Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Cabramatta

Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School campus required a masterplan to consolidate, repurpose and re-organise both parish and school buildings, simplifying use across the site. Three existing learning blocks were amalgamated under one roof with a new learning common at it’s heart, improving access, flow and most importantly the agility of teaching and learning. The focus was on the creation of quality spaces, realising the potential of existing facilities, and minimising the impact during construction on the school.

St Columba’s Primary School, Leichhardt

Inner city regeneration

The reconstruction of the school created new learning paradigms whilst enabling learners to discover a range of experiences. In a significant reworking, the project retains the original Victorian school building, re-establishing a garden curtilage as a way of connecting church, school and hall. It provides discrete infants and primary areas, and a new school entry or ‘welcome’, with a positive street presence. Pedagogy is the driver, providing distinctive spaces to support contemporary learning, both indoors and out. Winner of the 2016 AIA NSW Educational Architecture Award.