J.A. Crockett Pty Ltd

Nihon University

Winner: 2022 AWCI NSW Awards of Excellence"Best Commercial Over $500K"

Runner-Up: 2022 AWCI National Awards of Excellence﻿"Best Commercial Over $500K"

This multi-million dollar transformation of the former Newcastle courthouse into a Japanese university campus was completed in late 2021.
The project consisted of the refurbishment of the existing Courthouse and the new build of a four storey Education Building as well as a four storey Accommodation Building. The buildings featured Amrstrong VP500 Walnut Aluminium Perforated Baffles, USG Boral Asona Triton Cloud acoustic ceiling panels, Alpolic NC feature Cladding, Equitone rain barrier, as well as the repair and replacement of 700 metres of heritage cornice.
Matching the heritage cornice was not a standard off-the-shelf item. Templates and new molds had to be created to match the existing cornices of which there were 4 different types. The Alpolic feature cladding / blades which had a 45 degree fold back on itself created some headaches when working out the angles required in junctions going from horizontal to vertical, this cladding wrapped from soffit to façade to capping to parapet – not something that could be done by many. 
Architect: Azusa Sekkei / DWP
Builder: Built