TOUR 22 - CITY LEARNING SPACES
ST GEORGE’S ANGLICAN GRAMMAR SCHOOL
St George's Anglican Grammar School (SGAGS) opened in the heart of the Perth CBD in 2015 to be Perth’s first vertical school. SGAGS uses bold colours and innovative design, literally incorporating the city’s cultural, educational and recreational facilities as part of their greater urban campus.
MERCEDES COLLEGE
The project brief was to transform the building into a new year 12 Learning Centre and convert the traditional cellular building into a 21st century learning environment. Touching the existing building lightly, the upper floor box is clad with zinc so it will age gracefully beside its 120-year-old neighbour.CITY OF PERTH LIBRARY
Continue the walk-up west Hay Street to explore the Kerry Hill designed City of Perth Library. This competition-winning design was built on a complex urban site above an existing parking basement, adjacent to some of Perth’s finest heritage buildings. Responding to this context, the building is cylindrical in form. The upper profile is defined by a diagonal truncation that allows winter sun to enter the public plaza and gives the library an appropriate scale as it addresses the heritage buildings. The cylindrical form allows an architectural reading of the building as a discrete object; a new contribution to the surrounding urban milieu and a building with a distinct civic identity.