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Architecture, Architects, design, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Egypt, India

Architecture, Architects, design, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Egypt, India

Architecture, Architects, design, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Egypt, India

Architecture, Architects, design, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Egypt, India

Architecture, Architects, design, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Egypt, India

Architecture, Architects, design, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Egypt, India

Architecture, Architects, design, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Egypt, India

A multi-purpose space for an intermediate school which can be used for assembly, sports, theatrical performances, and events. The building’s eaves project by six metres, effectively doubling the floor area available for large gatherings by allowing them to spill onto the covered outdoor terrace. Flexibility and “future proofing” are integral to the project, which embraces the idea that uses will evolve as the school grows, future generations of students are enrolled, and new technologies come to the fore.

School Multi-Purpose Building

Auckland, New Zealand, 2022

This is an adaptive re-use of an existing vacant building, transforming it into a “Masterchef” cooking school for primary age students. Despite its modest size, the project was awarded the Learning Environments New Zealand Supreme Award for 2022. Judges praised the space’s dynamism and use of colour, and the way it frames and promotes the “theatricality” of cooking, presenting the activity as an “event” into which students are unwittingly drawn.

Primary School Garden-to-Table Project

Auckland, New Zealand, 2021

Completed in stages over several years, the project involved the remodelling of an ageing inner-city primary school into a dynamic learning hub with an interconnected array of new and refurbished classroom spaces and other facilities. The entire school was reorganised around a new processional entranceway which strengthens relationships between different parts of the school. The new and existing classrooms face each other across a large outdoor playground.
The school remained open throughout the various stages of construction.

Multistage Primary School Redevelopment

Auckland, New Zealand, 2020

The Supreme Education Council complex is a geometrical arrangement of interlinked structures set within a landscaped park. The “deep façades” make extensive use of screening and projecting overhangs to alleviate the effects of climate on the building and its occupants. Interior and exterior circulation routes are equally prioritised.

Supreme Education Council Headquarters

Doha, Qatar, 2015