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Client:
School Infrastructure NSW
Location:
Chatswood, NSW
Floor Area:
New buildings 17 730 m2 GFA
Refurbishment 1670 m2 GFA
Status:
Completed 2023
Contact Person:
Alan J Duffy
Chatswood Public School and Chatswood High School features range of new and refurbished buildings and more outdoor space after a future-focused upgrade. The project was a response to growing enrolment of more than 3,200 local students.
The additional classrooms, facilities, and spaces enhance education outcomes through innovative design solutions.
Working with School Infrastructure NSW (SINSW), Architectus was Principal Design Consultant, delivering services including the education strategy, architectural design, and spatial and interior design.
The Chatswood Public School redevelopment includes:
The works at Chatswood High School include:
Both schools have the Chatswood business district on one side and a single-storey suburban community on the other. But the sites are unique in their topography, setting, and existing architecture.
Fronting the Pacific Highway, Chatswood Public School – ‘a school on the hill’ – is elevated above the road, with a sweeping outlook. The high school’s site on Centennial Avenue is a leafy green campus, like ‘a school in the trees’.
Despite these differences, the schools are now more connected due to our collaborative design process. The architecture also reflects this process, which carefully considered student behaviours, learning environments, site context, and sustainability.
The buildings promote freeflow between the learning environments and green space, with opportunities for outdoor learning in areas such as atriums, terraces, and rooftops.
Passive design principles such as cross ventilation, solar control, and connection to landscape support sustainability, along with energy saving strategies, solar power, and rainwater harvesting.
“Both schools are designed for learning experiences connected through landscape. The Architecture is crafted with masonry and brickwork as a reference to local heritage, topography and sustainable building practices.”
– Alan J Duffy, Principal, Design Lead
Client:
School Infrastructure NSW
Location:
Chatswood, NSW
Floor Area:
New buildings 17 730 m2 GFA
Refurbishment 1670 m2 GFA
Status:
Completed 2023
Contact Person:
Alan J Duffy
Master Builders Association of NSW Excellence in Construction Awards, Commercial Construction – Public Schools – $30 Million & Over (led by Richard Crookes Constructions), 2024
Marina Carroll
Collaborator
Education and Research Advisor
