Wurundjeri Woi- wurrung
Victorian
The North Melbourne Primary School Molesworth Street Campus is a new $55 million vertical school for 525 students, with a 66-child kindergarten on the top level. It contains 21 classrooms, specialist learning spaces, a library, gymnasium, and a unique music/performing arts hub.
Positioned as a benchmark project for future vertical schools in Victoria and interstate, its design responds to complex site challenges, ensuring accessibility and functionality. Collaborative efforts with specialists, lessons learned from various primary schools, and ongoing client engagement underline the project’s holistic approach.
The school’s cultural significance extends beyond academia, encouraging community integration through a well conceived social organisation model. With significant sustainability considerations and a commitment to 21st century learning, North Melbourne Primary School Molesworth Street Campus sets a new standard for educational spaces.
The students at North Melbourne Primary School are now able to benefit from the juxtaposition between the learning opportunities that the historic campus and the new 21st Century learning space enable.
The new build has exceeded our expectations of providing a space where the whole school community can gather to provide cross campus connections. The Molesworth Campus is an impressive architectural design, which the students and families have enthusiastically embraced.
The design has provided places for the community to gather and has situated our school as a prominent landmark in the community.
Jesse Judd, Design Architect
Andrea Wilson, Interior Lead
Stephen Davies, Project Team
Victor Bredin, Project Lead
Alex Morse, Project Team
Catherine Dupuy, Interior Design
Laura Bailey, Project Team
Bush Projects, Landscape Consultant
Engaging Spaces, Education Planning Specialist
MGAC, DDA / Access
WSP, Engineering
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.
