E/L STUDIO has
designed new office space for the inaugural UQ presence outside of
Australia. The space, which was launched with an international conference
the second week of June, will serve primarily to market to those interested in
coming to study and research at UQ's primary campus in St. Lucia,
Queensland. As such, it needed to evoke the qualities of that campus,
which in spring is flooded with the purple blossoms of the jacaranda
tree. The flowering of the jacarandas is akin to Washington's Cherry
Blossom season and is the genesis of the University's distinctive colors of
purple and green. The office entry space provides a glimpse of that
experience with custom wood panels laser-cut with an abstracted jacaranda tree
in full bloom. The entry is also the orientation space connecting three
discreet offices for support staff, many of whom 'hot-desk' on short visits
from Australia.