2.0 RESERCH
Architecturally the building can be read as a composition of four distinct elements - a hovering mosaic tile element on Cardigan Street standing on black crystal legs; the main body of the building rising full height; the service core to the south; and an intersecting stair rising between the other three elements.
From Cardigan Street, the building is designed with a number of different entry points to the various users of the building. The main entry serves the ground floor while a major external stair gives access to the first and second floor. This gives each of the major users in the building a street address.
The ground and first floor on Cardigan Street are treated as expansively as possible. The wheel chair access is treated as a colonnade, the Department of Visual Merchandising's shopwindows are placed facing Cardigan Street. The structural columns visible on the street are treated sculpturally. The facade on the first floor facing Cardigan Street is tiled in two different glass mosaic tiles - a grey putty colour over the shopwindow, aqua green over the School of Design's gallery.
Building 94 is jam packed with creative talent.
Architect: Allan Powell Pty Ltd with Pels Innes Nielson Kosloff
Completed: 1996
Schools located in this building are:
• School of Art
• School of Design TAFE
• School of Education
• School of Media and Communication.
It also includes a cafe, project art space and Carlton library!
RMIT BUILDING 94