NAMADGI SCHOOL
GUIDA MOSELEY BROWN ARCHITECTS
CATERGORY: PUBLIC ARCHITECTURE
Namadgi School was completed for the commencement of the 2011 school year. Planned to accommodate up to 900 P-10 students and preschoolers and to support after-hours access by the Kambah community, three clusters of buildings are connected by a public thoroughfare to provide for two identifiable “communities” within the school, the Junior and Senior groupings, and the third wider community where buildings front the street for ease of access and to present a welcoming aspect. The building modules are based upon open flexible collaborative central spaces as the focus of learning. Each building has a differing orientation and the architecture utilises this to create difference and variety and to enable the confident use of external open space. The Performing Arts Hall, Administration, Learning Resource Centre, Canteen and Gymnasium have been grouped for easy after hours community use and establish a scale related to the adjacent commercial environment. Designed to achieve a 5 Star Educational Green Star rating, a number of water and energy saving features contribute to environmental benefits and ideal learning environments.
CATERGORY: SUSTAINABLE ARCHITECTURE
Namadgi School was completed for the commencement of the 2011 school year. Designed to achieve a 5 Star Educational Green Star rating, a number of water and energy saving features contribute to environmental benefits and ideal learning environments. Planned to accommodate up to 900 P-10 students and preschoolers and to support after-hours access by the Kambah community, the clustered building modules are based upon open flexible collaborative central spaces as the focus of learning. Each building has a differing orientation to support the aspirations and goals of pedagogy and the architecture utilises this to create difference and variety and to enable the confident use of external open space. Articulated to reflect the undulating Kambah hills in the background the buildings have been developed to provide good thermal mass and solar shading, natural ventilation and daylight. Numerous water conscious measures have been employed throughout the school precinct.
PROJECT TEAM
Architect/Practice: Guida Moseley Brown Architects
Practice Team: Tim Brown (Project Architect), Harold Guida (Design Architect), Sieglinde Whittle (Project Manager), Brenton Bedell, Gayatri Pathare, Andrew Novinc, Josephine Stortini, Adrian Lindsey, Myles Hannah, Sait Buzgan
Consultant Team: Sellick Consultants (Structural Consultant), Hughes Trueman (Civil/Hydraulic Consultant), Rudds Consulting Engineers (Electrical/Mechanical/Environmental/Fire Consultant), Redbox Design Group (Landscape Consultant), AECOM (Acoustic Consultant), Rider Levett Bucknall (Cost Consultant), Dr Julia Atkin (Education Consultant), Certified Building Solutions (Certifier)
Construction Team: Manteena (Builder)
Photographer: John Gollings
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