Propelling Engineering Research Forward

The University of New South Wales required both consulting and design services for the extensive renovation of the Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering Building. The main goal was to design modern, state-of-the-art research and teaching labs based on UNSW’s vision and goals. 

The design needed to address a 50-year-old outdated lab building, known as The Willis Annex and identify similar research space to create joint research and reduce wasted space. It was crucial to meet these objectives for the school to maintain the continued intensive research and teaching role as one of Australia’s leading and largest engineering faculties.

Bates Smart designed the Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering Building while HDR provided laboratory planning services.