Monash University Woodside Building for Technology and Design

Melbourne, Australia, Oceania

Completed · Education · Passivhaus University Research Building · Temperate · 2020

A transdisciplinary engineering and IT building at Monash Clayton campus that holds Passivhaus certification and is the largest education building in the world to meet that standard. All-electric services draw 60% of power from a rooftop solar array, and the building integrates immersive fabrication and research laboratories within an ultra-low energy envelope.

Innovation highlights

  • largest Passivhaus-certified education building in the world at time of completion
  • all-electric services with no gas connection
  • 60% on-site solar energy coverage via rooftop PV array
  • purpose-built immersive and interactive fabrication laboratories within passive envelope
  • contributes to Monash net-zero 2030 target as a design demonstration
Client / Developer
Monash University
Architect
Grimshaw
Engineer
Inhabit
Type
Passivhaus University Research Building

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