The new Manufacturing Technical Training Centre at
University of Ballarat (MTTC) is a TAFE education facility which consolidates articulated learning pathways in manufacturing technology.
The centre will be a regional
focal point for the future of mechanatronics, robotics and
computer automation, alongside skills based training in manufacturing, welding metal and mechanical fabrication.

The sculptured building form is analogous to a component machined from a metal block with the ‘fractal’ external
cladding conceived from the nano-texture of metal at a microscopic level. The aspiration is to create a new learning facility for the 21st Century which celebrates the education of manufacturing and enables a ‘public’ interface between students, teachers, industry and passerby.

Integral to the building design and it’s operation, a range
of environmental solutions have been incorporated; ‘activated’
radiant slab heating and cooling, natural ventilation,
‘super’ insulation, solar water heating and rainwater storage to take advantage of Ballarat’s micro-climate.