BASS COAST COLLEGE - SAN REMO CAMPUS
Traditional Owners and Ongoing Custodians - Bunurong Country
Location – San Remo, Victoria
Client – Victorian School Building Authority (VSBA)
Status – Completed 2021
Architects – Kennedy Nolan Architecture
Photography - Diana Snape
The new Year 7-9 Junior Secondary campus of Bass Coast College has transformed an 8 hectare paddock at the edge of the San Remo township into a welcoming and diverse learning environment that fosters connection and community.
The campus landscape shapes an environment that reflects the aspirations of the community, supports the needs of students, and reinstates the inherent features of the local coastal landscape.
A strong sense of identity and connection to place has been achieved within a coastal narrative that ties into the local ecology and geology through spatial planning, materiality and plant selections. This coastal identity welcomes the community into the campus, shaping a porous interface of islands and pathways that enable a natural flow of movement from key access points into the centre of the campus.
Local indigenous plant species have been prioritised in the planting selections, helping to shape an identity that is anchored within the natural ecology of the region and contributing to local bio-diversity. Within the school campus, a wetland zone has become a valued asset to local fauna and serves the school as a setting for environmental education programs. Overtime, the local coastal vegetation will establish a presence within the campus, connecting the school to it’s unique setting within the coastal environment.
