TOUR 15 - TERTIARY BUILDING INNOVATIONS AT UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY

University of Canterbury has had to rebuild most of their campus. There are a range of exciting new spaces, the tour will you to the Engineering Precinct, Rehua and the Rutherford Regional Science and Innovation Centre

REHUA BUILDING

Architect: Athfields
Type: New Build
Rehua Building houses the College of Education, Health and Human Development, Business. Law and centre for Entrepreneurship. A seven story building with avariety of rooms, cultural function space, a light-filled atrium connecting the north and south blocks and a ‘makerspace’ to create, invent and learn in. 


ENGINEERING THE FUTURE (CETF)

Architect: Warren and Mahony
Type: New Build

Every wing of the engineering precinct was rebuilt or completely refurbished. The space includes state of the art facilities including a structural engineering laboratory, opened 2017. Depending on timetabling we may get to see the Firelab in action. 

RUTHERFORD REGIONAL SCIENCE AND INNOVATION CENTRE

Architect: Jasmax
Type: New Build
Rutherford Regional Science and Innovation Centre which opened in 2018 brings together many scientific disciplines that were housed in different buildings. This transparency is innovative and encourages questions to be asked and answers to be found in ways they otherwise couldn’t have been in traditional ‘siloed’ departments. Shaped like an X-Chromosome the building is state of the art.



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