Pascoe Vale Primary School Stage 2 - Alchemy Construct
Education

Pascoe Vale Primary School Stage 2

Pascoe Vale Primary School's Expansion Reaches New Heights with Stage 2 Completion.

Our team have successfully completed the further modernisation of Pascoe Vale Primary School, delivering the next stage of the school’s master plan which includes a new STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and maths) centre. Part of the works also included the repositioning of two relocatable classrooms and the soccer pitch to open up the centre of the school.

Early works involved installing a temporary fire exit from Level 1 and extending Building A to the west. We revised ramps and built a new lift to increase the accessibility to Building T in accordance with DDA standards. Now, there’s a more accessible entry to the school and easier connection between admin and Level 1, an internal fire staircase and new staff facilities that meet current BCA coverage.

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To plan this design, CohenLeigh Architects built a miniature model to confirm that the multiple radius and the curvature on the structure would be possible.

From there, the design was pushed to the limit to compute and detail the individual members for fabrication of the screen. The screen was fully fabricated by our talented friends GB AMOS Metal Engineering and was broken down into sections for transport.

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