This year's Victorian Chapter Outstanding Learning Environment Awards will be presented at the wonderful Treetops venue located at Melbourne Museum on Friday October 20th. The night will getting underway with drinks and canapes from 5:30pm, and the presentations commencing at 6pm.
In this thirteenth year of these Awards, Learning Environments Australasia aims to raise the standard of educational planning and design, with a focus on educational outcomes, as it applies to all educational facilities across the Victoria and Tasmania.
The core mission of the Awards is to bridge the awareness of architects and school communities about the interplay between teaching and learning methodology and space by identifying examples of good educational spaces where innovative architectural ideas successfully support an educational philosophy.
Awards will be presented in the following 6 Categories:
1. New Educational Facility Construction / Entire Educational Facility (Must have been occupied at least 6 months prior to lodging the awards application, and construction completed within last 3 years)
2. New Construction / New Individual Facility (Must have been occupied at least 6 months prior to lodging the awards application, and construction completed within last 3 years)
3. Renovation / Modernisation / Over $2m (Must have been occupied at least 6 months prior to lodging the awards application, and construction completed within last 3 years)
4. Renovation / Modernisation / Under $2m (Must have been occupied at least 6 months prior to lodging the awards application, and construction completed within last 3 years)
5. An Education Initiative or a Design Solution for an Innovative Program (Designed to showcase significant contributions to learning by interior designers, educators, students, landscape architects, project managers, authorities etc)
6. Landscaping/Outdoor Learning Area (Designed to showcase outdoor learning environments targeted to improving educational outcomes)
Date: Friday, 20 October 2017
Time: 5:30 - 9:00pm
Venue: Treetops at Melbourne Museum
Address: 11 Nicholson St, Carlton VIC 3053
Price: FREE
Flyer: LEA_Victorian Chapter Awards Flyer.pdf
Learning Environments Australasia members and friends are all welcome to attend. To comply with Museum entry requirements and to finalise catering, all attendees MUST register to gain entry. Registrations will be open until all places are filled.
The Awards event will be preceded by the Victoria Chapter Annual General Meeting. This is open only to members from 5:00-5:30pm.
Thank you to our Awards Sponsor
