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City Beach Residential College

PrizeHonorable Mention in Architectural Design / Educational Buildings

Firm LocationPerth, Australia

CompanyIredale Pedersen Hook Architects

ClientDepartment of Education and Building Management and Works

Projecthttp://iredalepedersenhook.com/?portfolio=city-beach-residential-college-addition

The City Beach Residential College accommodates up to 66 country students enrolled in Gifted and Talented Secondary Selective Programs in some of Perth’s best schools. The site includes distant views to the city and immediately adjacent to Bold Park, the design capitalises on these opportunities balancing city and beach views with calming views to the park. The facilities embrace an existing mature Ficus tree that forms part of the public domain and acts as a comforting and familiar figure for country boarders. It includes numerous country references that act a familiarity triggers.