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“Some of our students have not been at school for six years”: Independent Hester Hornbrook Academy caters to school refusers and demand is soaring.
These may be young parents, currently in or living out of home care, young people living with mental health conditions, experiencing homelessness, or disengaged from mainstream education. Our driving question across the briefing and design process for this unique campus was ‘How can the function and design of alternative flexible education schools better support students through an enriching educational experience both in and beyond the classroom?’
Gray Puksand has completed the design of Melbourne City Mission’s The Hester Hornbrook Academy Sunshine campus, a school for some of Victoria’s most disadvantaged youths.