Location
Wallan East, Victoria
Client name
Our Lady of the Way Primary School and MACS (Melbourne Archdiocese Catholic Schools)
Value
Stage 2: $1.1 MIL
Stage 3: $4.6 MIL
Stage 4: $3.5 MIL
Contract type
Fixed Price Contract
Completion
Stage 2: October 2018 – January 2020
Stage 3: May 2020 – May 2021
Stage 4: April 2022 – May 2023
Contractor
Subconsultants
Structural & Civil Engineer – Adams Consulting Engineers
Services Engineer – NJM Design
Landscape Architect – Leftfield Design
Building Surveyor – DuChateau Chun
Photographer
Our Lady of the Way Catholic Primary School is located in the rapidly growing town of Wallan, 45 km north of Melbourne. All schools are important pieces of community infrastructure but this one matters more than most. Before we began assisting the Melbourne Archdiocese to develop the school, Wallan was without its own education facility — a pain point for an otherwise thriving community.
Commencing at the greenfield site in 2019, we masterplanned and delivered 10 classrooms, a communal library and brought the outdoors in through integrated landscaping. Now, the foundation to grade-6 school is rapidly expanding. The current stage of works will see it become a 22-classroom facility with a dynamic central learning space designed to increase the school’s capacity to cater to diverse learning formats.
Adaptability and durability are key to ensuring school infrastructure can functionally grow alongside users. In achieving this, it’s the details that count.
All classrooms have sliding doors on two sides that when closed form a corner to encourage focused study time, yet when opened they see the hallways shift from thoroughfares to usable breakout spaces. Clean lines, vibrantly coloured finishes and naturally-lit rooms, will create fun and cheerful learning spaces.
Our master plan optimises the footprint with an economically-efficient solution designed to increase the flexibility of the educational offering.
Our Lady of the Way Primary School is a joyful learning environment that has provided the community access to education — what could matter more?
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