AUT's new learning precinct

We have started building our new learning precinct on our City Campus in central Auckland. The WG precinct will include: a 12-story tower; AUT's communication studies school; television and performance studios; lecture theatres; and shops.

Located at the corner of Mayoral Drive and Governor Fitzroy Place in the centre of Auckland, the new WG precinct will be a major gateway to AUT and will transform the university’s City Campus. It will provide 20,000 square metres of under-cover space, including a 12-floor tower, a 5-storey glass-roofed atrium, lecture theatres, cafe and plazas.

Design matches different ways of learning

The link between space, technology and the process of teaching has been carefully considered in the precinct’s design and choice of technology. The precinct will house specialist facilities for AUT’s school of communication studies, including television and performance studios, motion capture and green screen rooms. All lobbies and break out spaces will be designed as collaborative social study areas with a range of furniture types to cater for multiple ways of learning. High efficiency heating and air-conditioning, low-energy lighting and long-life materials also contribute to the visionary design and function of the buildings.

Linked to business and law, and hospitality and tourism buildings

The precinct will complete AUT’s Mayoral Drive frontage by linking to the faculty of business and law building and the tourism and hospitality building. Governor Fitzroy Place will become a primarily pedestrian area featuring an open public plaza.

This learning space will open to students at the start of semester 1, 2013.

Facts and key features of WG building

Location | Corner Governor Fitzroy Place and Mayoral Drive, Auckland Central

Size | 20,000 square metres

Floors | 12-floor tower, 5-storey glass-roofed atrium

Key features

* A new reception area for the campus

* Television and performance studios

* Motion capture and green screen rooms

* Lecture theatres

* Informal study and collaboration spaces

* Cafe

* Outdoor plaza

Architects | Jasmax

Main Contractor | Fletcher Construction