Kings College
Master Plan
Consistent with The University of Queensland Master Plan’s initiative to increase life on campus, Kings College projects a staged 30% increase in resident numbers, and with it, a commensurate upgrade to communal facilities.
The University’s Campuses on Countries document recognises the importance of both listening and responding to Country.
 
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Client:
Kings College
Location:
Land of Turrbal and Jagera peoples
St Lucia
Status:
completed
Typology:
Education
Whilst King’s Upland Road frontage has a distinctly Oxbridge sensibility, the river precinct presents an opportunity for deep engagement with the local context. In the proposed Master Plan, this has resulted in two very different and interesting landscape experiences – one that reflects the College's Euro-centric origins, and one that celebrates the longer history of this important place and what it means to engage with Country. The Master Plan reestablishes the open side quadrangle drawing the riparian landscape of Maiwar into College life.
The proposals that result include the consolidation of central facilities with bedroom wings on the flanks, enabling the best of both worlds: a vibrant social centre, with bedrooms retreats for rest and study.