The Curtin Bike Hub was designed with Curtin’s community’s needs in mind and has resulted in a thriving precinct that includes secure storage for 200 bicycles, all access end-of-trip facilities and an accessible green roof and open deck.

The design assimilates the hub within the broader landscape of the precinct allowing it to become integral to the outdoor experience. The green roof expands the buildings base function creating a new vibrant flexible area to relax and connect, in addition to being an events and activation space.

Curtin developed a Cycle Access Management Plan to understand Campus cycle infrastructure demand which highlighted a shortage in high quality cycle storage and end of trip facilities. Stakeholder consultation, which included the Disability Access and Inclusion Committee and the LGBTIQ Advisory Committee, established that the Hub could meet a wide range of needs including cyclists and others who exercise before or during campus-based days, people with disability and people wanting to access gender-neutral facilities.

The facilities make active transport more attractive and convenient for students and staff. The project has also had a wide reaching impact on cycling promotion in Perth and internationally, having been used as an events venue for the DOT “Ride2Curtin” day, being a catalyst for the inclusion of two-tier bicycle parking systems at METRONET rail projects and being selected as one of 15 projects for the 2019-2020 Bicycle Architecture Biennale hosted in Amsterdam which toured internationally at major architectural and city making events in cities including Oslo, Rome, Wellington, San Jose and Dublin.