We were engaged across campus masterplanning, architecture and interiors. The existing school had grown in a piecemeal way over time – fragmented outdoor spaces, poor supervision lines and no real central zone for the faculty and students to come together. The brief was to fix that. Rather than add more built area, we demolished the central wing and used the footprint to create a civic heart for the school: an open square where the whole community can gather, where teachers can see across the yard, and where the school fete, assemblies and everyday play all have a home.
A new wing was added to the original admin building, alongside a multi-purpose hall with an art room, canteen and sports space. The new buildings consolidate everything the school needs, while the reconfigured existing buildings work more efficiently than before. The effect is more green space, and more usable, efficient classroom spaces.
Seaford’s beach setting shaped the material palette – sand-coloured brick, round portal windows that frame views in and out, and a timber structure for the main hall. The landscaping was developed in collaboration with a First Nations student, whose ground painting forms the welcome arrival moment at the school entrance. Indigenous planting runs through the grounds, bringing the local landscape into the everyday life of the school.
Seaford Primary School
Masterplanning and new capital works for a small primary school in Seaford, delivered for the Victorian School Building Authority.
Seaford’s beach setting shaped the material palette – sand-coloured brick, round portal windows that frame views in and out, and a timber structure for the main hall. The landscaping was developed in collaboration with a First Nations student, whose ground painting forms the welcome arrival moment at the school entrance. Indigenous planting runs through the grounds, bringing the local landscape into the everyday life of the school.
The existing school had grown in a piecemeal way over time – fragmented outdoor spaces, poor supervision lines and no real central zone for the faculty and students to come together. The brief was to fix that. Rather than add more built area, we demolished the central wing and used the footprint to create a civic heart for the school: an open square where the whole community can gather, where teachers can see across the yard, and where the school fete, assemblies and everyday play all have a home.
