A new Advanced Manufacturing Research Facility (AMRF) has received approval for construction in Bradfield City Centre, making it the second building to be developed in the city.
The approval follows the completion of the first building in Bradfield City Centre, an Advanced Manufacturing Readiness Facility, designed by Hassell. These two facilities will be situated adjacent to each other, separated by an open space called AMRF Park.
The now-approved facility, named Second Building, will accommodate spaces for research and prototype development in manufactured products. Planning documents indicated that the three-storey building will house a high-bay advanced manufacturing hall, a research laboratory with two open-plan cleanrooms, and seminar and collaboration spaces. It will also contain spaces for “industry-aligned” commercial tenants.
Designed by Architectus, Aileen Sage Architects and Jacobs, the form of Second Building wraps around a central courtyard. The design team collaborated with First Nations spatial design practice Bangawarra on building form, spatial arrangement and material selections that make meaningful connections to Country.
Plans indicated that the facade, which incorporates a multi-layered and transparent quality to exterior shading, is inspired by woven Aboriginal dilly bags. The design report notes that this transparency allows the public to glimpse inside and observe the internal workings and occupation of the building. “These framed views celebrate both the inner workings of the facility and mark key entry points to the site with open and glazed portals connecting to both the internal landscaped courtyard and key networks beyond,” states the report.
Tyrell Studio was engaged to handle the landscape design component of the Second Building project. The design report notes that the landscape design comprises a total of 1,160 square metres of publicly accessible greenspace, 645 square metres of soft landscape and 515 square metres of hard landscape.
Bradfield City Centre is part of an approved masterplan that proposes 114 hectares of land near the forthcoming Western Sydney International (Nancy-Bird Walton) Airport be developed into a new city with a residential component, a retail and commercial precinct, open spaces, as well as new and improved streets and roads. The Bradfield City Centre project has recently been in the media spotlight after the first building in the city was announced complete in February 2025. The following month, a two-hectare park named Bradfield Central Park was approved for development within the city.
Source: Architecture - architectureau
