Australian Antarctic Program Headquarters

The Australian Antarctic Program Headquarters is proposed for location adjacent to Macquarie Wharf. This facility co-ordinates Australia’s scientific, environmental, logistical and transport activities in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean.

The building accommodates offices, meeting spaces, educational facilities as well as workshops, laboratories, storage and other specialist facilities.

The location provides direct access to the RSV Nuyina when docked, as well as allied wharf facilities and quick access to the Antarctic air link via Hobart Airport.

Main access is via Evans Street but it utilises the wharf side edge for vehicle and specialised access.

The Australian Antarctic Program Headquarters will be sustainably constructed utilising engineered mass timber. It will be light, bright and generous in amenity and its new city location will facilitate cross disciplinary collaboration with local institutions as well as a pleasant and convenient work environment.

The scale of the facility proposed provides opportunity for space over and above that currently accommodated in Kingston. The Vision proposes a sustainable, attractive and enviable workplace, the world’s pre-eminent Antarctic Headquarters, with direct access to Macquarie Wharf, the gateway to the Southern Ocean.