Neeson Murcutt Neille

We acknowledge the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work and live, and recognise their continuing connection to land, water and community. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging who have maintained Country for millennia.

NEESON MURCUTT NEILLE

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Barker College Rosewood Centre

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Barker College is an Independent co-educational Anglican School in Hornsby. The School has a long and proud history with a presence on the site since 1895. The main campus now occupies almost an entire block with 3 sporting fields separating the secondary and junior schools – upper and lower campuses.

The new Sports and Learning Centre fronts Rosewood Field and gives important public presence to the School at its eastern entry. It provides 5 multi-use sports courts, 12 classrooms, multi-use learning spaces, staff areas, a function room, a fitness facility, and significant car parking. The multi-level project comprises 3 main architectural elements – a light- filled Sports Hall, a canopy awning, and a carved linear building with learning areas, social spaces, and balconies all overlooking the field.

The School is explicitly seeking a demonstration of its values and design excellence through this project. The project has been designed with an understanding of the powerful role a physical school environment plays, as an educator – communicating civic mindedness, sustainability, Indigenous awareness, landscape awareness, and engagement with sport. A key principle here is the ‘celebration of sport for all’ creating a vibrant place that is playful in spirit founded on clear layers of logic.

Photography by Rory Gardiner.

Featured in:
ArchitectureAU, 2021
The Sydney Morning Herald, 2021
UNION Magazine Vol 02, 2022

2023 International Architecture Award, Chicago Athenaeum + European Centre for Architecture:
2022 World Architecture Festival – Shortlist: Sport
2021 AIA National Architecture Awards: Daryl Jackson Award for Educational Architecture
2021 AIA NSW William E Kemp Award for Educational Architecture
2021 AIA NSW Interior Architecture Commendation
2023 AILA NSW Landscape Architecture Award (360 Degrees Landscape)

Barker College is an Independent co-educational Anglican School in Hornsby. The School has a long and proud history with a presence on the site since 1895. The main campus now occupies almost an entire block with 3 sporting fields separating the secondary and junior schools – upper and lower campuses.

The new Sports and Learning Centre fronts Rosewood Field and gives important public presence to the School at its eastern entry. It provides 5 multi-use sports courts, 12 classrooms, multi-use learning spaces, staff areas, a function room, a fitness facility, and significant car parking. The multi-level project comprises 3 main architectural elements – a light- filled Sports Hall, a canopy awning, and a carved linear building with learning areas, social spaces, and balconies all overlooking the field.

The School is explicitly seeking a demonstration of its values and design excellence through this project. The project has been designed with an understanding of the powerful role a physical school environment plays, as an educator – communicating civic mindedness, sustainability, Indigenous awareness, landscape awareness, and engagement with sport. A key principle here is the ‘celebration of sport for all’ creating a vibrant place that is playful in spirit founded on clear layers of logic.

Photography by Rory Gardiner.

Featured in:
ArchitectureAU, 2021
The Sydney Morning Herald, 2021
UNION Magazine Vol 02, 2022

2023 International Architecture Award, Chicago Athenaeum + European Centre for Architecture:
2022 World Architecture Festival – Shortlist: Sport
2021 AIA National Architecture Awards: Daryl Jackson Award for Educational Architecture
2021 AIA NSW William E Kemp Award for Educational Architecture
2021 AIA NSW Interior Architecture Commendation
2023 AILA NSW Landscape Architecture Award (360 Degrees Landscape)