Plant Futures Facility - The University of Queensland / m3architecture

"Text description provided by the architects. The Plant Futures Facility supports research into sustainable food, fibre, and fuel production in response to climate change and population growth. Defined as a "walled garden," the building's concept reflects its typology and context-crafted from brick in a pixilated pattern referencing Queensland's geological cross-section. From a distance, it reads as a stone wall; up close, it reveals a finely articulated façade."

"Internally, light and colour, combined with mirrored paneling, reflect the environmental controls of grow rooms, subtly distorting. perception and experience. The facility is both a high-performance research tool and a contextual, culturally resonant architectural statement."

The Plant Futures Facility supports research into sustainable food, fibre and fuel production that responds to climate change and population growth. The building is defined as a 'walled garden' and uses a pixellated brick pattern that references Queensland's geological cross-section. From a distance the massing reads as a continuous stone wall; up close the masonry resolves into a finely articulated façade. Interior spaces use controlled light, colour and mirrored panelling to reflect grow-room environmental systems and to subtly distort perception and experience. The project functions as a high-performance research tool while also providing a contextual and culturally resonant architectural presence.

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