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Education
Education Inspiring places…
that foster personal growth, collaborative enquiry-based learning and problem solving to equip students with the skills they need in a rapidly changing, technologically focused world.
Master planned places…
sites and facilities designed uncompromisingly to meet the learning needs of today and allow for future development and growth.
Connected places…
that are balanced in their engagement with technology, the natural environment and the community in which they exist.
Egalitarian places…
that provide accessible high quality learning environments for all people and enable them to reach their full potential.
Flexible places…
that support collaborative formal and informal learning spaces to allow for the needs of evolving pedagogies both now and in the future.
And built environments…
providing spaces that inspire students to embrace a lifetime of learning.
University Early Start Facility
The Early Start Facility is located in the UOW Education Arts Precinct and consists of three levels of early childhood teaching and research spaces overlooking a central atrium which houses the Early Start Discovery Space.
The main organisational element of the building is a two level internal ‘street’ which links the main entrances, the various split levels of the facility and integrates the Discovery Space galleries and activities at Ground Floor. The circulation areas at Level 1 and in the ‘street’ provide both formal and informal opportunities for observation, interaction and connectivity within the building.
The refined external material selection responds to the already established aesthetic fabric of the campus with the positive addition of curtain wall glazing, glass and louvre sunscreening, brickwork and aluminium cladding. It further enhances the existing grain of the campus with the introduction of a timber clad wall which forms the spine of the internal “street” along with the implementation of brightly coloured interiors visible through the transparent façade which aid in creating an identity for Early Start.
