学校的设计理念围绕学校的中心--图书馆向外发展,形成一个“无穷”循环的建筑。
建筑各处布置着不同的学习空间,内廊贯通整个学校,让循环可以无限进行,两个庭院提供更多的采光,通风,景色,学习空间。
呈数学上无穷符号(有点像8倒过来写)的建筑完美的合并了两所学校,图书馆就位于无穷符号的中心,人们在循环中总是会回到中心图书馆,这种设计与教育理念紧密契合。
澳大利亚无限”中学教育建筑实景设计图:
The Infinity Centre, the new campus for Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School
senior students, is derived from the initial idea that the library, a learning hub, is central
to the school. We also wanted a building that offered protection from a windswept site
and signified the merging of two schools, Penleigh Presbyterian Ladies' College and
Essendon Grammar School for boys. The idea of infinite learning became the mantra.
Radiating out from the library, along the length of the form, are specialist precincts and
a variety of learning spaces. Each wing then returns to link up, forming cloisters and the
resulting plan of an infinity symbol. Being structured around two protected courtyards
has enhanced the learning space’s access to light, ventilation and view.