http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v326/emerbot/scan_5516221820_1.jpg

Thanks for posting that abc. Great to see a long-term vision come out of Canberra. Looks like it will also stretch out Civic a tad.

Fantastic aerial btw.....(just wish they hadn't put the text box with indicator on the northern section).

lol slightly lacking in detail... is this just a hypothetical, or are they actually planning to build all this?

Canberra has more plans than buildings!

First Uni Block for accom for students.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v326/emerbot/Image002.jpg

Next job across the road in Childers street. this is bigger than I thought .

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v326/emerbot/Image004-1.jpg

Wow cool ^^

www.anuexchange.net gives more details on the master plan for the precinct west of Marcus Clarke street and as far south as gordon street. Interestingly, one of the pictrues regarding ANU Gateway, looks remarkably like Scarborough house in Woden.

ANU Village
CoLab

CoLab is a new Super Computing Centre, Technology and Office project. Located at the prominent junction of Marcus Clarke Street and Alinga Street.

CoLab will house new offices, retail space and a state of the art super computing centre with associated facilities in an eleven storey A-grade building. The project will incorporate over 600 Basement Car Spaces including Publicly Accessible Parking with ample provision for bicycle storage on site. The project will meet the highest levels of environmental efficiency, considering energy efficiency, water sensitive design, noise and air quality, as
well as waste management and recycling.

As a place to work, the ANU Exchange will continue to set the standard for conducting business in Canberra, helping to ensure that business profits from its relationship with the ANU and its expertise.
Floorspace: 24,500m ²
http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/3171/city1rb4.jpg
Marcus Clark perspective:
http://www.anuexchange.net/images/CoLab_marcus_clark_day.jpg

Alinga Street perspective:
http://www.anuexchange.net/images/CoLab_alinga_night.jpg
http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/8527/city2ha3.jpg

Just wow. Those renders are quite stunning. I wonder if it'll really look that glassy when it's done...

This looks like a great project. Where is the money coming from? Is this a partnership between ANU and the private sector?

Yep.

It is part of the ANU Exchange (http://www.anuexchange.com.au).

http://www.anuexchange.net/images/CoLab_marcus_clark_day.jpg

Looks like the bloke half way up is about to commit suicide! Doesn't like the new office accommodation?? :lol:

Seriously, looks pretty good. Civic has come so far so fast, its just amazing.

Yay for civic (technically it's on the edge) , still a long way to go though, this would be about 50 metres right?

From ACT Chief minister's website:

CONSTRUCTION STARTS ON NEW UNI ACCOMMODATION



Chief Minister Jon Stanhope and Vice Chancellor of the Australian National University Professor Ian Chubb today turned the first sod of the development of a new six-storey, $70 million, 514 bed student residential complex on Childers Street in the City.



Mr Stanhope said the project would provide suitable and more affordable accommodation for students and Canberrans more generally.



“When this project is complete, over 1,000 students will be accommodated in this and the existing UniLodge development in time for the 2009 university year,” Mr Stanhope said. “This project fits within the ACT Government’s Affordable Housing Action plan by freeing up rental accommodation in other parts of the ACT.



“Not only does this project offer suitable and more affordable accommodation for ANU students, but it will also re-invigorate this part of the city and the businesses within and surrounding it.



Mr Stanhope said attracting students to the ACT has positive spin-offs for the ACT economy.



“Each student attending the ANU is estimated to contribute around $21,000 a year to our economy,” he said. “This represents an annual economic contribution of around $80 million.



“But well beyond the monetary contribution they make to our economy today, students have the potential to make an even greater contribution in the future. Like the rest of Australia, the ACT faces significant challenges in attracting and retaining skilled workers.



“The ACT Government is working hard - and achieving pleasing results - in attracting skilled people from around Australia and around the globe. However we still look to our local institutions, the ANU, University of Canberra and the CIT to provide Canberrans with the skills both they and ACT businesses require.



“So the ACT Government is keen to do what we can to attract more students to Canberra, to encourage more Canberrans to acquire the skills they require from our world-class institutions and to take the great opportunities ACT businesses offer,” Mr Stanhope said.



An interim car park for more than 100 cars will be constructed as part of the student accommodation development. In addition, remaining car parks will be restructured to increase accessibility and numbers, with the ANU Exchange funding these activities as well as the relocation and temporary accommodation of community groups currently located on the site.

ANU Village
Student Residence 2

Student Residence 2, located on the corner of Childers and Hutton Streets, will set a new standard in design and quality for student accommodation. It will accommodate 513 students in a mix of studio single, studio double, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 bedroom apartments. Facilities include reception, lounge and games rooms, computer room, library, laundry and retail outlets.

http://www.anuexchange.com.au/attachments/images/websiteimage1.jpg
http://www.anuexchange.com.au/attachments/images/websiteimage2.jpg
http://www.anuexchange.com.au/attachments/images/websiteimage3.jpg

so is this one on the other side of the road to the just finished ressies? They're certainly filling in that corner of town now.

How much of this is to be built immediately? On the ANU Exchange website is says that "Stage one" is to be built but no plans yet for "Stage two". Does this render depict only stage one or both?


ANU Village
Student Residence 2

Student Residence 2, located on the corner of Childers and Hutton Streets, will set a new standard in design and quality for student accommodation. It will accommodate 513 students in a mix of studio single, studio double, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 bedroom apartments. Facilities include reception, lounge and games rooms, computer room, library, laundry and retail outlets.

http://www.anuexchange.com.au/attachments/images/websiteimage1.jpg
http://www.anuexchange.com.au/attachments/images/websiteimage2.jpg
http://www.anuexchange.com.au/attachments/images/websiteimage3.jpg

How much of this is to be built immediately? On the ANU Exchange website is says that "Stage one" is to be built but no plans yet for "Stage two". Does this render depict only stage one or both?

Well because of all the comotion, I assume it has started construction.

Well because of all the comotion, I assume it has started construction.

That doesn't answer my question. Does anyone know if ALL of this is being constructed, or just part of it? The ANU site clearly states that this project is in two stages.

just added this to emporis. looks great. any idea when its going to commence?

They've started digging....Bauld-Horni building this.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v326/emerbot/IMG_1539.jpg

From the Crimes.... Is this Co-Lab ?

ANU goes for gold with new office block
BY JOHN THISTLETON
BUSINESS EDITOR
13/06/2008 12:00:00 AM
Canberra developers have questioned a planned $150 million office block in an area the ANU and the ACT Government set aside for business and research investment.

Work has begun on the 12-storey building in Marcus Clarke Street, due to be completed by 2010.

But neither the ACT Government nor the Australian National University would say yesterday how much the land in the ANU Exchange precinct was worth or who would occupy the building.

In 2005, the Government announced a $600 million partnership with the ANU and property group Baulderstone Hornibrook to build student accommodation and a research hub.

Then treasurer Ted Quinlan said the Government admitted to pure, crass commercialism in making the land available.

At the time, ANU vice-chancellor Professor Ian Chubb said the university had a joint venture with the Motor Traders' Association Superannuation Fund to capture ideas from Canberra researchers and develop them into new businesses and jobs.

He said the ANU, which spent $550 million a year on research, had historically looked at Canberra with an international focus, which would continue, but now it would also contribute commercially, culturally and socially to the life of the city.

Developers believe the building, with street fronts on Marcus Clarke and Childers Streets, aims to house a federal government tenant.

Professor Chubb said in April the ANU lost $100 million from its investment portfolio as a result of the worldwide share market crash.

It now appears this $150 million project is well under way without a tenant being signed. In a brief statement, the ANU said negotiations were still under way with prospective tenants who would have to primarily be organisations with a relationship to the ANU.

''ANU paid the commercial rate for the land as determined by an independent valuer,'' it said.

One industry figure, who preferred not to be named, said the development was surprising as its use seemed to have no direct relationship to ANU activities.

''While we were aware there was to be some small commercial component as part of the ANU Exchange development, we understood that most of the development was to be directly related to the core functions of the ANU in areas such as research and development, nano-technology and other high-tech uses.''

A spokeswoman for Chief Minister Jon Stanhope said the Government had been aware large office buildings incorporating university-related uses were planned in the Precinct Agreement, signed in December 2004.

One of the joint venture partners, Alba Capital Partners, (formerly Baulderstone Hornibrook's Capital Solutions arm) said the $150 building continued the vision of ANU Exchange's nexus between the university, commercial and government users. The building, to be known as Co-Lab, was part of a vision to integrate community, educational and arts space with commerce and research.

''This will begin to be realised with this state-of-the-art building that will stimulate commercial growth within ANU Exchange.''

The 4.5-star Australian Greenhouse Building Rating and 5-star Green Star building would cater for the growing demand for environmentally sensitive commercial space in the city.

The building would provide flexible floor space from nearly 1400sqm to more than 2900sqm floorplates, panoramic views, ground floor retail space, an arts laneway and a 600-plus space underground car park.

yep

Great looking building whoever or whatever body instigated it. Great addition to Civic.

This has he most impressive green colourbond fence all the way around.. very hard to snap... and multi level car park next door was shut..

working today... that being Sunday.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v326/emerbot/IMG_1552.jpg

And here it is...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v326/emerbot/IMG_1551.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v326/emerbot/IMG_1550.jpg

Hammerhead crane going up this weekend...

Being put up by this Grove GMK7450 (450t) crane... from Melrose.. first of it's kind in Australia.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v326/emerbot/Melrose_GMK7450.jpg

Today:

http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/1216/canberraconstructionsepth1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)


http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/8499/canberraconstructionsepxr3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v326/emerbot/IMG_1694.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v326/emerbot/IMG_1699.jpg

That new student accomodation block looks really nice in those photos - the red highlights are great...

I hope it really has that purple light at night. Looks cool.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v326/emerbot/IMG_1997.jpg

I know it's a terrible angle, it's the best I could from Childers street today:

http://i511.photobucket.com/albums/s354/Euphoria12_2004/City/Colab/100_2887.jpg

http://i511.photobucket.com/albums/s354/Euphoria12_2004/City/Colab/100_2888.jpg

From what I can make out, work is starting on the second ground floor.

Today, good progess, up to the 7th level already:-

http://img264.imageshack.us/img264/7249/img6664.jpg (http://img264.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img6664.jpg)

http://img264.imageshack.us/img264/8151/img6670y.jpg (http://img264.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img6670y.jpg)

They changed the name.. Oh well, this one is flying up.

It looks much taller than it actually is, possibly because the area is pretty low density:

http://i511.photobucket.com/albums/s354/Euphoria12_2004/City%20West/Untitled-1-1.jpg

That would be topped out now?

It looks much taller than it actually is, possibly because the area is pretty low density:


It has also made the multi-level carpark next to it look very small. Driving up Marcus Clarke St now it feels as though the City West carpark has shrunk!

how big is anu space wise? which uni's interstate is it comparable with?

The ANU is listed as being 350 acres. I'm not sure the exact sizes of other Universities around the country, but it's large for the comparatively tiny population. For example, RMIT City Campus in Melbourne occupies four or five city blocks (each Melbourne city block is about 200 by 100 metres = 80,000 to 100000m2 = 19 - 25 acres).

Please correct me if my Maths or statistics are off, which I'm sure they would be considering it's been years since I used mathematics on a daily basis.

What is the population of the ANU? One of my teachers from UC said it would be around 20,000.

is ANU integrated into the normal street set or is the campus partitioned off into its own grounds?

What is the population of the ANU? One of my teachers from UC said it would be around 20,000.

More like 15, 000. But that might just be undergrads....

how big is anu space wise? which uni's interstate is it comparable with?

If you mean comparable by population... I'm not sure. It definitely has one of the biggest campus' in Australia, if not the biggest. It stretches for kilometres.

It has faculties all over Canberra too. A lot of science work is done up Mt Stromlo at the observatory I think.

Has this one topped out yet? It looks massive for 11 storeys. Probably because its kind of on its own.

The plans for the ANU Exchange look quite impressive:

http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n208/Sherman369/ANUExchange.jpg

http://www.anuexchange.net/masterplan.html

Has anyone seen the cladding on the Colab building, it's really interesting. If only I had a picture......

Drove past today, only got a look for a second, but it looks really cool. It would be topped out by now hey?

Update on the Colab building. Can't make out much from the crap picture but the glass on the lower part of the side is looking quite nice. Didn't realise how close to the DEEWR building this is.

http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n208/Sherman369/IMGP1499.jpg

Cool. I wonder if it will have interesting lighting at night.....

Like the renders? Would be cool, but there is nothing over thre. I like the purple light they have on Bunda st outside the Dendy.

Well the glass is a bit different than the original renders, but I think the outcome looks as good if not better.

http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/9459/aaal.tif
http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/8995/capture1wbj.jpg
http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/1551/capturezcw.jpg

If only if only they had some public commercial space on the ground floor.

Like the renders? Would be cool, but there is nothing over thre.

If they build, they will come. In this case the mystical lights will lure new business, humans are just like insects to shiny lights.

I would be surprised if they didn't even put a cafe there. Thanks for the pics, I never saw a render from the back.

Underground parking. Awesome. Also hope they put some public amenities on ground floor.

From flickr

http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/9392/capturetbw.jpg

Today (phone pics):-

http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/4376/iphonepics006.jpg (http://img524.imageshack.us/i/iphonepics006.jpg/)

http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/5664/iphonepics007.jpg (http://img87.imageshack.us/i/iphonepics007.jpg/)

Thanks Platypus. It looks so much bigger than it really is and I love the dark glass.

Finally a quality tower in Canberra.

Agreed. Plus I hope they do use the purple light haha. Its very visible from Northbourne on a sat night.

YEp the dark glass looks great!!

Update from today:

http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n208/Sherman369/CoLab-Oct09.jpg

The glass is looking nice but the grey exterior stuff especially on the other side is pretty tacky & ruins it a bit. Still, nice building.

I think it has turned out ok. Thanks for the pic CR.

Crane is gone... and yep.. looks good

This one has turned out nice - I like the view down Alinga street from the interchange - with this at the end of the street and Telstra tower in the background - i'll have to get a photo of that sometime :)

New crane going up today for another accom block

New crane going up today for another accom blockIs that where the green fencing is? I was wondering what was going on there. Geez that area is filling out. Doesn't look like development is ever going to happen on the adjacent carpark which is a part of the ANU exchange.

which block is this, abc?

this is good... and you can watch the five lifts go up and down all day long.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v326/emerbot/Image001-3.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v326/emerbot/Image008-1.jpg

which block is this, abc?

this one...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v326/emerbot/Screenshot2010-02-21at85514AM.png

close, its the block further south next to the park. The one at the barry drive / marecus clark corner hasn't been developed yet :)

close, its the block further south next to the park. The one at the barry drive / marecus clark corner hasn't been developed yet :)

no...droolz asked where the crane was... you can see the green hammerhead in above photo

OHH my bad :P apologies to both of you!

Old masterplan for the ANU EXCHANGE:
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n208/Sherman369/ANUExchange.jpg

New masterplan:
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n208/Sherman369/ANUEXCHANGE-1.jpg

http://www.anuexchange.net/masterplan.php

Interesting, looks good except for that massive block which I think in the skin would look ugly as.

Renders of what the last accomodation blocks will look like:

http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n208/Sherman369/anu.jpg

http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n208/Sherman369/anu2.jpg

http://www.actpla.act.gov.au/topics/your_say/comment/pubnote?sq_content_src=%2BdXJsPWh0dHAlM0ElMkYlMkZhcHBzLmFjdHBsYS5hY3QuZ292LmF1JTJGcHVibm90ZSUyRnB1Ym5vdGVEZXRhaWxfbmV3LmFzcCUzRkRBX25vJTNEMjAxMDE3OTMxJmFsbD0x

Corner accom..

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v326/emerbot/IMG_1787.jpg

2nd crane is up as of 2 days ago:

http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n208/Sherman369/Photo0326.jpg

http://the-riotact.com/the-curse-of-mcgregor-hall-strikes-again/38406

http://the-riotact.com/the-curse-of-mcgregor-hall-strikes-again/38406
Construction is still busily going as of today....

January 19th:
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n208/Sherman369/Photo0326.jpg

March 30th:
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n208/Sherman369/anuaccom4.jpg

stairs going in
http://the-riotact.com/building-staircases-the-easy-way-at-the-anu-exchange/51028

Not very good pics but this is all nearly finished now. Just finalising the new roads


http://i1340.photobucket.com/albums/o740/andydmcclure/2012-10-08_18-08-57_90_zps0e6cd27e.jpg

http://i1340.photobucket.com/albums/o740/andydmcclure/2012-10-08_18-08-47_7882_zpsd6a615cc.jpg

I love the buildings that are going up in Canberra at the moment. These kinds of bulky, mid-rise, "plain" buildings are not popular on this forum, but I reckon they're very suitable for a capital city. Canberra (as well as Adelaide) has an opportunity to grow looking differently from the other capitals. If they can continue with these in-builds to replace low-rises and parking lots to create bulky density to the point where the street scene becomes a lot more active and public transport become more viable then I think Canberra could become rather an original and interesting city.