The King’s School
Boarding Houses
Parramatta NSW
Value: $26 M Construction Stages 2013-2018
Broughton Forrest - Value : $ 5 M , construction completed : 2013
Baker Hake - Value : $ 6 M , Construction Completed : 2015
Waddy Macarthur - Value: $6.8 M, Construction Completed: 2016
Bishop Barker Harris - Value : $ 7.8 M , Construction Completed : 2018
Mayoh Architects were engaged to develop a Boarding Master Plan for The King’s School, which included planned upgrades to four existing boarding houses on the campus. Part of the brief was to establish a new style of architecture to distinguish the Boarding Precinct from the Academic Precinct, whilst ensuring consistency with the existing architecture of the campus. All four of the Boarding Houses have now been completed in line with the Master Plan.
The designs follows a symmetrical composition with a hierarchical arrangement of the building volumetrics to provide a clear sense of entry, tradition & history. A key challenge was designing around the existing site constraints which included the sloping topography and the proximity of existing buildings, an access road and bush fire prone land. The use of materials such as precast concrete panels, exposed brick walls, terracotta columns and hardwood ensured cohesion with the rest of the campus.
Broughton Forrest Boarding House
Value : $ 5 M , construction completed : 2013
Baker Hake Boarding House
Value : $ 6 M , Construction Completed : 2015
Waddy Macarthur Boarding House
Value: $6.8 M, Construction Completed: 2016
Bishop Barker Harris Boarding House
Value : $ 7.8 M , Construction Completed : 2018
Precinct Masterplan Design
The individual boarding houses were not designed in isolation but rather as part of a boarding Masterplan which solidifies their location and relationship with the rest of the campus.
A home away from home
The buildings have been designed to both be stately and grand in keeping with the rest of the campus as well as warm and inviting for the students who call these buildings their homes whilst at school.
Each of the upgraded boarding house includes:
Student accommodation across double and single dormitories for 82 students,
Staff accommodation on across 4 apartments,
Common areas,
Breakout spaces,
Parents’ retreat,
Student & staff toilets & showers,
A variety of soft & hard landscaping.