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Nan Tien Institute creates cultural and education hub on old local landfill site
New local education provider, Nan Tien Institute (NTI) plays a key role in ‘Clean Up Australia’ with the creation of a landmark Education Campus, Art Gallery and Cultural Centre on the site of a previous local landfill garbage tip.
The future university is Australia’s first government accredited tertiary education provider grounded in Buddhist values and wisdom. It has been educating students from its’ temporary Nan Tien Temple campus since 2011, and has graduated a number of students to date with Masters, Graduate Diplomas and Graduate Certificates in Applied Buddhist Studies.
The $40 million construction project is on track for the completion of Stage One in October 2014, with the foundations
complete, and walls already taking shape. The Opening Ceremony is scheduled for March, 2015.
The opening will come after 4 years of design and construction work, which included a significant multi-million dollar ‘clean up’ – financed and conducted by Nan Tien Temple – of the previous ‘council operated putrescible landfill’ site. The 15ha parcel of land located opposite the Nan Tien Temple – the largest Buddhist Temple in the Southern Hemisphere – was donated to the Temple by Wollongong City Council in 2001 for the creation of a community-enhancing educational facility.
The cleanup of this site was a significant feat – including major geotechnical investigation works and monitored environmental impact. During 2010 and 2011 the site was subject to extensive clearing, benching, dynamic compaction and filling with coal wash to prepare the site for remediation and the first stage of building works. This was undertaken by Australian engineering firm Douglas Partners and DP – and DP continues to monitor the project for maximum environmental protection.
The new facility has a unique and innovative architectural design that will be a regional landmark that draws national and international visitors.
Architects, Woods Bagot, describe their key design inspiration as “the lotus flower which rises and falls with the sun.” This key Buddhist symbol is one aspect of the design, which will have a range of features that reflect NTI’s Buddhist philosophy and provide a “seamless transition between the (Nan Tien) Temple and education facility.”
The first stage will initially cater for 300 students, and will move towards NTI’s vision of becoming the Illawarra’s second university that caters for 3000 students and offers a comprehensive range of undergraduate and postgraduate education programs in Humanities, Health, Business and Leadership studies, Technology and Research – all grounded in Buddhist values.
The future university is Australia’s first government accredited tertiary education provider grounded in Buddhist values and wisdom. It has been educating students from its’ temporary Nan Tien Temple campus since 2011, and has graduated a number of students to date with Masters, Graduate Diplomas and Graduate Certificates in Applied Buddhist Studies.
The $40 million construction project is on track for the completion of Stage One in October 2014, with the foundations
complete, and walls already taking shape. The Opening Ceremony is scheduled for March, 2015.
The opening will come after 4 years of design and construction work, which included a significant multi-million dollar ‘clean up’ – financed and conducted by Nan Tien Temple – of the previous ‘council operated putrescible landfill’ site. The 15ha parcel of land located opposite the Nan Tien Temple – the largest Buddhist Temple in the Southern Hemisphere – was donated to the Temple by Wollongong City Council in 2001 for the creation of a community-enhancing educational facility.
The cleanup of this site was a significant feat – including major geotechnical investigation works and monitored environmental impact. During 2010 and 2011 the site was subject to extensive clearing, benching, dynamic compaction and filling with coal wash to prepare the site for remediation and the first stage of building works. This was undertaken by Australian engineering firm Douglas Partners and DP – and DP continues to monitor the project for maximum environmental protection.
The new facility has a unique and innovative architectural design that will be a regional landmark that draws national and international visitors.
Architects, Woods Bagot, describe their key design inspiration as “the lotus flower which rises and falls with the sun.” This key Buddhist symbol is one aspect of the design, which will have a range of features that reflect NTI’s Buddhist philosophy and provide a “seamless transition between the (Nan Tien) Temple and education facility.”
The first stage will initially cater for 300 students, and will move towards NTI’s vision of becoming the Illawarra’s second university that caters for 3000 students and offers a comprehensive range of undergraduate and postgraduate education programs in Humanities, Health, Business and Leadership studies, Technology and Research – all grounded in Buddhist values.
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