BURGMAN ANGLICAN SCHOOL FORDE
COLLARD CLARKE JACKSON CANBERRA
CATERGORY: PUBLIC ARCITECTURE
Burgmann Anglican School Forde is an early learning school (preschool to year 2) and the middle school (year 6 to year 8). The Forde school has been designed using two organising elements; one is the form of an eccentric nucleus shape that is derived from the basic building form of life such as seeds; the second organising element is the cross form which divides the site at a more formal level and provides a subconscious link to the spiritual basis of the school. The aim is to create a pattern that enables the school to live. The Forde campus is a rich tapestry of materials and textures in built and landscape form. The detailed design of the buildings and spaces allow for flexibility in learning with activity nodes forming a necklace of learning. At the building scale, there is simplicity in design whilst maintaining a textural richness to stimulate the peripheral realm. Although it may be said that no individual element possesses a special beauty or rarity, the quality lies in the way your gaze runs over natural patterns following one another like in a musical score where a note cannot be altered or changed without damaging the whole.
PROJECT TEAM
Architect/Practice: Collard Clarke Jackson Canberra
Practice Team: Maria Filardo (Project Architect - Middle School), Karin Gustavsson (Project Architect - GP Hall), Shannon Battison (Graduate of Architecture - Early Learning), Jeremy Son (Project Architect -Project Team), Kevin Adrian Miller (Design Architect - Project Director & Design), Jennifer Witheford (Interior Design), Sarah Leeson (Interior Design - Early Learning), Sarah Truscott (Project Team), Greg Willis (Documentation), Edwina Reinberger (Interior Documentation), Yves Tong (Project Team)
Consultant Team: AWT Consulting Engineers (Structural Consultant), Mott MacDonald Hughes Trueman (Civil/Hydraulic Consultant), Rudds Consulting Engineers (Electrical/Mechanical Consultant, Red Box Design Group (Landscape Consultant), Wilde & Woollard (Cost Consultant)
Construction Team: Complete Constructions (Builder - Stage 2-4), Total Projects (Builder - Stage 1), Complete Constructions (Construction Manager- Stage 2-4)
Photographer: Ben Wrigley
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