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The Academy is located in a seven-storey state-of-the-art facility on the corner of Musk Avenue and Blamey Street, in the heart of the Kelvin Grove Urban Village Precinct.
Key features of this new facility include: (pdf 102kb)
- Community/commercial/public interface (combining the inclusion of enterprise-related bodies whilst allowing separated accessibility, staff areas, professional development, galleries, auditorium and refectory
- General entrance areas serve as a meeting place for the majority of public interface activities (Atrium, reception counter, box office, food outlet, auditorium, gallery and media centre)
- Universal spaces across the entire floor space (open plan/flexible and adaptable for General Learning Area concept) that allow high-end use of electronic media
- Student Research Centre for all Academy students, quiet study, small group collaboration and further flexible spaces
- Specialised Visual Art and media rooms including a high end film and broadcasting studio
- Specialised theatre spaces including a high-end recording studio theatrette.
Technology
- The Academy infrastructure features cutting-edge technology to facilitate learning and provide enterprises, staff and students with the best possible opportunity to lead the market.
- The environment is hard-wired with wireless capabilities.
- After-hours access and "splitting" of access is delivered through smart card technologies.
- The entire Academy is set up to link all spaces internally and to receive and export large amounts of data externally.
- Usage of technology varies from formal space usage (fixed) to informal space usage (portable).
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