St Aloysius College Masterplan
The St Aloysius College Masterplan, endorsed by the Mercy Education Ltd Board, provides a comprehensive vision for the future of the College, considering the needs of current and future students and staff and promoting innovative and contemporary learning opportunities. The 2023 Masterplan refresh is centred on the essential aspects of the original Masterplan, as determined through consultation with staff, students and families, fundamentally focusing on providing open, green, sustainable, modern and flexible spaces for student learning and recreation. As a campus in the heart of the CBD, our aspirational Masterplan will harness the possibilities and address various challenges over a 10–15-year period.
We’re excited to share the recent progress on the College Masterplan, including the ongoing work on short-term projects and our strong vision for medium- long term projects.
Current Project: Dunlevie Building
The new Dunlevie is being built by the award winnning, Schiavello Construction. Our architects Hayball and Grieve Gillett Architects have provided Axonometric images of the Ground Floor and Level 1 with Classrooms surrounding a Learning Commons for collaborative teaching and learning. On each level, dedicated Sensory Rooms and Break Out Spaces have been designed to support every learner.
Updates
29 APRIL 2025
During the Term 1 holidays, our builder, Schiavello has been busy, and there has been a hive of activity on-site. The crane, fondly known as Cranky, was installed. The concrete slab is now down, with the earthworks completed. Cranky will be busy lifting and moving the necessary infrastructure to start forming the structural shell of the building in the coming months.
To assist our community’s transit to the Redden Centre, we have widened the access to the front convent lawns, which we have converted to synthetic turf, mindful of the approaching winter months. The students have received this well.
19 MARCH 2025
Today, we have publicly announced our state-of-the-art vertical primary school development. We are pleased to share a virtual fly through of the new Dunlevie. Peer into the future of learning in the heart of our CBD campus:
14 MARCH 2025
We are excited that Schiavello have been selected as the builder for our new Dunlevie building and are currently on site to begin preparatory works. Thank you to D&V Demolition who successful cleared the site during the school holiday period. View a timelapse of the demolition below.
We are so appreciative of our community’s understanding and flexibility in navigating the complexity of our campus around this significant development. It was exciting to have the Project Managers, Builders and Architects join the Leadership Team onsite at the start of March for the official groundbreaking to signify the beginning of the construction phase.
As we prepare to lay the foundations, the Project Managers have made us aware of some environmental factors and we would like to communicate accurate information provided by independent experts, Mud Environmental:
Parts of the Adelaide CBD were historically used for heavy industries. Like any urbanised area, these activities can impact on the environment in the form of chemical impacts to soil, groundwater and soil vapour. Fill materials within parts of the school and the redevelopment area are impacted by concentrations of some chemicals elevated above natural levels. These fill materials exist beneath much of the Adelaide CBD and parklands and are thought to be associated with historical street sweepings and other filling activities.
St Aloysius College has engaged with independent environmental experts to ensure that these residual impacts were safe in the context of the school layout and since 2018 have implemented ongoing management protocols to safeguard the site. With the demolition of Dunlevie there was opportunity to review and further investigate the anticipated impacted environment. Through the project team, the school has engaged independent environmental experts Mud Environmental to assist with the assessment and management of the site in accordance with Environment Protection Authority (‘EPA’) legislation and guidance. Current works involve a risk-based assessment of the project area and surrounds, and the design of a barrier beneath the new building to remove the requirement for ongoing management.
Through careful management of the fill materials and the proposed barrier implementation, the school community will not only remain safe during the redevelopment, but the proposed action will secure the safety of the site for the long term.
We know that the visible building works that are now beginning will be a source of excitement, and we hope to engage students in the project as a learning experience. At this stage our timeline indicates a mid-2026 completion date. The many months of collaboration and consultation will result in an innovative and inclusive primary school for future generations of SAC students.
Across the past few months we have been finalising the design plans with the architects and builders. Primary Coordinator, Abby Matte, has been working with staff to make final selections for furnishings to create warm and vibrant learning neighbourhoods. Over the coming months, primary students will be invited to trial the furniture selections in an interactive display. Together, the building layout and the furnishings have been designed with every learner in mind and we are exciting to be progressing to the next phase.
DUNLEVIE TIMELINE
Completed Projects
- Redden Centre Updates: Contemporary, open and accessible classrooms catering for the diverse learners in Year 6, 7 & 8 – completed Term 3, 2024
- Mitchell Courtyard Steps Redevelopment: ‘Wardlis’ representing Past, Present and Future for students to gather in – completed Term 3, 2024
- Tech Studio: A dynamic space for Digital Technologies including a podcasting studio, 3D Printer, green screen and Virtual Reality – completed Term 1, 2024
- Redden Centre Undercroft: Stage 2 of The Village Construction including roofing and air conditioning in all classrooms – completed Term 4, 2024
- Catherine McAuley Building Bathrooms: 5 new toilets and 1 new accessible toilet off the Mitchell Courtyard for student use – completed Term 4, 2024
- Catherine McAuley Library Renovations: New entrance and a large space specifically designed with junior primary classes in mind. Custom fitted for our younger students to access their large and vibrant picture book collection, this new area will provide additional space for our senior students to enjoy our much-loved Library – completed by Term 1, 2025
Medium-Long Term Projects
Across the next 10-15 Years:
- Campus-wide assessment of outdoor space and development for learning and recreation
- Redevelopment of the Wakefield Street entrance for street presence and improved student services
- Library and Auditorium redevelopments
- Redevelopment of the Arts Centre including a prominent entrance to the Angas Street arts precinct
- A new Senior Centre and rooftop garden/play space on the current Year 11 wing of the Jordan building
St ALOYSIUS COLLEGE BUILDING FUND
We thank our families for their generous contributions to the St Aloysius College Building Fund to support these projects and to help us to achieve our campus goals in continuing to improve our learning and recreation spaces. The St Aloysius College Building Fund has endorsed Deductible Gift Recipient (DGR) status with the ATO which makes voluntary contributions tax deductible.
We are grateful to receive any voluntary contributions that families are able to make. Poppy Lazos, our Family Accounts Officer ([email protected] or 8217 3296), will be happy to assist should you need any help making a payment. These improvements significantly enhance the experiences of our students and enable us to achieve the goals of our Strategic Plan. We thank you for supporting us in making this possible.
