Design Standards

We deliver high-standard infrastructure and architectural design services to enhance the student experience across all university campuses.

Teaching Spaces

Provides design requirements for classrooms, lecture rooms, tutorial rooms and teaching laboratories, promoting flexible, inclusive and technology enabled environments that support effect teaching and learning across USP campusus.

Office Spaces

Provides design requirements for offices, workstations, meeting rooms and associated support spaces, promoting functional, inclusive and technology-enabled workplaces that support productivity, collaboration, wellbeing and effective university operations across USP campuses.

Student Halls of Residence

Provides planning and design requirements for student accommodation facilities, including residential rooms, communal living areas, study spaces and supporting amenities. The standards promote safe, inclusive and comfortable living environments that support student wellbeing, academic success and community engagement while providing a consistent quality of accommodation across USP campuses.

Staff Accommodation

Provides design requirements for residential facilities occupied by university staff, promoting safe, comfortable and sustainable living environments that support staff wellbeing and a consistent quality of accommodation across USP campuses.

Lodges

Provides planning and operational requirements for lodge and guest accommodation facilities across USP campuses. The standards promote comfortable, secure and well-maintained accommodation environments that deliver a quality guest experience consistent with a 3-star lodge standard. Requirements address room amenities, guest services, housekeeping, accessibility, safety, security, sustainability and asset maintenance to support visitors, conference delegates, staff and official guests.

Landscaping

Provides design requirements for campus landscapes, pathways and open spaces, promoting attractive, sustainable and accessible outdoor environments that enhance campus identity, wellbeing and long-term amenity across USP campuses.

Signages

Provides design requirements for campus wayfinding, identification, informational and safety signage, promoting a consistent, accessible and user-friendly signage system across USP campuses.