Western Australia
The Grace Chapel at Peter Carnley Anglican Community School is a light-filled and uplifting space for worship and community. Designed primarily as a place for people to gather in faith, the brief for a Chapel within a School site offers the opportunity to integrate the ideas and expectations of both communities where the worldly and the Holy aspirations meet.
Elements of place and faith are woven throughout the new building. The built form and radial geometry reference the organic forms of local flora and Ichthus symbol. The Grace Chapel takes cues from the existing built context, yet still resonates as a separate, identifiable form. The sweeping roof and the radiating monolithic fins frame views, while the heavy limestone base anchors the design and references contextual massing on site. Majestic in its presentation, Grace Chapel is a welcoming place for worship and is responsive to the environment in which it sits.
Grace Chapel benefits the School by providing a sacred space for worship. Staff and student wellbeing is enhanced through regular services. We build strong relationships, creating a sense of belonging and community by gathering together. The building provides connection with nature and a visual link back to the School. An intricate and complex design, the building is entwined with objects of beauty including the entrance artwork and handcrafted stained glass in the Side Chapel of All Saints. The location of the Chapel with a backdrop of mature trees adds to the sense of serenity and peace with the memorial garden.
Duncan McLagan, Design Architect
John Andrews, Document Manager
Mark Langdon, Project Director / Design Architect
Best Consultants, Electrical Consultant
BPA Engineering, Structural and Civil Engineering
Cindy Poole, Artist
DSA Pty Ltd, Mechanical Engineering
Hendry Group, Building Surveyor
ND Engineering, Acoustic Consultant
Owen Consulting, Quantity Surveyor
Plan E, Landscape Consultant
SparkA Design, Artist
Volume Design Group, Hydraulic Consultant
The Australian Institute of Architects acknowledges First Nations peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the lands, waters, and skies of the continent now called Australia.
We express our gratitude to their Elders and Knowledge Holders whose wisdom, actions and knowledge have kept culture alive.
We recognise First Nations peoples as the first architects and builders. We appreciate their continuing work on Country from pre-invasion times to contemporary First Nations architects, and respect their rights to continue to care for Country.
