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The Lotus Flower inspired the design of this impressive new Campus, Art Gallery, and Cultural Centre at Nan Tien Institute. The building features fully immersed building services design with a central atrium and hybrid ventilation system.

In keeping with Buddhist philosophy, the Woods Bagot architectural design avoids hierarchy, values the void, and provides a neutral environment minimising excess and materialism.

Medland Engineering’s  design complements this design logic with a highly immersed, integrated system of building services that is cost effective in design and function.

The structure of the building comprises four distinct pods with an internal public space created by the void. The pods are linked by active bridges. The effect is to offer a sense of journey, destination, and threshold throughout the space.

The mechanical system is a centralised four-pipe, chilled water system, which services each of the four pods. The large internal atrium is naturally ventilated