The Translational Research Institute (TRI) at the Princess Alexandra Hospital (PAH) in Dutton Park, is a compelling work of architecture by Wilson Architects and Donovan Hill.
The purpose of the TRI, built within the grounds of PAH and less than fifty metres from the hospital itself, is to undertake translational “bench-to-bedside” research and to encourage collaboration and innovation in biomedical research fields such as cancer, diabetes, obesity and musculoskeletal disease.
It is Australia’s most comprehensive medical research and biopharmaceutical facility, bringing together four major research bodies with the aim of accelerating research and encouraging innovation in biomedical fields.
Spacious laboratory and write-up areas connect with light and views to other research spaces and hug the edge of the outdoor room with views back to the city.
Shared circulation occurs along an arcade with amazingly transparent cross views.
The project cost $228 million, has an area of 36,487 m2, and was completed in 2012.
It is one of a number of new science research institutes built in Brisbane in recent years, mostly connected to major universities and hospitals.
This building program, with its progressive development and design strategy testing, has been instrumental in attracting high-performing researchers and further research funding and has led to growing expectations for quality, architecturally designed workplaces within the close-knit science community.
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