A two-phase project involving the construction of a Technical Vocational Education Training (TVET) facility for Automotive and Marine Technical Training and the construction of a Higher Learning Centre building housing the University of South Pacific (USP) Centre, a Library and Community Centre. The project was funded by DFAT.
The project is one of the long-term objectives under Education sector stated in the National Sustainable Development Strategy when it was first published in 2005 - to ‘build a Learning Village where high school and tertiary education providing institutes share the same land area for sharing of resources and networking’. In 2006, the government developed the concept of a Learning Village that integrates the facilities of the Nauru Secondary School, a Technical and Vocational Education Training (TVET) facility, the University of the South Pacific (USP) Nauru campus and a Public/National library on the same site, within the same “Village” area. We hope to achieve efficiency in cost effective allocation and sharing of its capital resources by integrating these facilities in the Learning Village to become the learning “hub” for all of Nauru. In 2007, government identified a site for the Learning Village and developed a Master Plan for Phase 1 of the Learning Village, which was partially completed in 2010 with the completion of the NSS building. The final component of Phase 1 was completed in 2015 with the completion of the TVET Centre. Phase 2 of the project is the construction of the new building for USP Nauru campus inclusive of a Public/Community Library and was scheduled for completion by the end of 2017, early 2018.
The two buildings were constructed on an old, abandoned Department of Works warehouse site located between the Nauru Police Federation Headquarters building and Nauru Secondary School. The TVET facility was constructed on the seaside and the USP Centre, Library and Community Centre building was constructed on the airport side. The Architect and Project Manager was Alexander & Lloyd Group.
- Project
- Nauru Learning Centre (TVET & USP)
- Location
- Nauru
- Client
- Republic of Nauru | DFAT funded Alexander & Lloyd Architects
- Project Type
- Education & Training
- Year Completed
- TVET Training Centre: 2014, USP Centre Library & Community Centre: 2018