Designed by HASSELL an completed in 2010, the Ecosciences Precinct brings together 1,000 scientists from four separate agencies and several different scientific disciplines in a single, collaborative research environment.

Workgroups from various agencies are clustered together at Ecosciences based on the research themes of marine science, plant and insect production/bio-security sciences and terrestrial science.

This co-location of scientific agencies ‘without walls’ is a major innovation, shedding spatial and operational barriers to optimise collaboration, knowledge exchange, and sharing.

Specialised facilities and support activities are centrally managed and located for economies of scale and efficiency of use. Shared facilities include greenhouses, controlled environment rooms, stores, sample processing areas, glassware and media preparation, ICT and electron microscopy.

The Precinct is broken up into three zones – office, laboratory and support – accommodating varying group sizes and functions in a generic, flexible and adaptable configuration that is designed to accommodate change over time.

Stimulating, open and transparent research spaces form an ideal environment for creative professionals who demand not only state-of-the-art workplace facilities but also urban amenity and diversity of activity in a safe, vibrant setting.

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