The project is situated on a sloping site within an industrial and low-scale residential area in an outlying north-west Sydney suburb. The design is sensitive to site and encompasses best practice and forward thinking for vocational education and training through its inclusive and contemporary design.

To best employ the site, the design has been conceived as a structural grid with a variety of scales bifurcated by a multi-level linear atrium. Beneath a trapezoid roof, pod extensions have been incorporated on three sides of a functional cube and transparency is celebrated with large glazed areas protected beneath extensive cantilevers.

The Hub itself is built on sandstone and the outside facing pods and exterior façade are clad in rectangular tile-size metal lengths interspersed with small window openings in a random pattern. The roof appears to hover above the glazed clearstory below and this also provides connection to the outside landscape. Within, the clean structural framing is exposed, complemented by carpeting and soft seating in pods and there is a strategic use of timber that adds warmth to the hard-edge materiality.

Between the different levels, flow is assured and wayfinding minimal but effective. Natural ventilation in workshops aids wellbeing and PV cells on the roof contribute to electricity requirements. As the architecture traverses the sloping site, the design provides interdisciplinarian mixing and connectivity between the public and the public realm to the campus.