Adam Swinburn | Architect
Johnson Pilton Walker

Day 1 @ 15:00

Best Practice for Vertical School Architecture

• Vertical School Architecture is a case study analysis of the spatial planning for secondary co-educational multi-storey school models in inner-urban areas across the globe.

• Land economics, tight site restrictions and large accommodation briefs require a school design more aligned with high-rise construction than its suburban predecessors, posing new opportunities and challenges for the facilitation of education, student wellbeing and city-making.

• The spatial organisation patterns that emerge in vertical school design precedents are documented and considered as a resource to assist the thinking of architects, school administrations and government officials when delivering school architecture of a similar type. 

This presentation will summarise the main findings: 

Opportunities -

• Building upward can create a much richer and more connected school community.
• Public shared ground floor facilities to enhance civic infrastructure. 

Challenges -

• Significant demand on vertical circulation and how to improve upon it.
• Lack of quality and quantity of outdoor spaces and how to maximise outdoor opportunities. 

Adam Swinburn, Architect, Johnson Pilton Walker

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Adam Swinburn / Best Practice for Vertical School Architecture

Adam Swinburn, Architect,
Johnson Pilton Walker

Adam Swinburn is a Sydney-based Architect and author of 'Vertical School Architecture: A Research Manual to Support Best Practice in an Urban Context.'   In the research, he combines his professional experience in high-rise commercial projects and critical thinking for school design to...

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