Every desk tells a story

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Tags: art, buildings, summer-2011, sustainability

Did you scribble on a desk in the Physiology Lecture Theatres at the St Lucia campus some time in the past 48 years?

Chances are your graffiti might have been saved for posterity in a new foyer art installation in the newly refurbished building.

The installation was among the sustainability features incorporated in the $6.94 million project.

Senior designer from Cottee Parker Architects Scott Bagnell said the Tree of Life installation incorporated salvaged 1960s lecture theatre desk tablets and chair frames.

“This was an important element to maintain as part of the ongoing story telling of the building’s history and engagement of University students into the future,” Mr Bagnell said.

A range of recycled materials were incorporated into the refurbishment including light fittings made from chair frames and foyer furniture from floorboards and roof beams.

By Jan King

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