Parade College Nash Learning Centre, Bundoora Building, Australian School, Architecture Images
Parade College Nash Learning Centre in Bundoora
Modern Educational Facility in Victoria, Australia – design by CHT Architects
19 Mar 2018
Parade College Nash Learning Centre
Design: CHT Architects
Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Parade College Nash Learning Centre

Tenete Traditionales, or ?Hold fast the traditions?, the motto chosen to endow the Parade College emblem has been at the core of the school?s values and principles, embodied by the students and the faculty which have grown and evolved with the institution over its 147 year foundation.

Located at the entry to the Parade College campus the learning hub is a symbol of school?s progressive pedagogy and adoption of technological into their teaching practise. The Nash Learning Centre has incorporated diverse, multi-mode learning spaces into its overall planning. The Hub focusses on common spaces with a mixture of communal desk space and private learning areas. There is a focus on light open spaces that are functional and stimulating learning environments.
Conceptual Framework

The existing campus is a robust brown brick modernist design. The new learning hub was a departure to the overarching architectural style and continuity of campus; almost the antithesis in colour, materiality and design language. The modernist lines were replaced by arches as the concept focussed on creating an architecturally signific...