Box Hill North Primary School
Box Hill North Primary’s new Junior Learning Hub won the 2023 Victorian Architecture Award for Educational Architecture. The purpose-built facility combines the comforts of home with welcoming materials and ample natural light. The design considers the local context and provides eight flexible classrooms and dedicated workspaces, allowing teachers to easily adapt learning environments.
The construction of the building involved a shift from a steel and timber hybrid frame to a predominantly steel frame. A stiffened raft slab was utilized on the sloping site, with limited height retention at the rear. The architectural form was achieved using steel trusses, allowing for impressive cantilevered eaves where masonry was suspended over glazing and eaves.
Architect:
Year:
Construction Budget:
Challenges:
Sibling Architecture
2021
$4m
With construction during the COVID-19 pandemic, supply chain disruptions caused challenges in sourcing the materials, particularly timber. As a result, continual redesigns were necessary to maintain project progress, as the team maximized the available resources. These adjustments involved modifying connection details, which became intricate in areas where different structural materials were combined.
Architect:
Sibling Architecture
Year:
2021
Construction Budget:
$4m
Challenges:
With construction during the COVID-19 pandemic, supply chain disruptions caused challenges in sourcing the materials, particularly timber. As a result, continual redesigns were necessary to maintain project progress, as the team maximized the available resources. These adjustments involved modifying connection details, which became intricate in areas where different structural materials were combined.
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