Jury citation
Occupying a prime spot on the edge of the University of Western Australia’s college precinct and sitting on a bend of Derbarl Yerrigan (Swan River), Forest Hall provides short- to medium-term accommodation for visiting postdoctoral students, researchers and academics. Designed to support the university’s goal of being in the top 50 research universities in the world by 2050, the accommodation is broken into two blocks. The first block provides studios and one- and two-bedroom accommodation for singles and young families, while the second provides short-stay accommodation for visiting academics in a hotel style that is cleverly cross-funded, with members of the public able to book available rooms to ensure efficient usage. The street presence is a stone-clad delight, alternating between open corridors with vine-covered cables and naturally ventilated walkways.
Forrest Hall is located in Crawley, Western Australia, on Whadjuk Country.
Project credits
Architect: KHA (Kerry Hill Architects); Project team: Dean Adams, Lucy Bothwell, Jack Bradshaw, Amma Bunting, Simon Cundy, Lucy Dennis, Gertjan Groen, Anna Hii, Kerry Hill, Patrick Kosky, Lee Kheng Teoh, Lena Lena, Maricel Marbus, Seán McGivern, Lan Nguyen, Kendall Onn, Levi Phillips, Jasmine Pummer, Nicholas Putrasia, Gaia Sebastiani, Christopher Shaw, Ashley Stucken, Emily Sullivan, Stejara Timis, Jacintha Walker, Chloe Siinmaa; Builder: Jaxon Construction (stage 1), ADCO (stage 2); Landscape consultant: Plan-E; Structural engineer: BPA; Services consultant: Link Engineering, SGK; Electrical consultant: BEST Consultants, IQEC; Building surveyor: Resolve Group; Project manager: IPS; Acoustic consultant: Herring Storer; Hydraulic consultant: HDA; Fire engineer: Strategic Fire Consulting; Traffic consultant: Jacobs; ESD consultant: Stantec.
