School Buildings


Diocesan School for Girls : Art-Technology Building

We designed the first stage of this building in 1990 to house the School art and home science departments in a purpose-designed facility incorporating many innovative teaching facilities. Ten years later, the advent of design and technology as totally new curriculum areas meant that additional facilities were required and some of the original rooms needed to be reconfigured.

There are two food technology rooms which both provide six fully-equipped kitchen areas designed to replicate a typical modern domestic kitchen. A design decision to minimise theoretical work in these rooms meant that they could be planned without the constraints of having large writing surfaces. The two food labs differ slightly in design to cater for junior and senior students. The junior lab has lower island benchs so that smaller girls can more comfortably prepare food, for example.

The art department makes specific provisions for senior students with specialised rooms for printmaking, scupture and photography. Of special interest is the large teaching darkroom which can accommodate up to 15 students at a time; this adjoins a photography studio which is free of "wet" activity and used for clean activities like mounting of work and display.