Educational design

Comment: Encouraging children to thrive in sustainable and inclusive outdoor classrooms

Hamish Dounan, Director of Sydney-based landscape architecture studio, CONTEXT, shares his insights on the possibilities of outdoor learning in education design.

News

Community, adaptability and a proud heritage at Hayball’s Scientia Terrace

With emphases on context, place, STEM and social value, Hayball has created a thriving educational environment in North Sydney.

Indesign

Light, nature and connection – an aesthetic for physics at ANU

With its stunning outlooks over Lake Burley Griffin, the new ANU Research School of Physics building, designed by Hassell, was an opportunity to embed wellbeing features as a primary element of the aesthetic. There is a clear alignment between the building blocks of the discipline – light, energy, matter and the interconnections between objects and […]

People

Hayball comment: The importance of understanding space in enabling innovative learning experiences

In this comment piece, Hayball Principal, Dr Fiona Young, considers what it means to really understand education spaces and design for deep learning.

News

Adaptive reuse wins the day at BVN’s UQ Brisbane City

BVN’s redesign of this heritage site has created a new city campus in Brisbane featuring a varied range of functional spaces and long-term flexibility.

Indesign

Stylecraft’s education edit: 10 cutting-edge designs for modern learning spaces

Drawing on a remarkable 70-year legacy, Stylecraft’s passion for supporting Australian design sees it bring locally-designed solutions into today’s modern learning environments. Here’s a comprehensive break-down of furniture solutions that support new and evolving education environments.

Projects

Enhancing heritage: PTID’s revival of the arts

Retaining the best of the old and adding the style and facility of the new, PTID has designed the new Firbank Arts precinct for a school with a proud heritage of its own.