Forensic Medicine & Coroner's Court Complex
Forensic Medicine & Coroner's Court Complex
Client
Health Infrastructure
LHD
NSW Health Pathology
Architect
STH Health Architecture+Cox Architecture
Project Budget
$91.5 million
Location
Lidcombe NSW
Traditional Custodians
Eora
The new $91.5 million Forensic Medicine and Coroner's Court Complex marks a significant milestone in the modernization of forensic and coronial services for NSW. A collaboration between NSW Health and NSW Justice, the state-of-the-art facility enhances access, integrates family support services, and expands capacity for forensic pathology and coronial inquiry.
Challenged to deliver a café concept and procurement strategy appropriate to the sensitivities of the environment, Maytrix shaped the design, scoped, and led an engagement strategy to deliver a service-focused café offering, welcoming court users, families, and staff.
Anchoring a purpose-built justice and forensic services facility, the multi-level complex is the largest facility of its kind, bringing together pathology, coronial functions, and family support services under one roof, supporting coordinated, compassionate care. The new complex redefines the user experience within a justice and forensic setting.
Effective planning delivered a sensitive and highly functional public interface and valued facility for the Coroner's Court Complex and established a quality and service-focused café that embraces the unique needs of families, visitors, and professionals working in the precinct.
The relocation of the facility strengthens collaboration between NSW Health Pathology and the Coroner’s Court, ensuring responsive and compassionate services for the community.
Our work in health spans 16+ major health infrastructure projects and $6.87B in health infrastructure investment. Projects include healthcare and innovation precincts, greenfield developments, and significant regional hospital redevelopment projects, integrating compliant, best-practice healthcare design principles into retail and food and beverage strategy and design and embracing the ‘Connecting with Country’ framework to deliver future-ready, resilient health campuses that support education, research, and deliver sustained community benefit.
New Forensic Medicine & Coroner's Court Complex
Image - Health NSW, Cox Architecture with STH Health Architecture
New Forensic Medicine & Coroner's Court Complex
Image - Health NSW, Cox Architecture with STH Health Architecture
New Forensic Medicine & Coroner's Court Complex
Image - Health NSW, Cox Architecture with STH Health Architecture
New Forensic Medicine & Coroner's Court Complex
Image - Health NSW, Cox Architecture with STH Health Architecture
Features
– Forensic Medicine Facilities
– Coroner’s Courtrooms
– Examination + Viewing Facilities
– Public Coronial Hearing Facilities
– Family Support Services
– Café + Retail Spaces
Awards
– 2023 National Infrastructure Awards – Excellence in Regional Health
– 2024 AIA NSW Chapter – Public Architecture Award
– 2024 Health Design Innovation Awards – Finalist
