Fostering prosterity is an agricultural scheme proposed within Newlands Primary School, driven to catalyse sustainable practice and ecological sensitivity beyond the educational boundary. With the four primary drivers of the proposal being filtered to agriculture education, ecology and community, 'Fostering Prosterity' aims to be influenced by, and to influence the socio-environmental conexts of North Coburg. Initially, the origin of this project is an educational scheme for students, teachers and the wider community to participate in cultivation strategies using the once hidien water source from an underground drainage system.
Perspectival View of Outdoor Cooking / Gathering Space
Fostering posterity is an agricultural scheme proposed within Newlands Primary School, driven to catalyse sustainable practice and ecological sensitivity beyond the educational boundary. At the core of this proposal is uncovering a section of underground drainage and creating a wetland habitat for animals, whilst simultaneously inviting students and the community to investigate aquatic ecology and water filtration systems.
Site Axonometric 1:200 A2
With the four primary drivers of the proposal being filtered to agriculture, education, ecology and community, ‘Fostering Posterity’ aims to be influenced by, and to influence, the socio- environmental contexts of North Coburg.
Community Greenhouse View
Initially, the origin of this project is an educational scheme for students, teachers and the wider community to participate in cultivation strategies using the exposed water source from the underground drainage system.
Site Plan 1:200 A2
Divided into student and community focused greenhouses, with the central boardwalk being allocated for a kitchen space, the design aims to blur the boundary between school and community. The classrooms themselves are designed for agricultural and Indigenous history education, with a ‘play’ or ‘hands-on’ teaching focus.
Section B 1:200 A2
Within the school, the proposal is designed with two main architectural forms, made with exposed glue laminated timber beams, with structural insulated panels (SIPS). It is an eco-friendly material with very low formaldehyde levels, and certified to PEFC standards. Being as structurally sound as steel or concrete, this material can provide the foundational support to sit the buildings 500mm above the water and land, which is a project aim to touch the ground as minimally as possible.
Will Combridge, Perspectival View of Outdoor Cooking / Gathering Space
Will Combridge, Site Axonometric 1:200 A2
Will Combridge, Community Greenhouse View
Will Combridge, Site Plan 1:200 A2
Will Combridge, Section B 1:200 A2
