Project Info
Client
Cranbrook School
Architect
Architectus
Value
$125 million
Completed
2022
Digital design redefining sustainable education
This 6,258sqm multi-purpose learning development brings together the Vicars Centenary Building, Murray Rose Aquatic and Fitness Centre (including three lap pools and 350-spectator grandstand) and new Hordern Oval with historic terraces.
Specialist in-house digital design expertise provided certainty of design constructability and outcomes, `and supported program milestones. This included DfMA to deliver the innovative cross-laminated timber design in the chapel and BIM to thoroughly model the structural steel interface before procurement. Circular economy principles were also applied to achieve net zero outcomes.
Delivered adjacent to an operational school, safety was closely managed through monthly stakeholder meetings, hoarding installations and a dedicated communications channel.
Awards
Winner - National Architecture Awards, National Award (Education), 2023
Winner - Australian Institute of Architects (NSW) Awards, The William E Kemp Award for Educational Architecture, 2023
Winner - Master Builders Association of New South Wales Excellence in Construction Awards, Best Use of Structural Timber, Private Schools $50m+ and Best Use of Concrete 2023
