VISION 48
CONTENTS
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GUIDING LIGHT
St. Michael’s Parish School, Melbourne
Even junior schools are seeing the light with architecture as instrumental in the delivery
of education. The newest ‘wing’ at St. Michael’s Parish School by Y2 Architecture is a case
in point. A taut material palette highlighted by Viridian performance and coloured glass,
communicates vista and a beguiling array of internal lighting effects.
Stripped back design doesn’t need to read ‘impoverished’ or ‘dull’. Y2 ensures St. Michael’s
is off to a flying start with an addition as treehouse. A heightened awareness of light fall
and light play are the ever-present background to a functional, robust design.
WATCH ARCHITECT
GARY THOMPSON
IN CONVERSATION