Ipswich Justice Precinct

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JAYSON + MICHAEL’S HISTORY BEFORE BLIGHT RAYNER

Ipswich Justice Precinct © Christopher Frederick Jones

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Ipswich, 2005-09

As for the Brisbane Magistrates Court designed a decade earlier, the design sought to break down the confronting public interface historically associated with courts buildings. Here this was achieved by carving a courtyard into the site, wrapping the courtrooms around it. The sculpting and niching of the façade further humanise the architecture, along with the insertions of ten artists, including to the structural fabric of the building. The initially complex problem of accommodating both district and magistrates courts, with their different functional needs was resolved by pairing courtrooms – the public entering from the courtyard side, judges (and juries) from the other, and prisoners between pairs.

Client

Queensland Government

Attribution

Jayson Blight was the Project Director for, and Michael Rayner was involved in the design of, Ipswich Justice Precinct when working at Cox Architecture t/a Cox Rayner.

Project Awards

AIA Queensland FDG Stanley Award for Public Architecture 2010 • AIA Queensland GHM Addison Award for Interior Architecture 2010 • AIA Queensland Art and Architecture Prize 2010

Photography

Christopher Frederick Jones • Angus Martin