TAYLORS LAKES PRIMARY SCHOOL MULTIPURPOSE HALL
The Taylors Lakes Primary School Multipurpose Hall is a purpose-built, multi-functional facility that has transformed the school’s capacity to come together as a whole community.
Project Type
Education/ Sports & Wellbeing/ Performing Arts
Client
VSBA
Traditional Owners
Bunurong people
Completed
2024
Unifying the school
For the first time, students and staff have a purpose-built, multi-functional space for assemblies, performances, sport, and celebrations; fostering unity, belonging, and pride.
The Multipurpose Hall at Taylors Lakes Primary School is a direct architectural response to an urgent and long-held need: a space where the whole school could finally gather. Prior to this project, the school had no indoor environment capable of hosting full-cohort assemblies, performances, or indoor sports.
The creation of a central, flexible gathering space became a non-negotiable part of the educational brief, essential not just for functionality, but for fostering identity, pride, and cohesion across the student body.
The three P’s - Project Planning Process
The new Multipurpose Hall at Taylors Lakes Primary School emerged from a rigorous and collaborative planning process, grounded in clear educational priorities and community aspirations. A central driving force behind the project was the school’s long-standing need for a space that could bring its growing community together; a place where the full student cohort, staff, and local families could gather for shared events, learning experiences, and celebrations.
The planning process commenced with detailed site analysis and feasibility studies, led by the VSBA and the architectural team, focused on maximising the school’s urban edge along Chichester Drive. Early consultation sessions involved the principal, teaching staff, VSBA officers, and key stakeholders to articulate a comprehensive educational brief. This collaborative engagement shaped a program that integrated a full-sized court, raised performance stage, general-purpose classroom, canteen, amenities, and new outdoor courts.
Flexibility and tactility
Flexibility was a defining principle in the design of the Taylors Lakes Primary School Multipurpose Hall. From the outset, the school required a space that could adapt fluidly across learning modes, events, performances, and after-hours community programs. The resulting design provides a resilient framework for continual reconfiguration, use and evolution.
Material selection was carefully curated for durability, environmental impact, and user comfort. Internally, plywood wall linings provide robustness and visual warmth, while wood wool acoustic ceiling panels ensure acoustic performance suited to multiple program types. Finishes were low-VOC, low-maintenance, and chosen to support wellbeing and indoor air quality across a range of users.
Durable finishes, natural daylight, acoustic comfort, and sustainable features ensure longevity and wellbeing. Used daily by students, families, and the wider community, the multipurpose hall is more than a building, it’s a symbol of connection at the heart of school life.
“Our Multipurpose Hall is more than just a sporting venue. It is a flexible, inclusive,
and inspiring environment that supports physical activity, learning, and community
connection, a space that truly reflects the values of our school and the aspirations of our community. ”
KDA Team
Tommy Pakis, Eldo Di Muccio, Julia Meng
Acknowledgements
Photographer
Gallant Lee