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Sumit Singhal
Sumit Singhal loves modern architecture. He comes from a family of builders who have built more than 20 projects in the last ten years near Delhi in India. He has recently started writing about the architectural projects that catch his imagination. Monash University Biological Sciences Laboratory in Australia by Harmer ArchitectureNovember 19th, 2019 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: Harmer Architecture This project is a new building for the School of Biological Sciences, located in the protected native landscape “Jock Marshall Reserve” at Monash University’s Clayton campus. The building forms a new gateway to the JMR Reserve from College Walk, which accesses the Monash Halls of Residence. The main internal space is a laboratory for collaborative learning about the environment, the science of plants and animals.  Image Courtesy © Marty Turnbull
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 Image Courtesy © Rhiannon Slatter  Image Courtesy © Rhiannon Slatter The laboratory collaborative learning area is divisible into two spaces each for 52 students and the external balcony/deck provides a long bench for sorting and washing of samples collected in field work activities. The design for the JMR Laboratory building expresses the idea of looking at the natural world using a piece of scientific equipment. Components of a microscope inform the shape of the building including an eyepiece forming the entrance and ocular windows in each laboratory that resembles microscope lenses looking out over the reserve. The eyepiece entry tube forms the gateway to the reserve and stimulates curiosity in visitors to discover what can be investigated in this unique natural environment.  Image Courtesy © Rhiannon Slatter  Image Courtesy © Rhiannon Slatter The building as a scientific device appears as separate top and bottom components joined by a continuous ribbon of glass that frames views of the landscape in all directions from inside and views of activities within from outside. In sections where windows are not needed, the ribbon of glass reverts to green mirror stainless steel to reflect images of the landscape on to the skin of the new structure. The building expands and enhances the experience of visiting this unique natural landscape within the Monash Clayton campus and supports students undertaking field work within the reserve. The new facilities benefit the University by activating college Walk, and opens up the Reserve to a wider university audience and to the community through links with Schools.  Image Courtesy © Rhiannon Slatter  Image Courtesy © Rhiannon Slatter  Image Courtesy © Marty Turnbull  Image Courtesy © Marty Turnbull  Image Courtesy © Jonathan Hadiprawira  Image Courtesy © Marty Turnbull  Image Courtesy © Hyatt Gallery  Floor-Plan, Image Courtesy © Harmer Architecture  North West Elevation, Image Courtesy © Harmer Architecture  Section 1, Image Courtesy © Harmer Architecture  Section 2, Image Courtesy © Harmer Architecture  Site Plan, Image Courtesy © Harmer Architecture  South West Elevation, Image Courtesy © Harmer Architecture
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