St Macartan's Catholic Primary School
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Architect:
Law Architects

 

Project Manager:

Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne


Value:
$8.1 Million

Location:
Mornington, Victoria

Completion:
March 2009

 

Awards:

2008 Winner

Sustainability Schools Project Award of Excellence

Construction of a new primary school for 530 students on a ‘green field’ site to replace and relocate an existing school within the municipality.

 

The new St Macartan’s is based on passive design principles, using lowembodied energy materials.

 

The new school is comprised of five buildings which include administration & staff centre, junior school, middle school, senior school, multipurpose hall, chapel, library and art room. The school’s classrooms are grouped in a number of small neighbourhoods containing pods of junior, middle and senior grades.

 

The pods surround a large central piazza. A large multipurpose area connects to a music room, art studio, library and language centre. Each pod is autonomous, with harvested rainwater used to flush the toilets and a building management system controlling the temperature and lighting.
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