PROJECT:   Chisholm Institute of TAFE

Architect:   Cox Architecture

Business Enterprise Centre - Chisholm Institue  Business Enterprise Centre Business Enterprise Centre

As part of the ongoing capital works programme at Chisholm, Walton were engaged to upgrade the Business Enterprise Centre at the Frankston Campus. The new two storey addition to the existing building framework comprises new computer laboratories and classrooms, open plan offices and administrative areas for staff and a number of smaller break-out study areas for students. Designed to meet stringent environmentally sustainable design criteria set by Chisholm to meet a 5 star green star rating, the architecture knits together the unique building fabric and creates a very user friendly urban space.

Utilising ESD principals such as natural ventilation and lighting the building also encompasses a tall thermal stack atrium space with operable ventilation louvers. The lighting system has been designed to adjust to the changing lighting conditions throughout the day and switch on or off by movement sensors in the rooms.

The majority of the external façade is made up of a combination of corrugated sheet metal and a glazed curtain wall with louvers. The corrugated sheeting travels in both a horizontal and vertical pattern to create shadows cast by the sun and creates the illusion of varying colours within the metal.

The architect's selection of relatively simple materials and an understated palette of materials were necessary to achieve the unifying addition to the fragmented existing built fabric on the campus.

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