Riva Primary School
Riva Primary School
Client:
WA Department of Housing and Works on behalf
of WA Department of Education
Location:
Perth, Western Australia
Status:
Completed 2022
Contact Person:
Paolo Basini
Riva Primary School is an inclusive, community-centric campus in Piara Waters, a fast-growing suburb in Perth’s southeast.
The brief required a ‘standard pattern’ primary school designed to cater for 590 students to support demand.
The school was masterplanned with administrative, library and conference facilities at the centre of the campus, creating an active central heart and welcoming connection to the community.
The campus incorporates:
-A standard, four class teaching block
-A two-storey teaching block
-An Education Support Hub
-A Dental Therapy Unit
-A music room and canteen
-Landscaped outdoor learning
Revealing new options in master planning
With a short delivery timeline, rigorous master planning process was critical to achieving the aspirations of the brief.
Our initial investigations of the long, 3.5 ha site revealed that the briefed buildings would not effectively fit onto the site without severely compromising useful play and circulation spaces.
We explored combining two standard classroom blocks into a single two-storey learning building, effectively opening up the site and adding more valuable play space and landscape zones.
This clever resolution was embraced by the client and has significantly added to the amenity, flow and identity of the school campus.
An outcome embraced by the school community
The new school has been celebrated by both the client and the school community as an exemplar design outcome.
Since opening, it has become a vibrant place for learning. In particular, students and staff have embraced the openness and central landscaped area for play and teaching opportunities, which are helping them build an active and connected community.
The team was “very skilled at understanding the essence or taking inspiration from our conversations, and coming up with solutions, finishes or inclusions that added a touch of magic.”
-Aaron Chaplin, Riva Primary School Principal
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Client:
WA Department of Housing and Works on behalf
of WA Department of Education
Location:
Perth, Western Australia
Status:
Completed 2022
Contact Person:
Paolo Basini
