Queensland
North Queensland
Whitsunday Anglican School has undertaken a visionary journey with its development of the STEAM Centre, epitomizing a dedication to educational excellence and community connectivity.
With a design philosophy of enhancement, innovation and legacy, the Centre fosters creativity, collaboration, and enterprise among students while forging tangible links with regional industries.
It serves as a dynamic educational hub for students, staff, and the wider community, enriching learning experiences and fostering partnerships with local businesses.
Seamlessly integrated into the existing campus, the Centre embodies a thoughtful approach to urban campus school design, blurring boundaries between indoor and outdoor spaces.
Housing cutting-edge laboratories, versatile maker spaces, and a contemporary library, every aspect is meticulously crafted to meet the evolving needs of students and educators.
The STEAM Centre represents a transformative vision for regional education, it is a place where minds are engaged and inspired, where students are encouraged to seek and achieve.
Australian Institute of Architects People’s Choice Prize (Qld)
Commendation for Educational Architecture
The Whitsunday Anglican School STEAM Centre project infuses joy and technical excellence into a building that serves as the epicenter of education on campus. Seamlessly bridging generational gaps, it facilitates knowledge transfer even as it sets a positive example. The interior design is masterfully executed, promising the nurture of future generations of innovators and change-makers for years to come.
Schools and architects aspire to bring teachers along for the journey as they conceptualise, build, and occupy a new teaching and learning facility.
The vision is that collaboration builds greater pedagogical capacity of teachers using the new spaces, because their involvement lets them consider how they represent a visible culture of deep learning.
The project traces the collaboration between motivated teachers in a regional school, an architectural firm, and an evidence-based university program.
This school-based building project provides one blueprint of a whole-staff journey towards designing and implementing innovative learning environments to maximise deep learning.
Bartley Burns Certifiers and Planners, Building Surveyor
Electrical Design Group, Electrical Consultant
JFLA, Landscape Consultant
Johnson & Cumming, Quantity Surveyor
MWA Environmental, Acoustic Consultant
RPS Group, Town Planner
STP Consultants, Civil Consultant
STP Consultants, Hydraulic Consultant
STP Consultants, Services Consultant
STP Consultants, Structural Engineer
WSP, Engineer
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.
