'A very different type of space': How traditional school design is changing

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Built on the site of a brutalist old Telstra building, one primary school in Sydney's inner-west is helping change the way that school design is approached.

Built on the site of a brutalist old Telstra building, one primary school in Sydney's inner-west is helping to change the way school design is approached.2019 Learning Environments Australasia Awards for Excellence in Education Facility Design, three years after the first stage of their project claimed the same prize.

"I think a lot of schools are progressive in Australia, in terms of learning environments. All the schools we’ve been involved in are moving away from traditional classrooms."Originally from Germany, Mr Menden said that the vast majority of schools in his homeland are still built with the traditional classroom model and that it's mainly the Nordic countries showing progressive ideas.

He said there’s a lot of blurring in ideas between educational and office architecture at the moment.Michael Mandl, a Director of GroupGSA, agreed, saying that regardless of the type of space being designed, basic functionality is paramount. Despite his team's efforts, he was quick to dismiss a claim that the quality of learning space is equally as vital as the quality of resources or teachers inside.

 

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