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

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.

New schools rule: 7 ground-breaking education designs

New schools rule: 7 ground-breaking education designs

In no particular order, we bring you some of the most inspiring, unique and unusual recent projects across education design that have also featured in the INDE.Awards.

narrm ngarrgu, a place of learning and celebration by Six Degrees Architects

narrm ngarrgu, a place of learning and celebration by Six Degrees Architects

A new community hub has opened in Melbourne – narrm ngarrgu celebrates and showcases the voice and presence of Kulin people.

Rooftop renewal of a Sydney modernist gem

Rooftop renewal of a Sydney modernist gem

Ground-breaking in its day and an icon of Australian campus architecture, the University of Sydney’s Fisher Library is celebrating 60 years with a very special reactivation.

Where the ocean and mountains meet: Yarrila Place by BVN

Where the ocean and mountains meet: Yarrila Place by BVN

Yarrila Place, which celebrated its grand opening in September, is a new and colourful landmark housing a cutting-edge museum, art gallery, library and essential council services.

“The most visited place on campus”: TL Robertson Library at Curtin University

“The most visited place on campus”: TL Robertson Library at Curtin University

This library’s design aims to elevate the student experience and offer something extraordinary. Gillian Serisier interviews Hames Sharley and Schmidt Hammer Lassen about the design.

Zikawei Library by Wutopia Lab draws inspiration from Chinese trousseau box

Zikawei Library by Wutopia Lab draws inspiration from Chinese trousseau box

Wutopia Lab transforms an abandoned building in Shanghai into a public library for the community.

Transforming life in the library: Spowers at Chadstone Campus

Transforming life in the library: Spowers at Chadstone Campus

Through a strategy of reusing materials and maintaining the existing layout, Spowers has transformed the Chadstone campus library in Victoria. With strong input from end-users, the fit-out is a model of sustainable and conscientious design.

<strong>Pingtan Book House by Condition_Lab is no ordinary children’s library</strong>

Pingtan Book House by Condition_Lab is no ordinary children’s library

Condition_Lab pays homage to indigenous architectural vernacular with Pingtan Book House, a village library located in Hunan, China that reinstates a sense of cultural identity while evoking wonder and play amongst its young inhabitants.

Choa Chu Kang Public Library offers a multi-dimensional experience for the community

Choa Chu Kang Public Library offers a multi-dimensional experience for the community

Purposefully designed by The Afternaut, the rejuvenated Choa Chu Kang Public Library is more than a place to read and borrow books with various thoughtfully designed experiential zones for active learning.

Is the clubhouse the next workspace and learning space?

Is the clubhouse the next workspace and learning space?

What is the purpose of a clubhouse? COMODO Interior & Furniture Design gives new meaning to this social space through its Artisan Garden Clubhouse project.

Turning the page on safe spaces: Aesop’s Queer Library

Turning the page on safe spaces: Aesop’s Queer Library

Welcoming all walks of life, Aesop has turned its Fitzroy and Paddington stores into Queer Libraries to align with Australia’s Pride festivities.