Press Release: New Allen Jack+Cottier designed education centre a textbook of flexibility and functional design

27.09.12

The new Allen Jack+Cottier (AJ+C) -designed Eileen O’Connor Centre at Lewisham, NSW, which officially opened last week is the antithesis of a traditional teaching facility: it uses design to dissolve the barriers between teachers and students, deliver the latest learning technologies and empower students to take responsibility for individual learning programs. Designed for The Catholic Education Office, Sydney, Stage 1 of the Eileen O’Connor Centre provides flexible teaching and learning spaces, with the ability to mix traditional and technology-based teaching, and can be configured to deliver a range of different learning environments, depending on the needs of the group using them. The Centre is the latest addition to AJ+C’s growing education design portfolio, which includes the award winning primary school for International Grammar School at Ultimo, NSW, and a number of other specialist education facilities.