Bayanami Public School

  • Name Bayanami Public School
  • Client Dept. of Education & Communities
  • Country Dharug
  • Location Parramatta, NSW
  • Year 2015 - 2018

The former Kings School, dating from 1837, was acquired by the NSW Department of Education for the future-focused Bayanami Public School. The adaptive reuse of the heritage significant site provides flexible, highly-serviced teaching and recreation spaces for 1000 children, with facilities to support a multicultural cohort and after-hours care.

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Awards

2018 Creative Adaptation Award, AIA NSW Architecture Awards.
2018 National Trust Heritage Awards, Adaptive Reuse Winner.

Team

Peter Tonkin, Jarrod Hughes, Roger O’Sullivan, Julie Mackenzie, Challis Smedley, John Bohane, Beth Sullivan, Mark Leong, Alison Osborne.

Collaborators

TZG Heritage.

Consultants

Funktion, Core Engineering Group, JBA Urban Development Services, Acoustics Studio, Wood & Grieve, Slattery, BMG, SMM, AHMS, SDA Structures, Wood & Grieve, Thompson Stanbury, SDA, SMEC, TCL Tree Solutions.

Photographer

Brett Boardman.

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120 Collins Street
Next Project:
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Peter Tonkin, Jarrod Hughes, Roger O'Sullivan, Julie Mackenzie, Challis Smedley, John Bohane, Beth Sullivan, Mark Leong, Alison Osborne. Parramatta, 2018, NSW, school, education, primary, Sydney

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