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The juxtaposition of different timbers creates spaces with warmth and sophistication for senior students at Padua College

Padua College’s Mornington campus opened in 1975 and today caters for more than two thousand high school students from across the Victorian peninsula region. Like many schools of the era, its built environment lacks a cohesive sense of planning and appears rather ad hoc. So, when Baldasso Cortese was tasked with developing a masterplan for the campus

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