Hornepayne JK to 12 School

The new school will amalgamate the students of the entire community, from Junior Kindergarten to Grade 12, in one new facility. The project includes all classroom types from kindergarten rooms through science, music and arts       classrooms.  As the student population is small, most classrooms are designed to be able to be easily sub-divided into two smaller spaces on demand, to suit classes as small as 6 to a dozen students, up to full size.

As it is a remote community, the building was designed to be built using very little masonry (as the nearest concrete plant is two hours away, a steel frame and precast panels, that can be easily erected during the winter.

The project will use a multitude of energy saving and environmentally sustainable features to yield control and high energy efficiency.  For example the entire school is heated and cooled using a geothermal system involving 72, 100metre deep wells.