Yarrabilba State School

  • Urban Design
  • Architecture
  • Interior Design
  • Brisbane

A new primary school located in the Logan City Council area

This is the first state school to open in Yarrabilba, a rapidly growing new urban village. The school is designed to promote collaborative learning opportunities and flexibility to enable changing pedagogies and technologies.

The Group
Client: Department of Education
Studios: Brisbane, Australia
The Team:

Stage 1 of construction commenced in 2017 and was completed for an initial intake of approximately 300 students from Prep to Year 6 classes in 2018.  It consisted of:

  • six prep classrooms
  • 18 GLA classrooms
  • a science and technology laboratory
  • music facilities
  • a resource centre a canteen
  • central amenities
  • the administration and staff building
  • purpose hall.

Designed with students, teachers and the landscape at the forefront

Stage 2 was completed for the first semester of 2019 and provided a Student Support facility and 16 additional GLA classrooms, with a total capacity of approximately 1,200 students. The school is located on a steep site, and the master plan focuses on clear circulation strategies, with four predominant precincts: prep, junior, senior and core services.

Several external learning areas throughout the site generally link to internal spaces, providing a variety of quality learning spaces available to students and teachers.

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Lachlan McCallum Associate Director

Lachlan is an accomplished Associate Director with extensive experience designing and delivering diverse projects, including multi-residential, commercial, retail, educational and mixed-use developments. He is a team leader with a passion for projects in the education sector.  

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