TOUR 14 - SEAVIEW SCHOOL
Heading to the very East of Christchurch is the suburb of Sumner which has recently opened some new classrooms and have revisioned what a school library could be. Lyttleton School is a merger of two schools post quake. They have worked with their local performing arts community to share a performing arts space.
SUMNER SCHOOL
Architect: OpusSumner School is a seaside school Years 0-8. They have recently opened new and redeveloped teaching spaces. The school has a new administration, library and “wellness centre” that flank the new entrance and connected with large timber arches. The wellness centre is more than a library and represents the heart of the school where students and the community belong equally and opens out to edible gardens and has a small kitchen for the preparation of food and catering for small events.LYTTELTON SCHOOL
Architect: John Sofo of ASC ArchitectureLyttelton School was one of the first schools to open post-quake. They are a merger of two schools that were closed after the quakes. It is a two storied building on a sloped site. The learning is personalised. In a first for New Zealand, the separate hall is shared with the local professional theatre company – outside school hours, the hall transforms into the Lyttelton Arts Factory (LAF) venue, with retractable seating and additional cabling infrastructure.