Year: 2013

Location: Lucas Heights, NSW

Client: Australian Nuclear Science & Technology Organisation (ANSTO)

The built form is derived from the bushland setting; two Spotted Gum timber-clad volumes weave between clusters of eucalypts connected by a large, glazed, multi-purpose foyer space. 

Three large, light-filled children’s playrooms enjoy direct access to a North-oriented playground. A purpose-built craft space connects the toddler and preschool playrooms and the outdoors.

Varying height window boxes allow the children a framed view of the outside world that responds to their own scale and encourages their innate capacity for discovery and wonder.