Shore School

SYDNEY, AU

APRIL 2020

DOING SOMETHING RIGHT OFTEN TAKES TIME, PLANNING, TRUST AND ATTENTION TO DETAIL. ALL THOSE COMPONENTS, AND MUCH MORE, ALLOWED PLAE AND SYDNEY’S SHORE SCHOOL AN OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE SOMETHING TRULY SPECIAL. HAVING A MUTUALLY RESPECTFUL WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH SHORE SCHOOL OVER MANY YEARS ALLOWED PLAE TO HAVE A STRONG UNDERSTANDING OF THE SCHOOL’S GOALS FOR ITS NEW PHYSICAL EDUCATION CENTRE. MORE THAN JUST CREATING A ROOM TO TRAIN THEIR SCHOOLS SPORTING SQUADS, THERE WAS AN UNDERLYING DESIRE FROM THE SCHOOL TO DO SOMETHING UNMATCHED IN THE AUSTRALIAN SCHOOL MARKET. AN ACUTE UNDERSTANDING OF THE RESPONSIBILITY AND TRUST GIVEN TO PLAE FOR THE DESIGN AND LAYOUT OF THE FLOORING AND EQUIPMENT FIT OUT MEANT THAT NO STONE WAS LEFT UNTURNED. THE END RESULT IS A LANDMARK MOMENT IN ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE FACILITIES FOR HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUSES IN AUSTRALIA. SHORE SCHOOL HAS CREATED A HIGH PERFORMANCE TRAINING CENTRE THAT CATERS FOR ALL ITS STUDENTS' ATHLETIC ENDEAVORS. THE GYM ITSELF IS A 1200M² TRAINING HAVEN, WITH THE EMBLEM-EMBLAZONED BLUE TURF SETTING THE TONE AS YOU ENTER THE ROOM. A ROW OF EIGHT CUSTOM INLAY PLATFORMS EACH SIT IN FRONT OF CUSTOMIZED POWER RACKS, WITH AN ENDLESS ARRAY OF ATTACHMENTS AND STORAGE FEATURES. ELSEWHERE IN THE ACHIEVE RUBBER FLOOR, A WATER-JET CUT 3M X 2M FULL SHORE SHIELD FURTHER ENHANCES THE OWNERSHIP AND SENSE OF BELONGING FOR THE STUDENTS. PHYSIOTHERAPY AND TREATMENT ROOMS OVERLOOK THE GYM FLOOR, WHILST DOWN THE CORRIDOR A FEATURE BLUE ACHIEVE RUBBER FLOOR WAS CHOSEN FOR BOTH THE DEDICATED ROWING ROOM AND WATT BIKE CONDITIONING ROOM, EACH DISPLAYING LARGE SCHOOL CREST LOGOS WATER-JET CUT INTO THE FLOORING. THE COLLABORATION ON THIS PROJECT FROM ALL STAKEHOLDERS, FROM ARCHITECT TO BUILDER, TO THE SCHOOL AND WITH PLAE, RESULTED IN A PRODUCT EVERYONE INVOLVED IS VERY PROUD OF. SETTING A NEW BENCHMARK IS A DIFFICULT THING TO ACHIEVE PUSHING BEYOND THE EXPECTED NORM, BUT THE PHYSICAL EDUCATION CENTRE AT SHORE SCHOOL CLEARLY SETS A NEW STANDARD IN HIGH SCHOOL TRAINING FACILITIES.