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Byron Community Primary School
Byron Community Primary School
Byron Bay, Australia
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Byron Community Primary School
Byron Bay, Australia
Conceptual framework
The project aim was to provide maximum facilities in apsirational buildings that convey the spirit of the school via their street elevations. Through the consultation process we refined the brief and determined that the buildings should be flexible in use. Maximum retention of playground space was also important.
SPACEstudio’s design philosophy is to create bespoke contemporary buildings that are responsive, flexible, borderless, sustainable, simple and sensual. A range of materials, colours and textures is used throughout the project to reduce mass, enliven utilitarian spaces and reinforce the school ethos of creativity and possibility.
Program resolution
The project comprises a multi-purpose hall, multi media library with computer room, art classroom, staff tearoom and toilet facilities. An administration office and staff room is housed in a smaller building raised on columns and linked by a first floor bridge to the main building. This ʻtree houseʼ provides a covered outdoor learning area below, retaining valuable playground space.
The buildings protectively wrap the two street sides of the playground to create a secure courtyard in the heart of the school. The courtyard elevations are open, allowing casual supervision of the playground and a visual connection between school buildings. The street elevations are deliberately defensive at low level, with a large graphic panel acting as the main school signage, becoming more transparent and complex on the upper level.
Relationship of built form to context
The buildings respond to their heritage residential location by using simple, familiar materials – timber and fibre cement - in two different ways to add texture and scale to the elevations; around the base of the buildings in a weatherboard form and around the top as flat panels. The elevations respond to their orientation to limit solar gain and capture breezes. The prominent ʻzig zagʼ wall forming the west elevation of the art room uses angled solid panels to block the afternoon sun and narrow slots of south facing louvres for airflow and southern light. The west facing opening panels on the tree house give a sense of inhabitation as well as providing solar shading and cooling southerly breezes. The use of graduating colour on the high level panels of both buildings breaks down the scale and mass of the upper part of the building and hints at the vibrancy of the school within.
Response to client and user needs
The hall, in the brief used for assembly only once a week and therefore under utilised, has been designed as all weather play space. It is centrally located in the school, with large bifold doors opening onto the main playground. Tall wall panels on the southern elevation open to allow cooling southern breezes and street glimpses.
Sustainability
The buildings are designed to be environmentally conscious and naturally ventilated. All walls and ceilings are heavily insulated, louvred windows and ceiling fans provide cross ventilation and air circulation, generous windows ensure plenty of daylight and integral solar shading prevents heat gain in summer. Solar energy is used to power the hot water system and photovoltaic solar panels on the north-facing roof generate energy in excess of the schoolʼs requirements.
The project aim was to provide maximum facilities in apsirational buildings that convey the spirit of the school via their street elevations. Through the consultation process we refined the brief and determined that the buildings should be flexible in use. Maximum retention of playground space was also important.
SPACEstudio’s design philosophy is to create bespoke contemporary buildings that are responsive, flexible, borderless, sustainable, simple and sensual. A range of materials, colours and textures is used throughout the project to reduce mass, enliven utilitarian spaces and reinforce the school ethos of creativity and possibility.
Program resolution
The project comprises a multi-purpose hall, multi media library with computer room, art classroom, staff tearoom and toilet facilities. An administration office and staff room is housed in a smaller building raised on columns and linked by a first floor bridge to the main building. This ʻtree houseʼ provides a covered outdoor learning area below, retaining valuable playground space.
The buildings protectively wrap the two street sides of the playground to create a secure courtyard in the heart of the school. The courtyard elevations are open, allowing casual supervision of the playground and a visual connection between school buildings. The street elevations are deliberately defensive at low level, with a large graphic panel acting as the main school signage, becoming more transparent and complex on the upper level.
Relationship of built form to context
The buildings respond to their heritage residential location by using simple, familiar materials – timber and fibre cement - in two different ways to add texture and scale to the elevations; around the base of the buildings in a weatherboard form and around the top as flat panels. The elevations respond to their orientation to limit solar gain and capture breezes. The prominent ʻzig zagʼ wall forming the west elevation of the art room uses angled solid panels to block the afternoon sun and narrow slots of south facing louvres for airflow and southern light. The west facing opening panels on the tree house give a sense of inhabitation as well as providing solar shading and cooling southerly breezes. The use of graduating colour on the high level panels of both buildings breaks down the scale and mass of the upper part of the building and hints at the vibrancy of the school within.
Response to client and user needs
The hall, in the brief used for assembly only once a week and therefore under utilised, has been designed as all weather play space. It is centrally located in the school, with large bifold doors opening onto the main playground. Tall wall panels on the southern elevation open to allow cooling southern breezes and street glimpses.
Sustainability
The buildings are designed to be environmentally conscious and naturally ventilated. All walls and ceilings are heavily insulated, louvred windows and ceiling fans provide cross ventilation and air circulation, generous windows ensure plenty of daylight and integral solar shading prevents heat gain in summer. Solar energy is used to power the hot water system and photovoltaic solar panels on the north-facing roof generate energy in excess of the schoolʼs requirements.
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