The most recent addition to Mount Alexander College, a secondary school on unceded Wurundjeri Country in Naarm’s/ Melbourne’s inner-north, is a five-storey, brick-red beacon that establishes a series of meaningful visual and physical connections with the existing campus, wider suburb, and CBD beyond. Responding to the college’s innovative pedagogical approach and values, the mid-rise, vertical-school building also foregrounds a sense of longevity and stability through its materiality and careful references to context. Designed by Kosloff Architecture in close consultation with the school community and project stakeholders, it provides an impressive range of engaging and adaptable learning and administration spaces, while consistently looking past the edges of its condensed campus.
One of the oldest state schools in Victoria, Mount Alexander College sits on the site of Flemington National
