Seaton High School Learning Centre | JPE Design Studio

Seaton High School Learning Centre | JPE Design Studio | Photographer: Sam Noonan

2023 National Architecture Awards Program

Seaton High School Learning Centre | JPE Design Studio

Traditional Land Owners

Kaurna Land

Year
2023
Chapter

South Australia

Category
COLORBOND® Award for Steel Architecture
Educational Architecture
Builder
BADGE Constructions
Photographer
Sam Noonan
Media summary

The new Learning Centre at Seaton High School is part of a significant renewal of an established campus. Driven by an expression of identity, the new building seeks to activate the student voice, creating a playful atmosphere with adaptable and agile spaces that meet the needs of this Entrepreneurial Specialist School.

The design responds to a contemporary learning environment as an integration into an existing pedagogy and landscape, and encourages a more collaborative and connected approach to education and site.

Conceived as a learning landscape, the design responds to the existing gum trees and ecology of the site as an asset, inspiring the architectural form and positioning the spaces within to connect directly to their natural surroundings. Landscape and people take priority, creating an open and welcoming campus expression that is reflective of the place, the school’s values and their ambitions moving into the future.

2023
South Australia Architecture Awards Accolades
Award for Educational Architecture

The building’s design supports the school’s focus on quality contemporary education and our work as an Entrepreneurial Specialist School. We are recognised leaders in innovation and authentic student-centred education. Our tailored learning pathways allow students to identify and build upon their unique strengths, explore fresh approaches to thinking, and find new ways to test and demonstrate their skills and knowledge. The design of the building provides a wide range of flexible learning spaces and facilitates groupings of students and staff beyond the standard “one teacher one class model” which is critical to these approaches.

Project Consultant and Construction Team

Bestec, ESD Consultant
Bestec, Services Consultant
Cirqa, Traffic Consultant
Department for Planning, Transport & Infrastructure (DPTI), Project Manager
Donald Cant Watts Corke (DCWC), Quantity Surveyor
Future Urban, Town Planner
JPE Design Studio, Landscape Architecture & Interior Design
Wallbridge Gilbert Aztec (WGA), Structural & Civil Engineering

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