TOUR 21 - EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY TOUR 

ECU JOONDALUP CAMPUS LIBRARY AND NGOOLARK BLOCK

Far from the austere and silent libraries of the past, the library at ECU responds to the diversity that defines university and student life. The building is as much a place as it is a combination of facilities. ‘Ngoolark’ is the name given by the Noongar community and Elders in conjunction with Edith Cowan University to ECU’s new Student Services Building on its Joondalup Campus. ‘Ngoolark’, Noongar name for the endangered white-tailed black cockatoo (also known as Carnaby’s Cockatoo) is an important and integral part of the design of this important infrastructure and civic building. This project has created a new, vast and sculptural place which connects numerous buildings and ‘paths’ through the University.