Moonee Ponds West Primary School

Redevelopment


Department of Education & Training

2015

150 Athol Street, Moonee Ponds VIC 3039

Traditional Custodians: Wurundjeri

FPPV completed a master plan for the school site, and three stages of this major school redevelopment. Stage one commenced in 2002 and included a new administrative and staff building. Stage two commenced in 2005 and included a new multipurpose gymnasium, the refurbishment of two historic buildings and the rebuilding of an light timber construction classroom wing. This latter building offers outstanding flexibility, variety and adaptability and won a CEFPI award in the DET School Design Awards 2007. Stage three, a new learning centre, was completed in early 2014.


This design is completely flexible as to arrangement of teaching spaces, allowing for multiple separate classrooms through to a large open plan space. This stage also involved the introduction of a state of the art ESD air handling, heating and cooling system.

Project Team: Tim Neill | Geoffrey Falk | Veronica Kurniawan

Consultants: Watermans Group

Contractor: WP Contractors

Photos: Mark Munro Photography

Project Value: $9 million

Tags: Education

FPPV worked with Moonee Ponds West Primary School for 10 years. In that time, the master plan was fully implemented, including upgrades to the heritage building and LTCs.