2016_project sheets

ST CLAIR HIGH SCHOOL INNOVATION CENTRE

CLIENT NSW Department of Education

LOCATION St Clair High School, Sydney

BUDGET $14.5

COMPLETION 2017

The new Innovation Centre is intended as a

signature building for the school. It replaces 19

classrooms and the school library which were

destroyed by fire and creates a new, strongly

defined school entry.

It is designed to reflect current pedagogy and

21st Century learning environments with

classrooms opening to learning commons.

A major element of the project is the associated

terraced landscaping which creates a distinct

campus heart and provides seating focussed on

the Hall which will be replanned to open up to

this area. It is envisioned that the school will

eventually have a large format projection screen

located on the Hall.

The school, in partnership with The University

of Western Sydney has developed a brief for a

centre of excellence for teacher training. The

new building will include a lecture theatre and

Café Hub.

The new building addresses a significant site

fall by incorporating a graded walkway along a

corridor activated by exhibits and openings

into the learning commons.

A division of the Department of Finance & Services

NARELLAN SSP


LOCATION Narellan NSW

BUDGET $14.5

COMPLETION 2017

The new Narellan School for Special Purposes

will cater for children from K to year 12 with a

range of disabilities. The school adjoins the

heritage listed St Thomas chapel and shares

access through this site. The campus has been

designed with facilities which may be shared

with the public after hours, such as the

hydrotherapy pool and multi purpose building,

located adjacent to the chapel and portrait

gallery. The original Hope Christian School

Library has been retained within this zone. A

civic link connects the site to Richardson Road.

The homebases have been designed as north

facing cluster classrooms each containing a

learning common and all opening to secure

cocourtyards.

The development makes use of an extensive

bushfire asset protection zone to the west for

outdoor play areas. Buildings have been

designed to meet requirements of the Mine

Subsidence Board and the impact of site

crossfalls.


HARBORD PUBLIC SCHOOL


LOCATION Harbord Public School, Sydney

BUDGET $11.5

COMPLETION 2017

The need for a new building has been

necessitated by an increasing population

resulting in 19 demountables occupying

valuable outdoor play areas within a relatively

small school site.

The new building provides 18 classrooms on

three levels with a two storey contemporary

library straddling a new Covered Outdoor

Learning Area (COLA). The COLA creates a

threshold from school proper to play areas to

the north. The building is sited to celebrate a

natural sandstone outcrop and to create a new

courtyard in front of the heritage listed

classroom block.The existing library will

accommodate teaching spaces.

The development seeks to provide

environments which support the schools drive

to develop contemporary pedagogy. The design

allows for flexibility in classroom use and

incorporates generous learning commons with

differentiated learning environments within.


PHOTOGRAPHY SIMON WHITBREAD

C H I L D C A R E - E A R L Y C H I L D H O O D H E A L T H C E N T R E - P R I M A R Y S C H O O L

C A N A D A B A Y P U B L I C S C H O O L A NEW MODEL OF DESIGN FOR NSW PUBLIC SCHOOLS

This project and the successful partnerships that have been formed have set a benchmark for a new approach to the design of NSW public schools.The collaboration and commitment to innovation and excellence was evident from the project initiation and planning, construction and now operational phase of the school and community facilities.

The precinct design required Council and the NSW DEC to work collaboratively to develop the components of the site, resolve design issues and facilitate community consultation in relation to planning matters and community concerns (for example traffic, parking and environmental concerns).

This school is the first of a new model of design for NSW public schools that are a transitional development between the Schools Facilities Standards and new learning environments based on contemporary pedagogy. It provides simple innovations which each proposed new school project can improve and expand to meet their local context.

The childcare and Early Childhood Health Centre are located in a prominent position at the entry to the site which allowed the Childcare Centre to maximize north facing outdoor play space. The Primary School COLA and hall open off the shared Community Playing Field to the south.

The Childcare play area adjoins the Primary School outdoor play area, increasing potential interaction of student groups. The childcare and school share a common entry off the west driveway.

Constraints affecting the site included potential for flooding, a major gas main across the north west corner of the site, acid sulfate soils, existing site contamination, landscape heritage, traffic locked location, noise from the elevated Homebush Bay Drive and presence of a large billboard.

The elevation facing the billboard and Homebush Bay Drive has been designed as a piece of graphic highway art with articulated entries, sunscreen and cladding. The Community Hall is given volumetric and graphic prominence. The two storey wings ameliorate acoustic intrusions.

G O V E R N M E N T A R C H I T E C T ’ S O F F I C EProject Architect Cathy KubanyProject Team Member Dillon Kombumerri, Tasuli Gango, Christian Reyes

S U B C O N S U L T A N T SDocumentation architects - Perumal Pedavoli ArchitectsSite Remediation - WSP Environment and Energy Site auditor-contamination - Coffey Environments, Michael DunbavanTraffic - McLaren Traffic Consultants Flood consultant - NSW Public Works Electrical, communication , security - JHA Consulting EngineersLandscape - NSW Government Architects Office Structural, Civil, Hydraulics - Woolacotts Consulting Engineers

Mechanical - NSW Government Architects Office Interior design - Desmond Freeman assisted by NSW Government Architects Office BCA and Access - AE &D ConsultingLift - ERBAS and Associates

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CANADA BAY PUBLIC SCHOOL

CLIENT Dept of Education and Communities

LOCATION Victoria Avenue, Canada Bay

BUDGET $25 million construction

COMPLETION 2015 construction

The Department of Education and Communities

(DEC) along with Canada Bay Council is

developing a community site next to Homebush

Bay Drive and adjoining Powells Creek Reserve.

The new school will cater for 600 primary

school children and includes 4 Special

Education class rooms. As a community

partnership the building includes a 46 place

long day care centre, an Early Childhood Health

Centre and an enlarged Hall to accommodate

Out Of School Hours care and community use.

The school will have exclusive use of one of the

two community playing fields during school

hours.

The project includes major site remediation

works, addresses site flooding issues and has

been designed to act as an acoustic barrier to

traffic noise from Homebush Bay Drive. There

is an existing large billboard which will remain

on site.

This project seeks to provide innovative

responses to its role as a community school

and to represent a new direction in education.


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The Gunnedah Aboriginal Child and Family Centre focusses on the key issues:

- Community consultation.

- Culturally and environmentally sensitive design

- Operational issues

- Simple construction to create local employment opportunities

- Opportunities for local indigenous skills development

- Maximise building within limited budget.

It captures the brief and intent for a suite of projects throughout NSW

incorporating Family Health and Childcare in a single facility. Each project is

unique – reflecting the local indigenous communities. The centres have all been

designed with a strong reference to ‘place’. In the case of Gunnedah the plan

form took shape from reference to the ‘Wallaby Trap’ a landscape element which

features in local indigenous history. The topography of sacred hills nearby has

been reflected in roof forms and exterior building colour. The entry forecourt

encloses an existing tree that is used as a yarning circle. The central social and

information community hub forms the main entry and is located between the

Childcare and Family Health components of the centre. The building is oriented

north overlooking dressage arenas located next to the showground and a

community garden. The driver for these projects has been the need to improve

indigenous health and education outcomes from an early age.

A B O R I G I N A L C H I L D & F A M I L Y C E N T R E

G U N N E D A H I N D I G E N O U S C O M M U N I T Y C O N S U L T A T I O N

C L I E N T

Department of Family & Community Services

G A O T E A M Cathy Kubany, Dillon Kombumerri,

Michael Mossman, Tasuli Gango

C O N S U L T A N T SLandscape Architect Government Architect’s Office

Structural Government Architect’s Office

Hydraulic Design Government Architect’s Office

Electrical Engineering Government Architect’s Office

Interior Design Government Architect’s Office

Kitchen Consultant The Mack Group

Cost Consultant Housing NSW

BCA Consultants MBC

Project Manager Housing NSW

B U I L D E R Boulus Constructions Pty Ltd.

GUNNEDAH ABORIGINAL CHILD AND FAMILY CENTRE

CLIENT The Department of Family and

Communities

LOCATION Gunnedah, NSW

BUDGET $3 million

COMPLETION 2013

This child and family centre is one of 6 centres

GAO have designed and documented for

Aboriginal communities throughout NSW. This

initiative will allow Aboriginal children to be

exposed to early education in a culture and

community sensitive environment. The inclusion

of a Family Health component in these projects

is aimed at addressing the unique health

challenges faced by these communities.

This centre has been designed to retain an

existing eucalypt on site as a focal point for an

outdoor community hub at the front of the

building. This outdoor space has developed as a

reference to local indigenous history concerning

defeat of a warring tribe at the Wallaby Trap

at the base of Porcupine Hill.

The childcare component of the project faces

due north and includes a generous verandah.

The entire complex looks north across

dressage arenas toward the Gunnedah

showground.

The buildings are airconditioned. Rainwater is

captured for use in toilet flushing and

irrigation. Sustainable design has been

addressed throughout the complex.


RIVERINA JUVENILE JUSTICE CENTRE REDEVELOPMENT

CLIENT Department of Juvenile Justice

LOCATION Wagga Wagga, NSW

BUDGET $28mil construction 2011-2013

The existing JJC at Riverina is undergoing major

additions and upgrades including not only buildings

but extensive site works and site services. The

external works include upgrading of perimeter

security fencing and provision of new carparking.

New state of the art buildings have been designed

to provide Visits, Admissions, Clinic and

Administration in the main entry building. This

building forms part of the secure perimeter for the

site.

A new accommodation unit is part of the

development along with refurbishments of the

existing accommodation units.

The existing school, Education Administration and

resident Dining activities buildings are all being

upgraded as part of the works.

Project delivery has been complicated by the need

to deliver lump sum tender documents to a

reduced program.

The centre will continue to be fully operational

during the works. This has resulted in staging to

allow for decanting of residents during construction

and to time works to minimize disruption to the

school.

Image from Hansen and Yuncken

CLIENT DET/TAFE NSW

LOCATION Quakers Hill, Nirimba TAFE

NIRIMBA COLLEGE OF TAFE GREENSKILLS BUILDING

The Nirimba Greenskills building is a federally

funded project intended as a facility to train

trade students in environmentally sustainable

practices. The building will not only serve as a

teaching space for “green” electrical, hydraulics

and refrigeration trades, but will also have a

community education function showcasing

different technologies in these fields.

The building design demonstrates principles

of sensible passive design including north

orientation, appropriate sunshading, provision

of a small microclimate modifying courtyard,

maximized cross flow ventilation, and location

of blade walls to capture summer breezes and

deflect winter winds. Exposed east and west

facades to habitable areas have been designed

with reverse veneer construction to enhance

thermal performance. The roof orientation

maximizes northern exposure for the proposed

array of solar collectors. Rainwater is to

be captured and used not only for training

purposes but also for flushing toilets and for

irrigation.

The building is essentially of lightweight

construction. The public access areas are on

insulated suspended framed floors while the

workshop is built on a slab on ground.

A Division of the Department of Services, Technology & Administration

CLIENT Department of Ageing, Disability and Home Care

LOCATION Macquarie Hospital, North Ryde

BUDGET $12 million construction

COMPLETION 2010

NORTON ROAD SSL GROUP HOMES

The new residential cluster housing development

at Macquarie Hospital will allow for specialist

supported living within a contemporary

residential setting for residents currently on

site who have mixed intellectual and physical

disabilities as well as challenging behaviours.

This development provides domestic style

accommodation in 10 group homes, each

accommodating 5 residents under the

supervision of residential support carers.

The central two houses have been designed to

house residents with high medical needs.

The housing is designed to benefit from the

unique characteristics of the site including

views toward Kitty’s Creek and the conservation

parkland, as well as a north orientation for all

living areas.

The project has been designed as a master

planned housing development with each house

functioning independently. The houses are

individualized by varying roof profiles and

colour schemes.

In addition to this, the behaviour challenged

houses have been designed with internal finishes

better suited to the needs of the residents.

The site incorporates a timber boardwalk

linking houses separated by Kitty’s Creek.

All houses have been sited and internally

designed to allow for disabled access and allow

for future retrofitting of additional aids such as

grab rails on an as needs basis.


CLIENT Ministry for Police

LOCATION Smart Street, Fairfield

BUDGET $10.3 million

COMPLETION 2008

FAIRFIELD POLICE STATION

The new station is a 3 storey building with

a basement, designed to accommodate 200

Police on the existing station site.

The narrow urban site is bound by a 4 storey

building on the neighbouring property to

the north, and must maintain a connection

to Fairfield Courthouse to the east. These

constraints are accommodated by pulling

the building envelope back from the northern

boundary. This strategy provides a trafficable

courtyard with vehicle access to the basement,

and a maximum of daylighting into the new

building. The various office areas, breakout

spaces & staff facilities are located on the north

elevation, and defined through variations in

massing, sunshading, colour and materials.

Devoid of fenestration, the ground floor

accommodates custody and storage areas,

whilst the upper floors contain general office

space and staff facilities, enhanced by a sky-lit

double height circulation space.

The Smart Street elevation provides a

contemporary façade and strong public

presence that is in keeping with the scale of

the surrounding streetscape. The raised public

entry is clearly defined by full height glazing

and a continuous ribbon awning.


Public WorksGovernment Architect’s O�ce

CLIENT NSW Ministry of Police

LOCATION 323 Great Western Highway, St Marys

BUDGET $7.5 million

COMPLETION November 2007

ST MARY’S POLICE STATION

The new station is a two storey building with

part basement designed to accommodate 200

police on the existing station site. In order to

comply with Council’s DCP, which relates to a

residential zoning, two adjoining properties

were purchased. This allowed the design of a

Police specific building which recognises the

objectives of the DCP and provides breathing

space between the station and heritage listed

buildings nearby.

The site is dominated by a large phone tower

located in the South East corner.

The main public entry is off King Street and

accommodates disabled access via a split level

foyer – all to suit an existing site crossfall of

over six metres.

The buildings are oriented east / west which

has required special consideration of means to

minimize heat loads.

The building is expressed as a lightweight clad

articulated box supported on a masonry base.

The drive through carpark will allow prompt

response times in emergencies.


REIBY JUVENILE JUSTICE CENTRE REDEVELOPMENT

CLIENT Department of Juvenile Justice

LOCATION Airds, NSW

BUDGET $21mil construction completed 2006

Reiby JJC has been redeveloped to accommodate

60 juveniles in three new accommodation units

and one refurbished unit each housing 15

residents in single bedroom accommodation. Prior

to this upgrade residents were housed in

dormitory style accommodation which lacked

privacy and personal security. The new

accommodation units have been adopted in

several subsequent JJC designs across the state.

The redevelopment included a new entry building

accommodating administration and a new

Admissions wing. Access is gained from this

building to the altered/refurbished Visits building

and Clinic.

The redevelopment upgraded facilities across the

entire centre including the existing School and

training rooms.

Reiby now also includes a small contemplation

space which serves as a retreat from the day to

day realities of life in the centre.

The design achieves modern and humane

facilities which it is hoped will benefit both

residents and staff.

chatswood police station

client nsw Ministry of police

location chatswood

BUdGet $8 million

coMpletion January 2005

in January 2005, the chatswood local area

command, originally located on several

disparate sites, relocated into a new three

storey building with basement parking. the new

station is concentrated at the southern end of

the original main station site with funds from

future sale of the remaining site returning to

treasury to offset costs of the project.

the station was designed and documented

by the Government architect’s office to meet

a very contracted program and restricted

budget. the building addresses not only the

operational requirements of the police but also

the specifics of the site including retention of

a significant sydney Red Gum. the palette of

materials has been restricted to concrete, and

concrete block. weathered steel is used as a

backdrop to, and celebration of the prominent

sydney Red Gum.

Cabramatta PoliCe Station

Client nSW Police Service

loCation 243-249 Cabramatta road, Cabramatta

bUDGet $8 million

ComPletion 2003

the new Cabramatta Police Station was

designed originally to accommodate a 200

strong local area Command and a separate

regional Command. the latter was to be

separately housed in a suspended concrete

enclosure, which had entry and facilities

discrete from the local area Command. the

specifics for the project called for a building,

which was designed to observe the particular

confidentiality requirements of predominant

ethnic groups – mainly Vietnamese – within

the area. the entry had to be non-intimidating

while still addressing security concerns

regarding potential drive by shooting.

the building is bound to the South by

Cabramatta road, to the east by a right of

way serving the local shops and providing

pedestrian access to the main shopping areas

of Cabramatta and to the West by an existing

Centrelink building and Council parking area.

the project was delivered to a tight program.

Da documents were prepared within four weeks

and documentation was completed within 12

weeks. Property acquisitions were occurring

concurrent with design and documentation

activities. the project was completed within

budget and ahead of program.

A division of the Department of Services, Technology & Administration

BATHURST TAFE - STAGE 6

CLIENT NSW Department of TAFE

LOCATION Panorama Drive , Bathurst

BUDGET $6.3 million

COMPLETION February 2003

This stage of the TAFE site development

includes the construction of a General

Classroom block and “Link” Gallery joining the

new campus Library and Arts Media Buildings.

The buildings have all been designed to sit

along the site contours and for the major

classrooms in each to benefit from a northerly

aspect. Light shelves, and sunshading blades

and screens have been used throughout to

moderate glare and temperatures. Each

building is ventilated via a central south facing

monitor skylight.

The buildings are linked by a stepped covered

way which, with the Link Gallery, defines the

new landscaped campus “heart”. The Library

and Gallery open onto this new core along

with.the existing Canteen and Student Services

building.

The Classroom block has been designed to

define the main north campus entry along with

the existing Administration Block..

The buildings are of lightweight construction

clad in painted ecoply and cfc.

As the site has a considerable crossfall

extensive siteworks were required to

accommodate disabled access throughout and

new carparking behind the buildings.

toronto court house

cLIent nsW Attorney General’s Department

LocAtIon toronto, nsW

BuDGet $5 million

coMPLetIon 2001

toronto court house is the first purpose built

court house in nsW in over ten years. the

design presents a strong civic gesture whilst

solving the intricacies of a complex brief.

the language of the building is confidently

contemporary.

the design is ordered by the public space

stretching between the dual entries at the east

and west. It is given prominence at its main

address by being elevated above the street.

the major architectural expression is the

roof form which expresses the volumes of the

court rooms externally. It also orders the main

elevation with a strong sweeping gesture over

the length of the north-facing foyer, which is

one of the main ordering devices of the plan.

the client identified this project as a

benchmark for future courthouse design.

the design incorporates disabled access

throughout; incorporates state of the art

services ; addresses past planning deficiencies

(providing physical separation of conflicting

parties in foyer areas) ; ensures separation of

the accused, the public and the Magistracy;

includes access flooring in the courtrooms to

allow for future data changes; and addresses

esD principles.

Public WorksGovernment Architect’s O�ce

CLIENT Dubbo Zoo

LOCATION Dubbo Zoo

BUDGET $0.5 million

COMPLETION 1999

WESTERN PLAINS ZOO

The Western Plains Zoo is an open-range zoo

located in Dubbo in Central Western NSW.

This world-class zoo has approximately 350

hectares of public areas and over 1000 animals

on exhibit. In addition to animal displays, the

zoo also provides an educational service, a

research centre and a wildlife conservation and

preservation centre for species from throughout

the world.

To support service delivery, the Zoo identified

a need for two new facilities; (a) an education

centre incorporating teaching facilities, offices,

a library, display area and amenities to be used

for visiting groups, including schools, and (b) a

community centre for the voluntary association

‘Friends of the Zoo’ to act as a base for the

association’s outreach activities and to provide

a flexible space for exhibitions, meeting rooms

and a lecture facility.

The Government Architect’s Office was engaged

to develop an architectural design for the two

buildings within a tight budget framework

(construction budgets for the two projects were

$300,000 and $200,000 respectively).


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