Applecross Senior High School was established in 1958 and after a building upgrade in 1999 it will now undergo a rebuild of a substantial percentage of the school buildings. The programme began in 2011 and will be completed in 2015.
In the 2009 State Budget the Government allocated $56 million for the re-development of Applecross Senior High School.
The architectural design team, Cox Howlett & Bailey Woodland in association with Hames Sharley won the project design contract in a competitive tender process in April 2010.
The building program will involve retaining the ‘H’ bock, the Gymnasium, the swimming pool, and the Automotive Workshop. All other existing buildings will be removed. Construction of a new south wing on the site of the existing tennis courts will be designed to house the new administration area, Library / Resource Centre, Science, Home Economics and Health & Physical Education wings.
A new Design & Technology Centre will be constructed to the east of the swimming pool and a new Visual Arts Centre will be located on the site of the existing basketball courts. The current Gymnasium will be converted into a Performing Arts Centre, while the ‘H’ block will be completely refurbished for use by Business/Information Technology, Careers & Vocational Education, English, Languages, Mathematics, Society & Environment and Student Services.
The ‘H’ block and the new south wing will be linked on both levels by partially covered walkways, and lifts will be built at either end of the pedestrian ‘spine’. A new carpark, designed to accommodate all staff and visitor cars will run along the northern boundary of the site from Links Road in the west, to Ardessie Street in the east. Environmentally Sustainable Design principles guide the architects’ thinking on all educational projects.
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