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The Friends’ School WN Oats Centre Redevelopment

Once the new gym “The Revell Centre” was completed the existing WN Oats gymnasium was redeveloped as a dedicated teaching building. Located at the centre of the site, this new facility becomes

a hub for the campus’ academic life, providing contemporary learning spaces, staff offices, learning support spaces and student ammenities right in the heart of the campus.

This project strategically enhances accessibility on the campus by installing a new lift connected to the main carpark level and pedestrian bridge links to adjoining buildings on the upper level also therefore creating broader campus connections.

Awards

2024 Tasmanian Architecture Commendation for Educational Architecture for Bence Mulcahy with H2o architects

2024 Tasmanian Architecture The EmAGN Project Award to the EmAGN members of Bence Mulcahy with H2o architects

Adam Gibson Photography

Images by CUUB Studio

The Oats Centre corridor and stair

The Oats Centre stairwell with vertical steel balusters

The double-height student breakout within The Oats Centre

Classroom interior at The Oats Centre

Classrooms opened to each other with bi-folding screens

The Oats Centre reception interior

An external walkway connecting The Oats Centre with other teaching buildings on campus

Central triple height gathering space opening the internal spaces to northern light and providing an interconnected social space in the heart of the redevelopment

A general learning area that can be opened up to form one large space

A new pedestrian bridge links the WN Oats building to the broader campus