Description

Aligning four key medical research facilities to quickly translate research findings from bench to bedside.

The Translational Research Institute (TRI), located in the Princess Alexandra Hospital campus in Brisbane’s south, brings together four of Australia’s key research facilities with the aim of improving patient outcomes for a range of diseases. The TRI is the first of its kind in the country, with the ability to discover, produce, clinically test and manufacture new biopharmaceuticals and treatments in the one facility.

The building hosts over 650 researchers and clinicians to enable quick translation of research findings to the clinic – a community of research.

TRI is conceived as a series of interconnected ‘places and spaces’ located around the significant gathering space of the facility: an urban scaled outdoor room. The seven storey building provides a range of spaces to encourage interaction between clinicians and researchers, including four levels of laboratory, administration and teaching facilities plus a range of indoor and outdoor gathering, collaborative and event spaces.

The ‘outdoor room’ is the centerpiece of the project, and acts as a town square which addresses large and intimate outdoor spaces , meeting rooms, cafes and the main auditorium. This space incorporates existing trees and offers north facing comfort.

A bespoke environmental benchmark has been developed to respond to the facility’s unique specifications

This project was designed by Wilson Architects and Donovan Hill in association. Donovan Hill merged with BVN in 2013.