St Paul’s Innovation Learning Centre (ILC)

St Paul's Grammar School

St Paul’s Innovation Learning Centre (ILC)
Client
St Paul's Grammar School, Cranebrook
Sector
Education
Year
2023

Project Overview

The Innovation Learning Centre (ILC) at St Paul’s Grammar School is a new collaborative teaching and learning environment, completed in 2023. Wetherill Architects were commissioned to design the two-storey building upon successful delivery of the School’s 2019 Master Plan. The facilities are designed for flexibility, and in doing so, provide opportunities to harvest space for both traditional and contemporary teaching and learning pedagogies.

Distinguished by its ‘floating’ roof and carefully designed clerestory glazing, the building captures abundant daylight, offers visual connectivity to the tree canopy and optimises solar protection to minimise the environmental footprint. The external finishes respond to the school’s existing colour palette and unify the site’s various architectural styles.

The specific flexible learning environments include:

  • Knowledge Centre/Library with associated Offices, Silent Study, Seminar and Breakout Spaces
  • Lecture Theatre and Tiered Seating
  • Multiple “Incidental” Open Learning Spaces
  • Student Services Centre
  • Mathematics (7)
  • STEaM – Combined Science, Technology, Engineering, Art (2)
  • Staff Faculty Area
  • Offices and Meeting Rooms
  • Separate staff and student amenities
St Paul’s Grammar School Innovation Learning Centre with outdoor teaching, learning and gathering spaces Students using the informal teaching and learning space at St Paul’s Grammar School Innovation Learning Centre, with flexible seating and warm timber finishes
Informal teaching and learning area within the St Paul’s Grammar School Innovation Learning Centre, with flexible seating and integrated technology St Paul’s Grammar School Innovation Learning Centre building exterior at dusk with warm lighting

"This project has transformed the teaching and learning opportunities at St Pauls and has been the result of a shared vision and Toby's ability to compose a design that is both imaginative and pragmatic"

Gavin Riley Director of Business and Finance
3D floor plan of St Paul’s Grammar School Innovation Learning Centre, showing teaching spaces, informal learning areas, circulation and furniture layout
St Paul’s Grammar School Innovation Learning Centre exterior at dusk, with a floating roof and clerestory glazing connecting to the tree canopy
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