Mount Lawley Senior High School
STEM Building
Prominently placed, adjacent to the entry of the school, the new Mount Lawley Senior High School STEM building establishes a sense of arrival. Its central location allows equal access to upper and lower schools, contributing an integrated and inclusive campus community.
“On what was an extremely small site of significant elevation, the outcome has been an outstanding STEM build, especially as it is situated at the front of the school and had to ‘blend’ as much as possible with existing structures.”
Michael Camilleri
Associate Principal, Mt Lawley Senior High School
Client
Department of Finance on behalf of Department of Education
Location
Mt Lawley, WA
Construction Value
$3.07m
Completed
Separable Portion 1 - November 2020
Separable Portion 2 - January 2021
Carabiner Team
Project Director: Peter Giangiulio
Project Architect: Paolo Basini
Design Lead: David Karotkin
Includes:
Specialised STEM learning spaces including an engineering studio, mechatronics lab, science labs
Twin standard general learning areas and ancillary supporting spaces
‘Learning street’ - a multi-use and flexible circulation space
Flexible, adaptive spaces that can be configured for small or large groups
Focus on natural light and genuine indoor/outdoor flow
Carabiner were appointed by Mount Lawley Senior High School to deliver the new STEM facilities, following the successes achieved on the Year 9 & Specialist Centre.
Our design process commenced with a masterplanning phase that explored the optimum siting for the building within the compact, established campus. A two-storey building was deemed necessary due to restricted space on site.
The STEM Building represents good value for money. It is a high quality learning facility made of robust but inexpensive materials that is fit for purpose and will last a long time. Carabiner worked closely with the Quantity Surveyor from the very start to ensure the project remained within the tight and finite budget. Despite the early stages of COVID-19 affecting the construction industry, we delivered this project on time for the start of the 2021 academic year.
