As one of the newest public schools in south west Sydney, Barramurra Public School has been built as part of a strategy by the NSW major school building program to cope with huge residential growth in the area.
Inspired Design
Pedavoli Architects were engaged to deliver this large scale project and developed a design that spoke to the rural setting and location by the lush Oran parklands. With this framework in mind, Sam Rigoli, a partner at Pedavoli Architects and project lead, implemented a design that captured this connection to country.
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Creating Identity Through Colour
Environmental factors also played a role in Pedavoli's selection of Cemintel's Barestone as exterior cladding. Given the prefinished panels provide long lasting protection against UV damage, they were ideal for the project and Sam chose the Original and Graphite colours as a contrast of light and dark that complemented each other beautifully with the movement of the sun throughout the day.
Looking to extend the palette of the natural surrounds throughout the school, Sam chose shades of Greenback and Maya from Cemintel's Surround Collection as a nod to the green parklands and yellow of the sun. These panels were expertly curated and innovatively applied to integrate the indoor and outdoor learning spaces, projecting the individuality and character of the school.
"Given the speed of a project like this, it's important to specify materials that are going to support build efficiency and Barestone's offsite construction methodologies and panelised form, help us achieve this whilst the colours available through Surround allow us to inject personality into the buildings."
