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AILA Tasmanian 2005 Project Awards - Design Category

University Student Residences

Project: University Student Residences

Client: University of Tasmania

Jury Citation: The landscape surrounds to the recently constructed University of Tasmania Student Residences is a fine example of how landscape architects can overcome complex site issues and budgetary constraints to achieve a quality and contextual design solution.

Factors including steep slopes, pedestrian desire lines, existing vegetation, poor maintenance regimes and fire management issues were carefully considered in the design. The resulting project has been designed to accommodate these factors and achieve a contemporary design solution that is simple, robust and entirely appropriate to the context of the site and user group.

University of Tasmania Student Residences
View across the landscape showing varied elements
The steep site below College Road sits between dry sheoak forest on Proctors Creek and wet bluegum forest on Rifle Range Creek and closes the triumvirate of University Colleges
The landscape design relies heavily on the rock mulches for fire resistance and is set to match the pedestrian concourse at an angle to the building geometry
The low-cost landscape design has a formal setout that responds to the pedestrian concourse and ramps, overlaid with a softer, informal response that provides functional opportunities for casual use
Bluestone spalls jut out into a bed of native shrubs; dogwood in the sun or native pepper in the shade. There is also a geometric pattern of well-spaced trees for canopy
The pedestrian concourse cuts through the building setout at an angle and this is reinforced with a services zone in the landscaping. The mulch is a river of pebbles to allow easy access for services maintenance
A row of rock gabions provides the only formal seating, but boulders and wide steps offer informal opportunities	Detail showing contrasting rock mulches
Each building is surrounded by an apron of bluestone spalls. The formal beds are triangular, with a single species: hardy ferns in shady areas and tufties in the sun
Detail of rock and Dianella