Alleanza are the architecture/lead design consultant on this statement project for the Catholic Schools Parramatta Diocese on their Westmead Catholic Community campus.

This 6 storey, 52 classroom building offers spaces for students from K-12, with paired, flexible GLAs offering opportunities for collaboration and larger group work.

The innovative vertical school model delivers dedicated playspaces on Ground Floor, Level 3 and Level 5, as a result students are never more than 1 floor away from a covered external playspace, creating a series of ‘villages in the sky’. In addition substantial covered external learning spaces are provided to every floor, supported by tiered seating, practical activities benches, whiteboards and screens.

Surrounded by extensive new planting and landscaping, the building will provide play and learning outcomes for over 1500 students in support of existing facilities on the campus.

The GLA building is part of wider masterplanned works to across campus, with following stages to include a church, early learning centre and new administration facilities. Approved through NSW State Significant Development pathway, the project is being delivered to meet both high Greenstar and pedagogical requirements.

Alleanza continues our work on project from inception through to construction under Kane Constructions, with expected completion in second quarter of 2026.

Client:          Catholic Schools Parramatta Diocese

Location:      Westmead, NSW

Size:             21,000sqm

Value:          $80M

Contractor:   Kane Constructions

Status:         Currently under construction

Alleanza Team: Charles Glanville, Brendan Cotter, Brendan Clarke, Hamish Poole-Hill, Gabriel McLean, Phoebe Glanville, Hannah Sandoval, Louis Borg

Collaborators: WINIM Developments, Northrop, Erbas, Groundink, GHD, BM+G, JHA,

E-Lab, HarrisPage, Sublime, Frontier Fire, Betteridge Heritage, ASA Xcite AV

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