Bureau of Meteorology Training Centre

The Bureau of Meteorology Training Centre is a customised facility for the training of Bureau staff and students in Air and Field Observations, Antarctic Field training and Meteorology. The language of infrastructure in the landscape (radars, towers and pylons) is used to mark the entrance and provide shade for outdoors informal learning areas, a key part of the course and culture. Internally, synoptic chart colours and pressure maps are used to emphasise spaces outside of the main 'nave' corridors. The design works with the tall existing circulation spaces which are aligned with the points of the compass. Learning and informal breakout spaces are cut into these circulation spaces to emphasise and activate them. Teaching and learning spaces are also arranged in layers across the floor plan to improve awareness of the landscape (as a learning tool), encourage student and staff interaction as well as provide privacy and flexibility in use.