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Meadows Primary School

“Genesis and Evolution”

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Reflections :

•History

•Context

•The Architect and The School

•A Journey Together

•The School’s Role

• 17 schools in region

• 15 demolished

• 7 new exemplar schools (5 by 2011, $57.6mil min.)

• New schools provide a community focus for further urban renewal

Broadmeadows Regeneration Project : 2004 to Present

from DEECD Report - The Journey so far: a reflection of the Broadmeadows schools regeneration project 2006-2009

“Identify the Problem”

from DEECD Report - The Journey so far: a reflection of the Broadmeadows schools regeneration project 2006-2009

Indicators of Disadvantage :• high levels of poverty

and unemployment, >98% EMA

• low levels of formal education

• 1 in 8 households with no vehicle

• 21% public housing (5 x state average)

• average income 20% less than state average

• 35% of population born in non-English speaking countries

Diverse Ethnic Mix

• Turkish

• Arabic

• European

• Pacific Islanders

• Vietnamese

The Architect’s Challenge

“If it looks like anything we have built before, you’ve probably failed.”

LYNNE WILLIAMS Assistant General Manager, Facilities and Infrastructure Branch

The School’s Challenge

•Mergers

•Select their Architect

•How do we / will we teach?

•What do we think a school is?

Existing Site

Site Access

Climate

2 Schools• Campmeadows PS

• Meadowbank PS

• Breakfast Club

• Meadowbank Homework Club

2 Early Learning Centres • Meadowbank Playgroup &

Meadowbank & Campmeadows ELCs

• Meadowbank and Campmeadows After School Care

4 Government Departments• DHS - Broadmeadows

Neighbourhood Renewal

• Hume City Council

• DEECD

• OPCD

6 not-for-profit community support agencies

• Uniting Care Best Start

• Uniting Care Communities for Children

• Melbourne City Mission

• SAK Foundation

• Wesley City Mission

• Anglicare

Many Stakeholders

PLUS! Wider Community Stakeholders - eg. Arabic, Samoan and Turkish Assoc.

SCHEMATIC DESIGN

DETAILED DESIGN

CONSTRUCTION & OCCUPANCY

Stakeholder Engagement:• Surveys, Forums & Interviews

Feedback from Local community, Teachers, Staff, Principals, Government

Present to Stakeholders • Preliminary Drawings, 3D views

- Feedback to Architect

Present to Stakeholders • Detailed Drawings and

models, fittings, furniture etc - Feedback to Architect

Develop Working Drawings• seek feedback from school

stakeholders

Tender and Construct• School and Govt. reps at

regular site meetings throughout construction

BRIEFING

DOCUMENTATION

Briefing Process

•Survey user groups: - current and anticipated

activities

- Wishlist?

•Meet Teachers:- Architect and Education

Consultant

- New perspectives on space & pedagogy

•What can be better?

Personalised Interdisciplinary Teacher facilitated

Inquiry Problem-based

Project- based Team teaching Experiential Student directed

Diverse Constructivist

TransdisciplinaryConnected Explicit instruction

Integrated curriculum Equitable

Collaborative DemocraticEngaging Self management

Close interpersonal relationships

What are 21st Century Schools about?

original diagram by Ben Cleveland for ‘Smart Green Schools’ project

• New learning environments

• Support contemporary approaches to teaching and learning

• Improve student engagement in learning

Physical Learning

Environment

Pedagogies

Student Engagement

Challenges for the Classroom

original diagram by Ben Cleveland for ‘Smart Green Schools’ project

Rethinking School Designoriginal diagram by Ben Cleveland for ‘Smart Green Schools’ project

6 key planning principles responding to Educational Philosophy and Masterplan:

1. MCH and ELC underpins family, social and educational philosophy

2. Entrance from both street frontages for stronger community connection

3. Understand disadvantage and poverty : “hand up not hand out”

4. Creating age appropriate indoor/outdoor learning spaces for formal and informal learning

5. Architectural expression for school as an iconic place

6. ESD

FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIPSWhole of School

OUTDOOR

LEARN &

PLAY

OUTDOOR

LEARN &

PLAY

OUTDOOR

LEARN &

PLAY

OUTDOOR

LEARN &

PLAY

PREP

ELC

LEARING

AREA

1-2

LEARING

AREA

3-4

LEARING

AREA

5-6

WELCOME

WC

WC

PLAY

RESOURCE(MEDIA LIBRARY)

LEARNINGAREA

1-2

LEARNINGAREA

3-4

LEARNINGAREA

5-6

FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIPSWhole of School

PRIVACY RELATIONSHIPSWhole of School

5-6

3-4

P1-2

FUTURE RELOCATABLE

LIBRARY/RESOURCE

CENTRE

CONNECTIONS FOR GROWTH

Chalk and Talk settings...

would you be excited?what gets you interested in a presentation or lesson?

space + furniture = setting

technology and pedagogy has changed the demands on the educational setting

INTERACTIVE

CREATIVE

REFLECTIVE

REFLECTIVEQUIET - PRIVATE

CREATIVEMODERATE NOISE

INTERACTIVEMOST NOISY

REFLECTIVE

CREATIVE

INTERACTIVE

Activity Zoning Concepts

ENTRY TRANSFORMS

TO REFLECTIVE, CREATIVE OR INTERACTIVE

INTERACTIVE

CREATIVE

REFLECTIVE

REFLECTIVE


ENTRY TRANSFORMS TO

REFLECTIVE, CREATIVE OR INTERACTIVE

INTERACTIVE

CREATIVE

INTERACTIVE

REFLECTIVE


ENTRY TRANSFORMS TO

REFLECTIVE, CREATIVE OR INTERACTIVE

FURNITURE AND SPACE DESIGN

Your new school ‘packs up’ traditional settings...

Lack of colour benches and covered windows

constrained layouts chalk and talk

...and looks at new settings to compliment modern learning

better use of the floor theatrettes and performance

technology settings colour and fun

Furniture can make spaces flexible...

- s p a c e for imagination- lightweight - multi-functional- robust

- non-prescriptive

Flexible Learning Spaces...adaptive furniture

What if...only 50% of bottoms had a chair?

Could half the class be busy elsewhere?

Informal settings...the floor

Informal settings...soft furnishings

Curvatus - modular shape creates relaxed groupings for individual or group break out space. Lengths break up larger spaces and focus teacher presentation or discussion

Podz - Can be used as an intensive grouping or broken up for teachers to bring up to child’s workspace. Easily moved about the room.

Informal settings...beanbags

Informal settings...small groups

inspires teachers and students to consider configurations rather than assuming conventional linear layout

Byte - adaptable to different groupings and activities

Adaptive furniture...mobile / tiered lockers

Adaptive furniture...mobile stages

MEADOWS

LEARNING CENTRE 1

LEARNING CENTRE 2

LEARNING CENTRE 3

GYMNASIUM / PERFORMING ART

ELC

WELCOMEADMINISTRATION

NORTH

GERBERT STREET

COURTYARD / GARDENS

LEARNING CENTRE 1 - Home Room Layout

LEARNING CENTRE 1 - Activity Areas Layout

LEARNING CENTRE 1 - Home Room Layout

assembly home

home

home

home

home

home

special

special

art / science

art/science

outdoor learning

outdoor learning

meeting

LEARNING CENTRE 1 - Activity Areas Layout

activity

activity

activity

activity

activity

small

special

special

art / science

art/science

outdoor learning

outdoor learning

small

small

small

meeting

LEARNING CENTRE 1

LEARNING CENTRE 2

LEARNING CENTRE 3

GYMNASIUM / PERFORMING ART

ELC

WELCOMEADMINISTRATION

NORTH

GERBERT STREET

COURTYARD / GARDENS

RESOURCE

LEARNING CENTRE 2 - “Closed” Layout

activityactivity

LEARNING CENTRE 2 - “Open” Layout

assembly

art / science

activity

activity

activityactivity

LEARNING CENTRE 2 / RESOURCE - “Closed” Layout

special

special

small

small

small

small

small

small

small

meeting

assemblyactivity

activity

activity

activityactivity

activity

activity

LEARNING CENTRE 2 / RESOURCE - “Open” Layout

art / sciencesmallsmall

small

small

meeting

SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY

EXTENDED PROGRAM

MEADOWS PRIMARY SCHOOL

Welcome Space

EXTENDED PROGRAM


Food Kitchen

EXTENDED PROGRAM


Food Gardens

EXTENDED PROGRAM


Early Learning Centre

EXTENDED PROGRAM


Maternal Child Health

EXTENDED PROGRAM


Counselling Services

EXTENDED PROGRAM


Sport - Gymnasium

EXTENDED PROGRAM


Sport - SoccerEXTENDED PROGRAM


Music Drama

EXTENDED PROGRAM


Resource

EXTENDED PROGRAM


Art

EXTENDED PROGRAM


Environmentally Sustainable Design (ESD)

Meadows Primary School is undergoing certification targeting 6 STAR Greenstar rating

The building includes:

• 717,000 L rainwater storage

• 10.9kW Photovoltaic system (66 panels)

• 3.6kW Wind turbine

• Long span timber structure from renewable resources

• Controlled natural daylighting

• Innovative Hydrothermal Airconditioning passive ventilation system

Would be the first primary school in Australia to obtain 6-star Greenstar

Environmentally sustainable construction materials:

• Efficient Timber structure

• High thermal mass in concrete slab and limestone walls

• Metal cladding is low-maintenance, lightweight and heat reflective

• High levels of insulation

• Low-e glazing

• Recycled PET backing to carpet tiles

• Rubber sheet flooring

• Recycled floor boards as cladding

Would be the first primary school in Australia to obtain 6-star Greenstar

Integrated Sustainability / Passive Cooling• Deep eaves and an insulated roof

• Thermal mass stabilises internal temperatures.

• Roof shape and operable windows

• Skylights introduce daylight into the learning centres

• Night purging

Experiential Learning

Kitchen Garden

Passive air intakes

Solar PanelsTransparent walls and downpipes

Sculptural solar calendarVisible Structures


Solar Hot Water

Wind Turbines


Reduced Energy Consumption

• Passive ventilation

• Natural light

• Efficient light fittings operated with light sensitive and occupancy/movement sensors

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