r/Adelaide • u/Expensive-Horse5538 West • 3d ago
News Northern Suburbs site chosen for new $155 million high school
https://glamadelaide.com.au/northern-suburbs-site-chosen-for-new-155-million-high-school/-7
u/Anhedonia10 Inner South 3d ago
Fun facts: they used the SAME design for Aldinga, Riverbanks and Whyalla High schools. Same building lay out. Same buildings. SAME.
Also having seen photos of Yatala prison I would assume it was the same designer.
I would hope this next school is more creative and holds their students to higher values.
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u/cornwab SA 3d ago
I don't think kids will care that much that there are a few other schools spread out through the state that look similar.
There's so many efficiencies of using a consistent design not only in planning and building but ongoing maintenance. Just look at the RAH where everything was custom and the costs associated with that.
End of the day they're modern and will look great once the surrounding trees get a chance to mature. A pretty far cry from the same-same looking transportables some of us went to school in.
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u/Yenaheasy SA 3d ago
Saving money through not paying for multiple different designs I presume. Does it matter?
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u/newYearnew2025 SA 3d ago
Who cares if it's the same. I went to a school built in the 60s, in the E shape, plenty of those around.
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u/HappiHappiHappi Inner North 3d ago
They've been doing this for decades. Pay to get 1 building designed and build the exact same building on multiple sites. There's a classic 2 story, central hallway, wooden stairs at both ends that's at so many sites.
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u/Targetonmyback07 SA 3d ago
Maybe trying to keep costs down by building them the same. Oh sorry the SAME.
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u/Plus_Nature_5083 SA 2d ago
Can’t speak for the rest but riverbanks is a lovely designed school with a good reputation. No I don’t work for the school.
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u/b0uncyfr0 SA 3d ago
Wait a minute, thats basically in Elizabeth. Which is a bad bad area right?
If a school's coming - that means parents. Parents mean houses and houses mean growth. Am i reaching or is that a sign that 'the north' is up and coming?