Wellbeing Focus for Caulfield Grammar School’s New Teaching and Learning Building

News / Projects 8 December 2022 Share

Designed in collaboration by DesignInc Melbourne and Denmark’s 3XN, to local and international best practice.

This is Caulfield Grammar School’s first major project to be delivered under their guiding principles, ‘Mind for Life’ strategy. The design reinforces the School’s strategies to nurture its community while focusing on innovation, growth, excellence, diversity and connection.

Anticipated to be a premium asset for the School for now and generations to come, the building will set the benchmark for future developments at all Caulfield Grammar School campuses.

Our designers have thoughtfully considered the comfort of learners and educators and are creating a building that supports experiences of dynamic seasonal changes in nature. Natural beauty and joy have expression in the building through a focus on wellbeing, biophilic opportunities and contextual materiality.
Christon Batey-Smith, Director
and Fred Holt, 3XN

The 5 level facility will offer collaborative education spaces with built in flexibility to evolve with future learning styles and approaches to evolving pedagogy.

Complementing the new building, the surrounding landscape will be transformed into a generous landscaped area, ‘The Heart’, a green central space with biodiverse plants.

DesignInc + 3XN aim for this building to be Australia’s first school to attain 6 Star Green Star Education and Gold WELL Certification. This reflects our shared commitment to create a learning and working environment of the highest quality.