Project Overview
The New Academic Street is a major investment by RMIT University to dramatically transform existing buildings 8, 10, 12 and 14 to reconfigure the heart of their campus and dramatically transform the ‘student experience’.
The scope of this major project involves expansion of the existing central University Library, more than doubling informal student learning seating, expanding the retail offerings to students, and creating a new ‘media precinct’ at the lower levels of the redevelopment.
With a focus around re-inventing the student experience, the NAS project looks to connect the city into the campus through the introduce of urban lanes and pathways.
Project Commissioner
Project Creator
Lyons, NMBW, Maddison, MvS, Harrison and White
Team
A design collaboration between Lyons, Minifie van Schaik Architects, NMBW, Harrison White and Maddison Architects
Project Brief
The New Academic Street project has transformed the heart of the RMIT City campus creating laneways, gardens, new student spaces and better library facilities.
RMIT has a reputation for delivering innovative academic programs within stunning modern and historic buildings located in Melbourne’s CBD. The project ensures that RMIT will continue to provide students, staff and visitors with a unique urban experience.
Rather than not down the existing building and start from scratch, the design team embarked on a bold project of adaptive re-use. The previous 1960s buildings were transformed into an environmentally sustainable and functionally flexible building that drew from iconic Melbourne imagery and cutting-edge technology for its design.
As well as serving students with its diversity of spaces, New Academic Street re-establishes a long-lost connection between RMIT and Melbourne CBD, incorporating a number of community areas intended for wider use.
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