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Thursday Island, Australia
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AITHM
Thursday Island, Australia
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STATUS
Built
YEAR
2017
Wilson Architects, in association with Clarke & Prince Architects, has designed the new Australian Institute of Tropical Health & Medicine (AITHM) on Thursday Island. AITHM was established by James Cook University and encompasses three new health research facilities located in Townsville, Cairns, and in the Torres Strait.
The facility brings together the expertise of a number of research centres to enhance infectious disease, chronic disease, public health, translational and health systems research.
Research undertaken within AITHM will strongly focus on the health problems of most importance to tropical Australia and the tropics worldwide.
The design is a direct response to, and expression of, a place that is both remote and sometimes extreme. It leverages the site’s context proximate to the intensity of the blue waters and flora of Thursday Island.
The exterior draws colours from nearby trees, flowers, the water and ground. The sloping site enables the laboratories as well as the short-term accommodation to make the most of the project’s extraordinary views to the ocean.
AITHM facilitates cross-disciplinary research activities, research incubation and innovation translation into real outcomes. It includes accommodation space for researchers, and consultation rooms, to cater to the health needs of the local Thursday Island community.
Photography by Alex Chomicz
The facility brings together the expertise of a number of research centres to enhance infectious disease, chronic disease, public health, translational and health systems research.
Research undertaken within AITHM will strongly focus on the health problems of most importance to tropical Australia and the tropics worldwide.
The design is a direct response to, and expression of, a place that is both remote and sometimes extreme. It leverages the site’s context proximate to the intensity of the blue waters and flora of Thursday Island.
The exterior draws colours from nearby trees, flowers, the water and ground. The sloping site enables the laboratories as well as the short-term accommodation to make the most of the project’s extraordinary views to the ocean.
AITHM facilitates cross-disciplinary research activities, research incubation and innovation translation into real outcomes. It includes accommodation space for researchers, and consultation rooms, to cater to the health needs of the local Thursday Island community.
Photography by Alex Chomicz
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