Genem Architects have been designing and project managing for Lilydale Adventist Academy for many years. Projects have included design work and refurbishment of our Science Building, Art and Technology Centre and more recently the Language Centre. In 2007 the Library Resource Centre was opened which includes a 54 seat Theatrette.
Ben Thomas / Principal
The Brief
The brief was to provide spaces which would facilitate visual interactivity for users of the new spaces. The idea was that from the central offices, staff would be able to monitor students in any of the classrooms within the complex.
The school had engaged a number of architectural firms prior to Genem, all of which provided a plan that either exceeded the budget, or was inconsistent with the brief.
Genem provided a plan that involved a series of internal windows allowing each room to refer to the other. Importantly, it provided cross-interactivity between spaces at opposite ends of the building.
One of the features of the design was the inclusion of an entrance with an adjoining enclosed corridor, providing a transitional space which allowed all-weather access to each learning area. The result was the enacting of a foundational, environmentally sustainable principle that better managed the distribution of energy within the building and reduced energy wastage.
The addition of the preparation room and storage space along the west side of the building, with direct access to every classroom, created a safe and functional working environment for teaching staff and students.
Project Details
Lilydale Secondary School
$1 million
Refurbishment of existing classrooms, with windows facilitating internal
connectivity between spaces.
Creation of an additional classroom.
Central Computer laboratory, New Biology Laboratory, and Greenhouse.
Project delivered within budget