Lynwood Senior High School Redevelopment | With Architecture Studio
The redevelopment at Lynwood SHS bring new life to the campus, revitalising the school presence when seen from Metcalfe Rd.
The building’s siting features a set of new buildings forming a new perimeter to the campus, together with a landscape intervention opening a thoroughfare through the school as an effective wayfinding device for pedestrians. While the cantilevered ‘crown’ defines the new school frontage, secondary pedestrian access to the school connects with expanded vehicular drop off areas.
The entry forecourt to the performing arts and learning areas is defined with patterned black brick and a large opening to the courtyard, the result being a space animated by natural light that bleeds into the building interiors.
Landscaped areas play an important role by providing new amenity and connecting the school new frontage with the new Sports Hall at the rear of the campus, revitalising existing areas such as the school orchard.
John Septimus Roe Anglican Community School Early Learning Centre | Hames Sharley
The Early Learning Centre (ELC) at John Septimus Roe Anglican Community School (JSRACS) is the first of two new buildings to be delivered in phase one of Hames Sharley’s master plan, increasing the School’s capacity to accommodate new students as they collocate their Beechboro campus with their existing Mirrabooka Campus.
Conceptually, the design echoes the School’s pedagogy to provide a state-of-the-art learning environment beyond its internal walls, setting a precedent for lifelong learning from the very first moment a child attends the School.
The two-storey building utilises the challenging topography of the site to place the learning and play areas level with the main school campus, while inserting a maintenance and storage undercroft below. A nature-based playground capitalises on the sunlit northern aspect of the site, while the interior of each building has a strong connection to the surrounding landscape, creating vibrant spaces that keep young minds engaged and inquisitive.
