Western Springs College Ngā Puna O Waiōrea
This new co-educational, co-governance secondary school alongside a Māori immersion kura and TAPAC performing arts centre replaces a high school built in 1963 on a landfill site over a historic lava flow. Photo by Dennis Radermacher.
Western Springs College Ngā Puna O Waiōrea
The rebuild was an opportunity for the school to become an Innovative Learning Environment, spatially organised into four elements: a three-storey teaching and learning building; a new gymnasium; a two-storey teaching and learning building for Waiōrea; and the Whare Tapere multi-purpose performance space. Photo by Dennis Radermacher.
Western Springs College Ngā Puna O Waiōrea
The Whare Tapere (Te Rehu) ceiling uses three stains to the perforated plywood acoustic ceiling panels to create a pattern representative of the tuna (eels) found in nearby waters. Photo by Dennis Radermacher.
Western Springs College Ngā Puna O Waiōrea
Photo by Dennis Radermacher.
Western Springs College Ngā Puna O Waiōrea
Main building floors are designed as ‘learning hubs’ or ‘communities’, within which are teaching spaces, meeting pods, presentation and resource rooms, teacher workrooms and recycling and hydration stations. Photo by Dennis Radermacher.
Western Springs College Ngā Puna O Waiōrea
Photo by Dennis Radermacher.
Western Springs College Ngā Puna O Waiōrea
The Main Block is three storeys high with learning spaces arranged around a large, full height atrium which creates visible connections across and between all levels. Photo by Dennis Radermacher.
Western Springs College Ngā Puna O Waiōrea
Photo by Dennis Radermacher.
Western Springs College Ngā Puna O Waiōrea
The overall masterplan connects the green spaces in the heart of the campus to the adjacent Meola and Motions Creek reserve reaching back to Owairaka and enhances the community connection to the campus. Photo by Dennis Radermacher.
