The southern elevation of the senior school marks the main visitor entrance to the campus with the façade materiality, colonnades and arches all reference the Scottish baronial school in Edinburgh in character, and deliver the centrepiece statement of arrival desired.
Inspiring landscapes are a clear departure from the traditional school playgrounds, featuring space for reflection, activity and sports, learning through play, make and do. A range of scales of space have been provided to facilitate learning and socialising either individually, peer to peer or in larger groups.
Allotments and sunken gardens designed to accommodate heavy rains are full of successional pioneer species that connect students with their environment and nature, in the hope that if students experience, understand and enjoy sustainably designed and managed landscapes they are more likely to become stewards of the built environment after graduation.