RMIT has opened it’s new $80 million centre for design research and training, aimed at increasing cross-disciplinary collaboration with industry in Australia and on the international stage.

 

Federal Minister for Tertiary Education, Senator Chris Evans, said the massive 10-storey, 13,000 square metre centre was built with $28.6 million from the Australian Government through the Education Investment Fund.

 

"Design is a building block for innovation, it contributes to local industries and increases economic productivity," Senator Evans said.

 

"The Design Hub provides the research space needed - at a scale never previously available at RMIT or elsewhere in Australia - to increase research and postgraduate teaching in design.

 

"Until now, RMIT's research in design was scattered across the university in facilities not ideal for collaborative work.

 

"The new Hub brings together Australian design researchers, leading international researchers and industry practitioners to work on joint projects, from architecture to interior design.”