Education Projects inevitably seem to involve staging and extensions. The original Specialist Block at Auckland Grammar School was built in the 1960s and extended in the 1980s.
The major element of the gymnasium is a 36m x 36m volume with provision for volleyball, badminton, basketball and a full range of gymnastic facilities.
The new Australian National University Laurus Wing student housing provides a model for the future direction of student accommodation on the ANU campus.
Architectus worked closely with Hutchinson Builders and the consultant team to design and document a cost competitive Australian made prefabricated prototype module providing more certainty in the delivery of quality components and progam deadlines.
The Visual Arts Centre of the Ballarat and Clarendon College forms part of a new arts precinct, and provides specialist studios and gallery facilities for the College’s growing arts programme.
The school is extremely pleased with the finished building, and has been overwhelmed with the number of groups wishing to visit, including academics from Harvard University.
This project demonstrates successful planning of a private school campus, with the integration of additional built facilities with landscaping and onsite car parking.
Work with Canterbury College demonstrates the commitment of Architectus to providing quality educational facilities which integrate seamlessly within an existing campus.
One of the outcomes from the Master Planning exercise at Carey Baptist Grammar Senior School was the creation of an enclosed quadrangle between buildings in the centre of the site.
The Cripps Centre at Korowa Anglican Girls’ School is a purpose built middle school designed to create the very best in educational environments for girls in years 5 to 8.
The Korowa Anglican Girls’ Senior School Redevelopment , which included a new Visual Arts Centre, a VCE Centre, and new Library and Information Resources Centre, was officially opened on 13 September 2006.
Part of the ‘Sciences West Precinct’ of the University of Canterbury, the building forms the southern edge of the precinct and a courtyard bounded by the Physical Sciences Library to the north.
Monash University has a new facility designed by Architectus which incorporates the stringent technical requirements for housing electron microscopes into a beautifully composed form.
The University of Auckland Netball Court-Cover encloses an existing outdoor playing court adjacent to the University’s gymnasium.
The Pakuranga Children’s Health Camp is one of seven health camps throughout New Zealand.
The building traverses its corner site in a boomerang-shaped curve; the analogy, developed in discussion with Rewi Thompson, is that of a wrap-around cloak, or filter.
The Queenwood School for Girls at Mandalong Road, Balmoral has been an important part of Balmoral’s history and community for over 75 years.
Sited at the Tamaki Campus of The University of Auckland, the Ray Meyer Research Centre is the first of three similar buildings intended for the ‘Environment, Materials and Food’ sector of the campus.
The design objective was to provide buildings that were sensitive to, and took reference from the collection of existing 1960s institutional school buildings.
After completing the Master Plan for the future development of Saint Kentigern School Architectus was selected to undertake the first project to be commissioned from the Master Plan, the new Jubilee Sports Centre.
The Performing Arts Centre was developed by removing part of the existing concrete slab and inserting a stepped raked floor connecting the ground and first floor levels.
Sited on the western portion of the campus, the new two storey building links the historic St Michael’s House and the existing early learning centre in Margaret Thomas House to form a completely integrated junior school ‘under one roof’.
The New Middle School, anchors the campus at its southeast corner and gives St Peter’s a defining presence on its border with Mountain Road.
The new sports centre represents the next stage of the development of the school’s master plan.
St Peter’s College is huddled on its restricted urban site constrained by a motorway, railway line and two major urban roads.
The Victoria University of Wellington Student Accommodation project, Te Puni Village, is located at the southern end of the University precinct
The TSSC building, an addition to the University of Auckland, Epsom Campus, provides permanent accommodation for the Teacher Support Services.
The project demonstrates the commitment of Architectus to providing environmental and socially appropriate planning and design solutions delivered within the client’s cost and time parameters.
The Architectus (with specialist laboratory designers, S2F) project for The University of Queensland's School of Veterinary Science required the consolidation of the University's animal research groups from St Lucia to its rural Gatton Campus.
The Department of Microbiology is a research and teaching facility, located in a seven storey building in Royal Parade, Parkville.
The University of the Sunshine Coast’s new building, the Chancellery, is pivotal in consolidating the central precinct of the campus. Placed directly opposite the Library, the Chancellery creates a new hub and student focus.
The UNSW Student Housing Project provides new self contained accommodation on a 1.8 ha site located along High St, Kensington and situated within the university campus.
The University of Western Sydney with Architectus and Campus Living Villages have developed a highly successful and affordable model for accommodation on the Parramatta campus.