News & Discussion: Other Metropolitan Developments

[Will]

Hindmarsh have updated their website, and I came across this project: Wine Innovation Centre, University of Adelaide - Waite Campus

The building has a total area of 12,000m2 over four levels that includes teaching facilities, laboratory and office accommodation for University and related wine industry service providers including the Australian Wine Research Institute. A very heavily serviced building providing modern teaching & research laboratory facilities. The cladding consists of clip on terra cotta files which softened the look of the facade in this foothills residential precinct.

More info:

http://www.hindmarshgroup.com/images/pr ... Centre.pdf

[Howie]

Wine Innovation Central
Friday, 27 February 2009

Many thanks to Duncan Bainbridge for sending us some updates on some of the great projects that Hassell are involved with.

Press Release

Hassell was appointed by the University of Adelaide in September 2006 to design a new facility that would primarily replace the existing and aging facilities of the Australian Wine Research Institute, to be known as Wine Innovation Central (WIC) building.

The $28m project - jointly funded by The University of Adelaide, the Australian Wine Research Institute (AWRI), the South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI) and the Department of Primary Industries and Resources of South Australia – brings together Australia's leading wine research, viticulture and development groups into a single purpose built state-of-the-art research facility located at Urrbrae, in the foothills of Adelaide, south east of the city.

The new 7,280sqm facility has been designed to reflect the Wine Innovation Cluster’s position as the most dynamic mix of grape and wine researchers assembled in one precinct anywhere in the world and consolidates the activities of the five leading research agencies within a new landmark building to address the needs of the grape and wine sector.

[Ben]

Thanks for the info!!! Any dates of construction being thrown around yet?

[Howie]

Just directed that question to Duncan, hopefully we can get some more information soon. What a great looking building I must say.

[Howie]

The project is .. wait for it... Complete and Occupied!

http://www.adelaide.edu.au/space/wine/
"The Wine Innovation Central Building was officially opened by The Hon Rory McEwen, Minister for Agriculture, Food and Fisheries on 19 November 2008."

[Ben]

The project is .. wait for it... Complete and Occupied!

http://www.adelaide.edu.au/space/wine/
"The Wine Innovation Central Building was officially opened by The Hon Rory McEwen, Minister for Agriculture, Food and Fisheries on 19 November 2008."

[Howie]

I know hey.. that one really flew under the radar.

Btw, here's the google map link to waite campus for anyone wanting to travel down there to get a closer look.
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source= ... 17&iwloc=B

[Wayno]

The project is .. wait for it... Complete and Occupied!

http://www.adelaide.edu.au/space/wine/
"The Wine Innovation Central Building was officially opened by The Hon Rory McEwen, Minister for Agriculture, Food and Fisheries on 19 November 2008."

lol - i jog nearby this building a couple of times a week - never occurred to me that it's not in our database!

[Omicron]

My goodness - it's a 2008 update of the original 1960s Sacred Heart College boarding house.

[Prince George]

My goodness - it's a 2008 update of the original 1960s Sacred Heart College boarding house.

I look forward to the 2009 rendition of the science building (tries to recall the words to "Sub Tuum Praesidium")

If it's completed, could we have photos to compare with the renders?

[SRW]

My goodness - it's a 2008 update of the original 1960s Sacred Heart College boarding house.

I look forward to the 2009 rendition of the science building (tries to recall the words to "Sub Tuum Praesidium")

Goodness! Actually, the school doing may finally be learning its lesson in adding new building stock, at least in so far as the Stables redevelopment appears to more sympathetic to its environs than the purple and white Performing Arts bunker...

But back on topic, the top picture is the completed product, not a rendering. You can see it more clearly in this document which Howie added to another thread.

[Will]

As this now has it's own thread:

Hindmarsh have updated their website, and I came across this project: Wine Innovation Centre, University of Adelaide - Waite Campus

The building has a total area of 12,000m2 over four levels that includes teaching facilities, laboratory and office accommodation for University and related wine industry service providers including the Australian Wine Research Institute. A very heavily serviced building providing modern teaching & research laboratory facilities. The cladding consists of clip on terra cotta files which softened the look of the facade in this foothills residential precinct.

More info:

http://www.hindmarshgroup.com/images/pr ... Centre.pdf

[rhino]

I'm afraid that archetecturally, this building does absolutely nothing for me. It looks like a glass cube tacked on to the front of a 1970s brick cube

I hope it looks better in real life than it does in the photo.

[bm7500]

I drove past this one on Saturday and it still looks idle?

[mattblack]

drive passed it every day and never seen a soul.