Preshil (Junior Campus)
| Preshil. The Margaret Lyttle Memorial School, Junior Campus | |
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Interactive map of the Preshil. The Margaret Lyttle Memorial School, Junior Campus area | |
| Alternative names | Arlington, Junior School |
| General information | |
| Type | School |
| Architectural style | Regional modernism |
| Location | Victoria, 395 Barkers Road, Kew, Australia |
| Coordinates | 37°48′48″S 145°02′57″E / 37.8133°S 145.0493°E |
| Construction started | 1931 (1964) |
| Completed | 1975 |
| Owner | Preshil, The Margret Lyttle Memorial School |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Kevin Borland |
| Awards and prizes | RAIA, Victorian Architectural Medal for Outstanding Building, 1972 |
The Margaret Lyttle Memorial School Junior Campus is the junior campus of Preshil. It was designed by Kevin Borland. The buildings that Kevin Borland designed at the Preshil School are experimental in design and use triangular and hexagonal geometries together with diagonals in both plan and section. This creates a variety of internal and external spaces, irregular forms and buildings that strongly deviates from the conventional school buildings of that time. The precise forme of each building and its detailing is counteracted by the use of raw timber posts and beams.
The campus size is not much bigger than a large residential block in the area, which creates a lively density of play spaces, trees and buildings. The buildings are laid out in a labyrinthine, non-hierarchical and non-institutional way, integrating the new buildings with the existing 1930s cottage and the landscape on the site. The buildings were designed to accommodate the school's approach to active learning, embodied in the child-scaled and multi-purpose buildings.
The principal is Josh Brody.