[Iredale Pedersen Hook Architects - Highgate Primary School New Teaching Spaces - COVER IMG] Peter Bennetts

Highgate Primary School New Teaching Spaces

PrizeHonorable Mention in Architectural Design / Educational Buildings
Firm LocationPerth, Australia
CompanyIredale Pedersen Hook Architects
Design TeamAdrian Iredale, Finn Pedersen, Martyn Hook, Mary McAree, Rebecca Angus, Tom See Hoo, Rebecca Hawkett, Fred Chan, Craig Nener, , Thomas Forbes, Nikki Ross, Leo Showell
ClientBuilding Management and Works, the Department of Finance and the Department of Education

The new Highgate Primary School Classrooms immerse the students in a creative environment that is anchored to the surrounding context, creating new relationships and ways of seeing their environment. The building offers a variety of scales of experience from distant views of the city to intimate classroom experiences. Light, colour and pattern are developed as educational tools, extending the classroom curriculum to the built environment. The building is a microcosm of the city, responding to the diverse, multi-cultural students, allowing occupants to find a place and space of preference.