South Melbourne Park Primary School

South Melbourne Park Primary School is a co-educational Prep – 6 school. We built it for 550 students, and it opened for Term 1, 2019. This school, designed by Gray Puksand, was a finalist in the 2019 Victorian School Design Awards.

Located in Albert Park Reserve, the school is surrounded by unique flora and fauna and close to sporting facilities such as the Victorian Institute of Sport, Athletics Victoria and the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre.

Check out South Melbourne Park Primary School website for more information.

Facilities

​​​This exciting development incorporates the old Albert Park Signal Depot and Drill Hall heritage buildings, alongside modern new facilities including a double-storey learning communities building and a competition-grade gym.

Design and development of the school was overseen by a New School Planning Group made up of parents, educational experts, project planners and representatives from the community.​

The repurposed Drill Hall houses four learning communities, a library, a dedicated art/science/technology space, specialist music areas, a flexible exhibition space and a student canteen.​

The Mess Hall contains the reception, leadership and administration areas. Existing West and East Houses have also be opened up for learning facilities.

​Sustainable design

All facilities were designed with an environmentally sustainable approach. New insulation was used in the ceilings of the older building whenever possible.

We've installed 2500L rainwater tanks to each of the residences and to the Drill Hall. These will be used by the school for toilet flushing and irrigation.

New buildings are naturally ventilated with openable windows, or use outside air fans or mechanical services where this is not possible.​

We installed acoustic treatments to existing learning spaces to improve sound performance.