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2012 Excellence in Building Awards

2012年9月4日

We are pleased to announce that at this year’s Newcastle MBA 2012 Excellence in Building Awards, both St Pius X High School and Holy Family Primary School collected honours in their categories. St Pius X won in the category ‘Extensions, Renovations & Refurbishments Over $5 Million’ and Holy Family won in the same category for projects $2–5 million.

This is just reward for the builders, Kingston Building Australia and North Constructions, respectively, whose skill and hard work in realising these buildings has paid great dividends for the school communities. We would also like to thank the client, the Catholic Schools Office (Maitland Newcastle Diocese), for their determination in pursuing progressive educational philosophies and their brief to create modern and functional learning spaces.

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Opening of St Joseph’s Primary, Merewether

2012年4月20日

With works completed, the official opening of St Joseph’s Primary School, Merewether was held on 29 March 2012.

The project centred on the refurbishment of existing buildings, including the heritage listed St Thomas More Centre.

The work was completed in two stages, with the first being undertaken by T&J McGlynn Builders. The contract for the second stage, the refurbishment of the St Thomas More Centre, was won by J&J Killalea Constructions.

With the age of the building — affectionately known to the school as “The ’36 Building” in reference to the year in which it was completed — a number of faults needed rectifying, including concrete cancer, removal of hazardous materials, replacement of corroded wall ties, and strengthening of the roof structure.

Attention was paid to retaining the details of the building, designed by the late Newcastle architect P.J. Gannon. For example, an original blackboard has been reinstalled, door furniture cleaned and left in place, and the first floor timber folding partition walls made operational.

There was some anxiety over the expected budget for the project. However, Morrell Architects were able to complete both stages within the given budget as a result of the close working relationship between the contractor, consultants, and client.

The project is another good example of value for money being achieved through architect controlled lump sum tendering.

The consultants for the project were:

Heritage — Heritas (Linda Babic)
Quantity Surveyor — Muller Partnership (Grant Muller)
Structural Engineer — Lewis Engineering (Lewis Martin)
Electrical Engineer — Electrical Projects Australia (Paul Malanchuk)

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Studio Theatre for Newcastle

2011年10月25日

A key component of the current refurbishment works at St Pius X High School in Adamstown, Newcastle, designed by Morrell Architects, is the inclusion of a 600 seat studio theatre. The project is an adaptive reuse of the former Lustre hosiery factory constructed in 1950.

Lustre factory

By definition, the studio theatre, or ‘black box’, doesn’t contain moving stage machinery, but through the configuration of seating and the stage area, the space becomes extremely flexible. The underlying concept is that by reducing the reliance on technology, greater emphasis is placed on the essence of the production itself.

Essential technology is included in the St Pius X theatre, such as fully adaptable lighting and sound capabilities. A fixed grid lighting bar assembly over the stage area, together with back of house lighting and following spots, can be adapted to suit an array of production, performance and staging techniques.

Cutaway image of Theatre 1

The plan form at St Pius X is an adaptation of a Roman theatre, itself an interpretation of Greek theatre design where the audience occupies tiered seating in a semi-circle overlooking a flat stage area with a permanent backdrop or skene. No audience member is further than 20 metres from any point on the stage floor; a distance from which facial expression can be recognised. The acoustic quality of the theatre is enhanced by the avoidance of parallel wall surfaces and the careful consideration of echoes and resonances through specialised surface treatment.

The main roof truss system at St Pius X, nine metres above the floor level, has been designed to take the loads expected for different types of scenery, lighting and stage settings.

The stage area is directly accessible through large sliding doors from the street. Vehicles can be driven onto the stage floor. Performers have access to a “Green Room” and dedicated shower and change facilities.

The theatre stage is accessible by vehicles

Serving the foyer and entry area for the theatre is a cafe and commercial kitchen, designed as a training facility.

The complex also contains a 70 seat theatre designed as a smaller version of the main theatre but with the same flexibility and audio-visual capabilities.

The complex, being constructed by Kingston Building at a cost of $5 million, is due for completion in March 2012 and, even though principally designed for school use, public hiring will be possible.

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圣布里奇特的小学暨馆开幕

2011年6月8日

帕尔默和Maia关闭艾伦派代表出席了在圣布里奇特新设施的小学，雷蒙德台正式开通莫雷尔建筑师。

学校的学生提供了新的教室，图书馆，新装修的多功能厅导游。

已完成的文物设施设置提供一定的设计挑战，但大家普遍一致认为，现有的新作品称赞圣布里奇特的教堂（1862年）和原始天主教学校的建设工地上，在1880年建成。

雷柯林斯，学校主任为天主教学校办公室，记住，作为一个三年级在校学生，实现从原来的校舍过渡到新建成的由建筑师设计大奖赛甘农教室。

现有的礼堂及校舍有一个社区的当地天主教圣布里奇特的有关其由教会和学校，利用当前和以前的教友和学生，特别关联。

与会者一致认为，设施，特别是新馆，是在这个特殊的加强协会成功。

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圣雅各小学开学

2011年5月4日

对于最近完成小学正式启用，圣雅各福，科塔拉南，4月8日举行，由联邦成员的纽卡斯尔，沙龙格里尔森女士提供的地址。

已完成的设施包括新的行政大楼，教室和多功能厅，全部由莫雷尔建筑师设计的。

工程，总金额超过300万美元，已经改变了学校，现在提供特制既可以由学校和广大市民利用设施。

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圣约翰维尼小学

2010年8月6日

一个正式开幕进行，并在新的图书馆/在圣约翰Vianney小学摩里瑟特厅项目。该建筑是由神父祝福唐克斯和部长正式开通国防物资和科学方面，格雷格Combet，谁后，信奉了两地在圣约翰Vianney新建的建筑物和误码率作为一个整体项目的成功。光从天主教学校办公室柯林斯介绍了该项目的概况，并解释说，高品质和经济成果的部分原因是由于分配上给予所有的项目资金需要的基础上，天主教学校办公室的灵活性。

学校报告说，他们非常高兴的设计，而且开辟了新的设施为学校和社区的进一步可能性。