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Bond University School of Architecture

Project data

Location: Gold Coast, Australia

The Soheil Abedian School of Architecture at Bond University on Queensland’s Gold Coast will provide a public forum space for 120 people, studios for undergraduate and masters’ students, as well as post-graduate spaces, in a generally open-plan arrangement. 

  • 4000m² building 
  • The inclined street and the eddy spaces

Architect: Cook Robotham Architectural Bureau (CRAB), London in association with Populous and Brit Andresen

Requirements

  • Key elements of the main academic building include a 70 metre long ‘street’ of varying width and height adjacent to which are four 15 metre high “scoops” which bring light and air into the building  

Customer

Q Concrete & Formwork Pty Ltd

Benefit to customer

  • Collaborate with both the architect and the formworker to achieve the final result
  • Flexibility with pour heights, intricate block-outs and tie locations
  • Full on-site supervision 

PERI solution

  • Using the PERI VARIO formwork system for the necessary flexibility with pour heights, intricate block-outs and tie locations
  • Providing over 400 details and assembly drawings for the block-outs, wall tapers and sloping stop-ends 
  • The complex plywood ribs to construct the intricate formwork were manufactured by engaging a locally sourced CNC machine.