Commissioned in response to the College’s rapidly expanding student body, the project’s spatial strategy and programmatic features were developed in close collaboration with educators, facilities teams, and students. Five distinct learning zones now populate the space, allowing for a variety of teaching formats and group sizes. A raised platform, located where the diving end of the pool once was, now functions as a stage for performances, assemblies, and lectures, while beneath it, a sunken IT suite takes advantage of the pool’s depth.

Visually and atmospherically, the space is defined by a muted palette of warm materiality. Light-toned wood is used extensively across floors with stepped seating, balustrades, and built-in furniture introducing natural texture and tactility while walls and ceiling are painted white. In combination with newly enlarged windows and white-painted walls and ceilings, the pale timber helps maximise daylight and creates a sense of openness.