Ascham School
Country / Gadigal
Within a major School masterplan and long-term upgrade, there will always be opportunities to gussy-up the left-over and forgotten spaces to give the school vitality and dynamism. Considering a student only has 6 years in the senior school, it is important to consider the experience of that girl and look for ways in which masterplan works-in-progress can not only retain relevance, but also be inspiring.
![Ascham School](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/skjoys22/production/286011b681599c7ac496b06b57384b02d716e6bc-1900x2100.jpg?w=1200&&fit=scale&q=80)
Built / 2022
Photographer / Javier Saiz
Happily, the budgets for these projects are usually perfectly aligned with our guiding sustainability value: how can we do more with less? How can we use maximum creativity and expertise to be radically transformative with a minimum of complexity, fuss, materials and money.
Projects to date include:
Transforming the under-theatre forgotten space into a surprisingly immersive musical instrument storage space; Renovating the gym building on a shoe-string budget to reinforce school spirit and enhance the modernist bones of the original building; Converting lacklustre classrooms into specialist theatre education spaces; Updating Junior School STEAM rooms to support robotics, 3D printing and other opportunities for the girls; Updating Senior School STEM rooms to support students’ individual project-led work including a mural that references the science of perspective.
![Ascham School](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/skjoys22/production/087209d78cf5b6fa1336bfdd6b707199bdcdb970-1400x2100.jpg?w=1000&fit=scale&q=80)
![Ascham School](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/skjoys22/production/c81055e4d7a9edcf62a309668bd2d7fae6cc3a41-1400x2100.jpg?w=1000&fit=scale&q=80)
![Ascham School](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/skjoys22/production/94d30ff594b72970feff7d0ee9161f97eb92f027-2800x1423.jpg?w=900&&fit=scale&q=80)
![Ascham School](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/skjoys22/production/800589c2b41f363db048b0ca4bd15ee2673891a7-2800x1168.jpg?w=900&&fit=scale&q=80)
![Ascham School](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/skjoys22/production/90207a4d87cf1a5c00e33f9b77e211e64b9f994f-2800x625.jpg?w=1800&&fit=scale&q=80)