Eight Mile Plains State School QLD

• Client
• Davis Langdon Australia
• Architect
• Lightwave Architectural
• Project
• Construction of new Resource Centre and Covered Area
• Contract
• Design and Construct Guaranteed Maximum Price
• Role
• Construction

Comment Working with an extremely neglected school and a limited budget the challenge was to provide an insertion into the school network that addressed the brief for a Resource Centre while fixing un-briefed existing school problems, including flooding and poor permeability through the site. Grindley Construction worked closely with Lightwave through the schematic design phase to identify what areas of buildings to be demolished could be re-used to provide the school with additional spaces that were also desperately needed. The final solution re-used an existing suspended slab to provide a covered play area that doubled as an outdoor performance space with the inclusion of a stage/outdoor learning area as the entry to the resource centre. Agreeing to frame the floor rather than the traditional slab on ground, Grindley provided the opportunity for the new resource centre to connect on grade to the existing path network and provide an integration of spaces and levels between the oval, new resource centre, covered play space and rest of the school.
Chris Collier, Director, Lightwave Architectural