TAFE NSW - Padstow Building A

Located within Building A at TAFE NSW Padstow, the Veterinary Training Labs required a series of highly controlled teaching environments to support practical learning, including grooming, animal study, workshop, and support spaces.

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Delivered within a heritage structure, the project demanded a solution that could provide contemporary performance while avoiding permanent impact on the existing building fabric. At the same time, the programme required completion ahead of the academic term, placing pressure on both design coordination and construction timelines. XFrame was selected to deliver a fully engineered, free-standing internal system capable of creating thermally conditioned laboratory environments independent of the host building. This approach ensured the heritage shell remained untouched, while enabling modern teaching facilities to be realised within.

The system was deployed as a rationalised kit-of-parts solution, developed in collaboration with FJC Studio. Prefabricated components enabled rapid installation on site, significantly reducing programme risk and allowing the spaces to be brought online in time for teaching.

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Beyond delivery speed, the system provides long-term adaptability. The demountable nature of XFrame allows the laboratories to be reconfigured, expanded, or removed as requirements evolve — supporting a future-focused approach to tertiary education environments while reducing material waste and embodied carbon. This project represents a clear example of how modular, demountable systems can be applied within the education sector to balance performance, programme certainty, and heritage constraints.