Dr Chau Chak Wing Building

Dr Chau Chak Wing Building
Dr Chau Chak Wing Building
Professor Roy Green of the UTS Business School outside the entrance
General information
Status	Complete
Type	Public
Location	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Address	14-28 Ultimo Road
Town or city	Ultimo, New South Wales (suburb)
Construction started	Mid-2012
Completed	11 November 2014
Opened	2 February 2015
Cost	A$180 million
Client	UTS Business School
Owner	University of Technology Sydney
Technical details
Floor count	12
Floor area	16,030 m2 (172,500 sq ft)
Design and construction
Architect	Frank Gehry
Architecture firm	Gehry Partners
Structural engineer	Arup
Services engineer	AECOM
Other designers	Daryl Jackson, Robin Dyke
Main contractor	Lend Lease Group
Other information
Seating type	Seminar rooms and classrooms
Parking	177 bicycles and 20 cars

Dr Chau Chak Wing Building is a Business School building of the University of Technology Sydney in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The first building in Australia designed by Canadian American architect Frank Gehry was Aurora Place completed in 2000.

The tower is named after Dr. Chau Chak Wing (周泽荣) , a Teochew Chinese Australian businessman and philanthropist who donated $20 million for the building's construction. The 12-storey tower provides teaching, learning, research and office accommodation for 1,256-1,300 students and 300-326 academic staff. Building design is based on the idea of a tree-house structure.

The building's façade, which was made of 320,000 custom designed bricks, is described as the "squashed brown paper bag". Frank Gehry said, "Maybe it's a brown paper bag, but it's flexible on the inside, there's a lot of room for changes or movement."

Early works on site and archaeological excavation were carried out from late 2011 until early 2012. The building was constructed by Lend Lease Group which was appointed in November 2012. It is estimated that 320,000 custom-designed bricks were used for its construction.

Construction of the building started in late 2012. The building structure was topped-out in December 2013. The Dr Chau Chak Wing building construction was completed in November 2014 and the official opening took place on 2 February 2015.

An entrance from The Goods Line - a pedestrian pathway - is located on the eastern border of the site.

Exterior View

Exterior View

Exterior View

Signage

Lecture Theatre

Staircase

Windows