Develop a master plan to relocate the existing primary school to a new site and expand the school to a K-12 facility within the Wahroonga Seventh Day Adventist Estate.
A child’s school days will likely stay in their mind for their entire life.
A well-considered built environment can have a profoundly positive impact on a child’s experience of school; their desire to learn, to interact and engage with peers and teachers, can all be enhanced. We are constantly excited by the opportunity to create constructive contexts for this formative time of life.
Beginning with our first client in 1984, an Independent Christian School, we’ve been growing our experience and knowledge in this important area ever since.
Today, we have a dedicated team of 15 educational experts who are passionate about ensuring that our educational designs:
• Reflect the academic mission and values of the school
• Nurture the educational, social and spiritual growth and wellbeing of its students, staff and community
• Provide an engaging, comfortable and adaptable environment that supports all facets of school life and collaborative learning
• Create opportunities to engage students within agile learning environments
• Respond to environmental conditions and site constraints
• Optimise natural lighting, good air quality, appropriate acoustics, connections to outdoor and natural spaces
Wahroonga NSW
Develop a master plan to relocate the existing primary school to a new site and expand the school to a K-12 facility within the Wahroonga Seventh Day Adventist Estate.
New K-12 School Campus Master plan and Construction of Middle and Junior School stages
Stage 1 & 2 Completed 2017 | Stage 3 & 5 to be Completed 2019 | Stage 4 in Planning & Construction
Stage 1 $18 million | Stage 2 $1.5 million | Stage 3 & 5 $10 million
Situated on a constrained site, the school is designed as a 4-storey vertical school plus basement car parking and kiss and drop. It is arranged as 'three schools in one', being junior, middle and senior schools, along an 'internal pedestrian street' and with a rooftop playground.
The mass, facade and scale of the buildings have been carefully treated to respond to the local context and ensure internal visual and pedestrian connectivity over the five levels.
Stage 1 of the new campus (Middle School) comprises specialist learning areas (including music teaching and practice spaces, design and tech spaces, science laboratories, commercial kitchen facilities) and basement parking and was developed and documented for a lump sum delivery. The Middle School stage was completed and occupied in April 2017.
Stage 3 & 5 (Junior School) was developed and documented as an ECI form of procurement. The Junior School stage comprises general learning areas, music practice rooms, basement parking and a rooftop playground area and was completed and occupied in January 2019.
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Hoxton Park, NSW
Develop and oversee the continuous construction and renovation of Thomas Hassall Anglican College. Most recently, a refurbishment of the administration facilities to provide new student wellbeing amenities is currently in the design phase.
Yrs K - 12 School Masterplan and whole school development
Ongoing, construction commenced 2000. Stage 14 commencing mid 2019.
Approx. $50 million for whole campus
Stanton Dahl has been working with Sydney Anglican Schools Corporation on THAC for almost two decades and have overseen approximately $50 million in construction works, commencing with the initial master plan in 1999 to locate junior and senior schools around central courtyards. In 2013 SD revisited the masterplan to address a doubling of student numbers to 1800 and the acquisition of land. A central hub was created with coherent links between primary, middle and senior schools.
In recent years Stanton Dahl has completed a multi-purpose classroom and library facility, a major refurbishment of the school auditorium and hospitality facilities and in 2018 a multi-sports hall, the Rawden Middleton VC Sports Complex which is capable of seating 1200 people. Works also included a dance studio, outdoor athletics track and Australian Football League pitch. The complex has become an important facility for the broader community and has already hosted high level sporting competitions such as NSW Premier League Netball and the NSW Futsal Championship finals.
In 2019 Stanton Dahl completed a kindergarten for the campus and a refurbishment of the administration facilities to provide new student wellbeing amenities is currently in the design phase.
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Tamworth
Design and develop a signature performance space and Cultural Centre with the ability to provide an iconic performance facility and flexible learning centre.
Music Performance Centre & Associated Music Teaching Spaces
Completed 2016
$5 million
Stanton Dahl’s long-standing relationship with McCarthy Catholic College and prior design of the campus masterplan lead to the invitation to design this signature performance space.
The new Cultural Centre building provides an iconic performance facility and flexible learning centre. The facility includes a 240 seat performance hall space which has been designed specifically for unamplified music recital and as an interactive learning and lecture space. The hall also contains integrated audiovisual equipment, including provision to record audio and capture performances in high definition digital video.
Adjoining the main performance hall is a generous open foyer and circulation space which has been designed for use by staff and students for flexible learning and for the display of student artworks and video presentations.
The facility also includes associated general learning areas, music practice rooms and music classrooms, one of which is a designated recording studio to be used for HSC performance and general music recording. This space is annexed with an acoustically separated recording control room equipped with a studio mixing desk which is also utilised as a learning tool for students. The recording facilities and main performance space are both frequently used by the Tamworth Regional Conservatorium of Music.
The Centre opens out onto an expansive forecourt and shared zone area linking the existing college campus with the new cultural centre precinct.
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Caroline has over 19 years of local experience in the architectural design, documentation and construction with the last 13 years devoted to the development of quality educational and ecclesiastical buildings at Stanton Dahl Architects. In 2015, Caroline became head of the Stanton Dahl Education Sector and leads a team of 15 staff.
Through Caroline’s involvement in the education sector she has developed a passion for developing community and learning environments that support and encourage the social, educational and spiritual wellbeing of the users. Caroline is specifically interested in the delivery of environments that support all areas of school life from pedagogical outcomes & staff professional development to community development, identity, engagement and support.
Since joining Stanton Dahlin 2006, Caroline has established herself as a trusted and knowledgeable expert in the field of school architecture.
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