Re: University of South Australia - Developments and News
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UniSA to build underground ‘Great Hall’ in Hindley St
LIAM MANNIX | 23 JANUARY 2014
http://indaily.com.au/news/2014/01/23/e ... indley-st/
The University of South Australia will build a new Great Hall underneath Hindley Street in a development incorporating a pool and a large tower containing student accommodation, InDaily can reveal.
Vice Chancellor David Lloyd’s new strategic action plan, finalised last year, called for a Great Hall to become the centre of the University’s activities.
That project received the tick of approval from the university this week. Along with a new cancer centre on North Terrace, the development will take up a large chunk of the uni’s capital budget for the next few years.
The hall itself is anticipated to be underground, a spokesperson for the university told InDaily. The development will contain a new tower of student accommodation and a plaza between the recently completed Smart Building, which the university uses as a student hub.
“Just yesterday we’ve pretty much cleared the way for that to happen beside the Smart Building on Hindley Street,” Lloyd told InDaily.
“In terms of the hall and pool and accommodation, we put that beside the Smart Building.
“We’ll go out to market around tenders and that, we have a concept piece for it but it’s not detailed in any way, shape or form. That’s the other big capital development piece. That’ll describe a centre for the institution, here in City West.”
The hall is likely to contain a gym as well as an indoor sporting space suitable for use by the university’s students and clubs. It’s also likely to serve as a graduation space for the university, which are currently run at the Adelaide Convention Centre.
Lloyd also confirmed the university’s long-rumoured interest in the old bus depot site at Franklin St, but he would not talk about the university’s plans for it.
“I’ll tell you about it when I have it,” he said.
Those two storey shops you mention are on the block to the left of where this render finishes. the street on the left is Clarendon St which houses the Wilson Carpark, UniSA David Pank building and the Bus depot.how good is he wrote:Any idea how big a site the UniSA owns here is? Will it just incorporate those 2 storey shops or will it go all the way to Morphett St? Also height wise...what's the limit for this area...looks maybe 12storey to possibly max. 18?
Surely something of this magnitude would cause even more interruptions along Hindley St? I mean, the current works already have seen the road blocked off. Would building a great hall under Hindley be an even bigger interruption, or would it be easier than I'm expecting it to be?Nathan wrote:UniSA to build underground ‘Great Hall’ in Hindley St
LIAM MANNIX | 23 JANUARY 2014
http://indaily.com.au/news/2014/01/23/e ... indley-st/
The University of South Australia will build a new Great Hall underneath Hindley Street in a development incorporating a pool and a large tower containing student accommodation, InDaily can reveal....
Can't imagine how they could feasibly do that without digging a great big pit in the middle of Hindley St ... it's not like it's a tunnel where they can bore below the surface.Phantom wrote:Surely something of this magnitude would cause even more interruptions along Hindley St? I mean, the current works already have seen the road blocked off. Would building a great hall under Hindley be an even bigger interruption, or would it be easier than I'm expecting it to be?Nathan wrote:UniSA to build underground ‘Great Hall’ in Hindley St
LIAM MANNIX | 23 JANUARY 2014
http://indaily.com.au/news/2014/01/23/e ... indley-st/
The University of South Australia will build a new Great Hall underneath Hindley Street in a development incorporating a pool and a large tower containing student accommodation, InDaily can reveal....
But according to InDaily, this won't be within the property but rather underneath Hindley Street.Patrick_27 wrote:More than capable of digging a pit without disruption to Hindley Street - Melbourne's Art Centre is a prime example of the depth of the Art Centre building and Hamer Hall is unbelievable and sits within the narrow property.
Sounds about right. The original plan was to close Magill but opinion was against that so it'll be kept open. With a new RAH I dare say that many of the medical degrees from City East will logically be shifted to City West.Patrick_27 wrote:More than capable of digging a pit without disruption to Hindley Street - Melbourne's Art Centre is a prime example of the depth of the Art Centre building and Hamer Hall is unbelievable and sits within the narrow property.
I believe City East will be used to move courses from Magill into the city, in the long-term plan of decreasing the size of Magill.
And as for the Remand Centre, it's not going anywhere - it's in the most convenient location to the courts precinct, unless they move it next to the new police headquarters on Angus Street, which seems unlikely because Theo Maras has an entire master-plan for that precinct.
Probably not moving in the short term, but medium to long term why not shift to Mile End or somewhere a short drive away like that? Just somewhere out of the CBD. It's not like it needs to within walking distance of a court ... won't people on remand get driven to court?Patrick_27 wrote:And as for the Remand Centre, it's not going anywhere - it's in the most convenient location to the courts precinct, unless they move it next to the new police headquarters on Angus Street, which seems unlikely because Theo Maras has an entire master-plan for that precinct.
Or what about somewhere on the other side of the city, maybe Dulwich or somewhere else within the Burnside council area? I'm sure they'd welcome it with open arms.ml69 wrote:but medium to long term why not shift to Mile End or somewhere a short drive away like that? Just somewhere out of the CBD. It's not like it needs to within walking distance of a court ... won't people on remand get driven to court?
But if you look at the render shown, it seems like it's within the property, not under Hindley st it self.Aidan wrote:But according to InDaily, this won't be within the property but rather underneath Hindley Street.Patrick_27 wrote:More than capable of digging a pit without disruption to Hindley Street - Melbourne's Art Centre is a prime example of the depth of the Art Centre building and Hamer Hall is unbelievable and sits within the narrow property.
i know enough about underground construction to confirm it can be done without digging up Hindley Street.
But I know enough about how things are done in SA to confidently predict that it won't be done without digging up Hindley Street.