added on to an existing structure that dates back to the 1930s, and that dome has been deemed to have enough merit that it is now included in the overall heritage listing for the building. “It’s the first time anything I’ve built has been heritage listed. So it’s nice to know that legacy is now going to be preserved and given new life.”
We asked future building users what they need to deliver an outstanding learning and research experience for students and staff. The Law School told us they want to create: “A law school with a heart: human-centred spaces to create exceptional, internationally recognised law graduates” Business and University College said they want to: “Solve real problems for real people; transforming learning globally from the heart of Hobart’s CBD” Six key design principles emerged from feedback received: 1 A building that identifies with the distinctiveness of each discipline 2 A building that is welcoming and safe to students, staff and the community 3 A building that connects people and professions/industry 4 A building that supports contemporary student learning 5 A building that embraces people and their ways of working on a human scale 6 A design that recognises the importance of sustainability
Hear more in this video from Robert Morris-Nunn about the past and future vision for the Forestry building
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The restoration of the Forestry Building, by Woods Bagot Architects, is part of the University of Tasmania’s Southern Campus Transformation , relocating its premises from the current Sandy Bay Campus into the Hobart CBD.
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