Glasshouse
Christian College
MASTER PLAN + 5 BUILDING PROJECTS
CLIENT
Glasshouse Christian
College
LOCATION
Beerwah, QLD
VALUE
$15M
COMPLETED
2015 – 2022
Glasshouse Christian College has committed to providing innovative facilities that will provide students with opportunities to reach their potential. A new classroom and administration building, sports centre and state-of-the-art performing arts theatre signify a new generation of buildings for a growing school community.
PEOPLE
John Hay
(Project Contact)
Mark D’Altera
Richelle Lonergan
Kate Tempest
Joanne Tenorio
Paul Trotter (L)
Glasshouse Christian College is a prep to year 12 co-educational school located in Beerwah, a growing regional town in the forested hinterland of the Sunshine Coast. Fulton Trotter Architects first partnered with the college to design and deliver a new general learning area building with staff administration and amenities, as well as an outdoor covered sports centre with a gym.
The most recent project is a multi stage performing and creative arts project including music, dance, drama, and hospitality facilities, as well as a 600 seat theatre.
The new architecture features sandstone coloured blockwork as a reference to the existing classroom and church buildings on the campus. Splashes of bold colour and variations on traditional building forms and roof styles signify a new generation of buildings for the college.
A greater connection to the outdoors, specifically the nearby Beerwah State Forest or the Glass House Mountains, has been incorporated into each of the new buildings: whether it is the creation of covered outdoor learning areas overlooking the adjacent bushland, or abstracted patterns of the mountain panorama being incorporated into the interior design.
Images: © Scott Burrows
360° Images: © Fulton Trotter Architects
