Law School Building, Deakin University, VIC

Matching the future of education with new directions in conscious design

With the most recent addition to Deakin University, Woods Bagot was able to balance design aspirations with environmental concerns to create something special. It did so with a little help from Verosol.

The Building

Located at Deakin University’s Burwood campus, the Deakin Law School Building was completed in 2020. Including six levels of learning space and a further two levels devoted to student support services, the building was conceived with an eye to the future. It is designed to cater for growing student numbers, support the latest teaching methods, and deliver an improved student experience.

The Requirement

Architects wanted to facilitate  a creative & nurturing environment maximising  external landscape where students sitting in class could focus outward finding themselves becoming lost in their thoughts and allowing their imaginations to wander. Naturally enough, achieving this involved a lot of glass along with reliable blinds to control the associated glare and heat.

The Solution

Specifically, the architects chose Ambience manual and motorised single, twin, and multi-link roller blinds from Verosol, who specialise in the design and manufacture of environmentally focused shading systems which were installed throughout the building and specified according to the requirements of each specific area, these blinds incorporate both the 234 semi-transparent VScreen and 741 VBlock blockout fabrics.