| Project | Fortitude Valley State Secondary College https://fortitudevalleyssc.eq.edu.au/ |
| Aboriginal Nation |
Built on the land of the Turrbal people |
| School vision/mission | ‘To create a community of agile learners who are bold, resilient and kind’ |
| Architects | Cox Architecture, Australia. (Design Lead) |
| ThomsonAdsett (Design Development and Documentation for Construction Services) | |
| Client | Queensland Department of Education |
| Site details | 585 St Pauls Terrace, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane QLD 4006 Australia |
| Staging | 3 Stages |
| Stage status | Stage 1 complete Stage 2 under construction Stage 3 future |
| Stage completion date | Stage 1 opened start of school 2020 Stage 2 due for completion end of 2022 |
| Gross Floor Area | Stage 1 – 11550m2 Stage 2 – 5135m2 |
| Storeys | 8 |
| Site area | 22320m2 |
| Planning approvals | State Government Infrastructure Designation |
| Ratio of built space to green/open space | 21% of the site is green / landscaped space |
| Other features and highlights | Adaptive re-use of existing former Fortitude Valley State School building |
| Sustainability | External, naturally ventilated circulation Solar PV Cells Rainwater storage Solar Shading to glazing Retention Basin |
| Opening date | Term 1 2020 |
| Foundational principal | Sharon Barker |
| Student population at full capacity | 1500 |
| Student population as at June 2022 | 450 |
| Cox Architecture Project Team
ThomsonAdsett architect team |
Spyros Barberis, Mitchell Buckley, Remy Chard, Christina Na-Heon Cho, Richard Coulson, Julian Farrell, Steven Harth, Alex Leiva, Anya Meng, Leon McBride, James Ryan, Mark Sierzchula, Brooke Lloyd, Jaegeun Lim, Casey Vallance
Michael Bowman, Chad Brown, Blake Challen, Tom Chang, Bianca DiLuzio, Alex du Plessis, Karly Dundler, Rebecca Holmes, Daniel Kalf, Wesley Lee, Elissa Staff, Randal Williams
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| Furniture designers | BFX furniture |
| Consultants | Arup – Civil, Façade, Fire Engineering, Flood, Structure, Traffic, Wind AECOM – Acoustics, AV, ESD, Services, Vertical Transport RPS – Landscape Philip Chun – Certifier, Access |
| Type of procurement | Design & Construct |
| Cost | $100M (Stage 1+2) |
| Awards | Winner – Completed Buildings – Education, World Architecture Festival, 2021 The Jennifer Taylor Award for Educational Architecture, AIA QLD, 2021 Commendation, Educational Architecture, AIA Brisbane Regional, 2021 2020 Learning Environments Australasia, Queensland Chapter Awards for Excellence in Education Facility Design, New Construction / Entire New Educational Facility commendation 2021 Australian Institute of Architects, National Architecture Awards, Educational Architecture shortlist |
Photo credit: Christopher Frederick Jones