Health Innovation Centre V1
Melbourne Australia
Victoria University
Project 2022
The Health Innovation Centre Version 1 at Victoria University’s Footscray Park Campus was prepared as a Public Private Process (PPP) bid with Plenary Group. It combines the 16,000m2 College of Health and Biomedicine with a 14,000m2 private hospital and 7,000m2 medical suites/commercial space to create a centre of excellence, focusing on new models of clinical care and preventative health. Together with supporting retail and services the development totals 37,000m2 GFA and is housed in a prominent 16-storey tower.
Working closely with health planning experts, Silver Thomas Hanley, the complex arrangement of university facilities with private medical facilities were closely co-ordinated.
The main entrance off Ballarat Road contains the lobby and café housed in an external campus room connected to the lower Campus High Street. On the floors above, nine different University departments are accommodated. This includes sixteen PC2 labs for Anatomy, Medical Sciences, Food and Nutrition, each for a cohort of 36 – 40 students, along with a PC2 Certifiable Research Facility, inclusive of Tissue and Biobank facilities.
The Health Innovation Centre highlights connectivity with a footbridge link to the new Footscray Hospital opposite the site and is designed to make a significant contribution to campus quality, amenity and character.
In association with Silver Thomas Hanley.
