school masterplanning

The site for the senior secondary school is part of a rural coastal town; Toquay, about 100km by road southwest of Melbourne. Currently, senior school students travel to Geelong, a large township 20km away. With forecast population growth from 11K to 21K by 2100, Torquay should have a complete school education program.

As a group (3 members) we regarded parking and flow of traffic during peak times critical to the masterplan. We proposed a drop-off/pick-up thoroughfare through the rear properties of all three campuses, starting from the entrance to the new senior school on Grossman's road through to Eton road on the western edge. This would be open only during peak times and doubles amount of dropoff pickup zone to the schools.

We then began feeling out the volumes on the site and began considering the impacts of climate, weather, and social/educational needs of students from this rural coastal background. Group members then came up with these sketches after discussions.

A bubble diagram was created to clarify planning.
basic form was drawn

and a basic masterplan was drafted