The building’s refurbishment focused on reimagining the eight-storey brutalist building with a renewed cultural heart. By opening up formerly dark and enclosed spaces and improved views through corridors and passive observation a outcome of uhuman centered design. 

A new annexe building on Otter Street, re-establishes the entrance with fluted aluminium fins and materiality referencing the industrial warehouses of the local urban fabric. 

Open and accessible with no fencing, central walkways, a proposed laneway and permeable setbacks, the campus invites the community in, creating a town square vibrancy that promotes wellbeing, inclusion, engagement and activity for all. The campus is an important place stitched into Collingwood’s urban fabric. 

​​Internally, the building works harder through careful programming and design agility, with multi-functional layouts across each floor, and high-end technology and blended learning capability to give students spaces they’re excited to learn in. These include a library, presentation spaces, deaf teaching and support spaces, community and industry engagement, theatrette, student lounge, Changing Places facility, and staff amenities – each finished with a soft, neutral and warm palette. The Collingwood campus goes far beyond its walls to act as a social transformer for future generations to learn, grow and prosper. 

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