Master Builder of the Year | National 2016, 2019 | Victoria 2016, 2017, 2019 | National Excellence in WHS 2023
PROJECTS | Victoria

Geoff Handbury Science and Technology Hub, Melbourne Grammar School

Value

$30M

Client

Melbourne Grammar School

Consultants

Denton Corker Marshall
Irwinconsult
Wilde and Woollard

Awards

2018 Australian Institute of Architects, Victorian Chapter Educational Architecture

2018 Master Builders Association of Victoria Excellence in Construction of Commercial Buildings $20M - $30M

Kane Constructions was engaged under a Lump Sum contract in July 2016 to deliver the $30 million Geoff Handbury Science and Technology Hub at Melbourne Grammar School. The five-level facility replaced the existing science building and was completed in December 2017.

The building features cutting-edge design to support scientific and technological investigations. Its curved form responds directly to the campus oval, while its materiality and colour integrate seamlessly with the school’s bluestone heritage. Access is provided via a gently ramped pathway leading to a covered entry.

Internally, the hub accommodates new and emerging pedagogies through highly flexible, transparent and efficient spaces. It includes broader settings for teaching and learning, areas that encourage collaboration, and environments that blur the line between formal and informal learning within and beyond classroom and laboratory spaces.