Grimshaw and BVN have won an international competition to redesign schools in Parramatta, a suburb in Sydney, Australia. Planned to be the state's first high-rise educational facility, the proposal combines the Arthur Phillip High School (APHS) and Parramatta Public School (PPS) into a 14-story building designed after the ?Schools-within-Schools? (SWIS) model - "a template which delivers learning in stages rather than via age groups."

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Grimshaw and BVN have won an international competition to redesign schools in Parramatta, a suburb in Sydney, Australia. Planned to be the state's first high-rise educational facility, the proposal combines the Arthur Phillip High School (APHS) and Parramatta Public School (PPS) into a 14-story building designed after the ?Schools-within-Schools? (SWIS) model - "a template which delivers learning in stages rather than via age groups."
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From the architects: At more than 14-stories-high, and accommodating up to 2,000 students at the high school and 1,000 students at the primary school, the combined APHS/PSP redevelopment responds to the significant urban densification of Sydney and demonstrates NSW?s policy for large schools on smaller consolidated land holdings. The design is based on the model of ?Schools-within-Schools? (SWIS), a template which delivers learning in stages rather than via age groups. Each school is comprised ...