The NSW government has been put an enormous amount of funds into producing quality school infrastructure. A group of schools in the Parramatta region were designed by Conrad Gargett to have similar attributes to minimize cost and maximize efficiency, the architects describe.
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“The upgrade at Auburn North Public School includes a new building with ten new home bases and upgraded administration facilities. The new learning facilities provide state of the art flexible learning spaces that will support contemporary teaching models,” the architects at Conrad Gargett further describe. The school’s contemporary design focuses on adaptable, communicative learning spaces with purposeful connectivity between the outdoor and indoor facilities.
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The school’s general contractor, Grindley, describes also renovating portions of the original façade, to complement the school’s new additions. The school features colorful Vitrapanel fiber cement panels that are non-combustible, cost effective, and easy to install. Vitragroup’s Vitrapanel is a high-performance fiber cement cladding enhanced with A&I Coatings’ Vitreflon fluoropolymer coating system. Vitreflon employs Lumiflon’s FEVE which offers architectural surfaces a plethora of benefits, all of which ultimately help maintain the structural integrity of the coating system.
Substrates which feature FEVE resin technology are provided with longevity and durability in addition to excellent color and gloss retention, anti-corrosion and graffiti properties, and superior weatherability, essentially protecting architectural coatings from UV radiation, water, salt and other elemental deterrents that contribute to coating degradation.
information and photography courtesy of Conrad Gargett
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