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Our brief was for a new Science and Senior Years Centre. The brief included a variety of general learning areas, provision for the senior year teachers and a science centre which was to be also used by the younger students in the school.
The circular shaped plan form was adopted for the building; this shape had an appropriate civic quality which seemed to build upon the schools original masterplan. The circular plan is an alluring one for architects, clearly it is a definitive human mark upon the landscape, and yet its many precedents, from Grounds to Stonehenge to indigenous gathering, show that it can, perhaps paradoxically, coexist with and not disrupt a native landscape.
However, rather than adopting a circular or radial pattern dictated by theshape of the plan, we chose to overlay an angular geometry. This geometry was used to definethe central courtyards, the light wells and a mosaic of learning spaces. This geometry contrasts and disrupts the building’s circular motif, highlighting key entry points and providing a distinction between the outer world (singular, civic, circular, executedin a muted landscape palate) and the inner world (complex, dynamic, expressive&colourful).
Great consideration was given to the configuration of these learning spaces. Some of the key characteristics were transparency into and between spaces, a variety of spatial type, interconnectivity, multiple-use, flexibility and adaptability of the learning spaces.
Staff work stations are peppered throughout the facility; the lower levels are generally multiple-use teaching spaces, the upper levels predominately science focussed. Provision for outdoor informal gathering of students is provided throughout the complex.
The building floors are reinforced concrete with band beams supported by concrete and steel columns. The roof is steel framed. The outer cladding is Colorbond Longline, the inner cladding Vitrapanel. The exterior shading fins are glue laminated Queensland spotted gum. Windows are aluminium, double glazed & thermally broken. High quality acoustic glazed doors are used between learning spaces.
The contrast so evident in this building’s languageencapsulates the contemporary pedagogical approaches for a well-rounded education. The circular form is a classical representation of order, rigour, and the certainty of knowledge – the buildings inner world, with its complex mosaic of spaces, amplified by pattern, colour and multiple reflections, represents the uncertainty and complexity of modern life and scientific understanding, and the necessity of the qualities of wonder and imagination to advance and see us through.
Photography by John Gollings
Photography by John Gollings
Photography by John Gollings
Photography by John Gollings
Photography by John Gollings
Photography by John Gollings
Photography by John Gollings
Photography by John Gollings
Photography by John Gollings
Photography by John Gollings
Photography by John Gollings
Photography by John Gollings
Photography by John Gollings
Photography by John Gollings
Photography by John Gollings
Photography by John Gollings
Photography by John Gollings
Photography by John Gollings
Photography by John Gollings
Photography by John Gollings
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获奖者mcbridecharlesryan
At McBride Charles Ryan (MCR), we are a practice committed to delivering exemplary architecture to all our clients. Our professionalism and commitment to our craft, clients and partners has been rewarded by a broad range of commissions over our 28 years of practice. We are a multiple award-winning architecture firm. With 29 Australian Institute of Architects Awards and various international awards across all architectural categories, we demonstrate an ongoing versatility in design that responds uniquely to our clients’ briefs. Our ability to create monumental architecture has been acknowledged widely through the accumulated awards. Each of our projects has strong underpinning principles in urban, formal and planning strategies. Our methods key into and analyse surrounding conditions, identify patterns and then give direction to our projects. MCR’s buildings express a complex relationship with lineage and the echoes of history. While clearly contemporary, the effusive nature of our buildings connects them strongly with the architecture of the past, realising community character through engaging expression and encasing the urban fabric in exquisite resolution. Through years of practice MCR has developed an ideological position of urban specificity: although this is not an architectural language per se, it refers to a modus operandi – a way we derive a unique expression for each of our buildings that thrives on the specific conditions of its urban and programmatic moment. This fascination with context informs MCR’s approach to developing a bespoke expression for every project. When a characterisation becomes apparent in our work, it is in turn upended by our own method of working, as witnessed in each of our successive projects. MCR believes strongly in the power of architecture to signify meaning and values, enriching the urban environment and its community of clients, users, visitors and passers-by. We develop clear concepts and feasibility studies informed by commercial, contextual and historical interfaces. MCR has repeatedly shown that design, regardless of how modest in scale and budget, can engage with the public realm, inviting intrigue and exploration.
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