Mount Nebo House

Client: Private
Year: 2004
Location: Mount Nebo Road, Jollys Lookout QLD
Site Area: 212,000m2 (21.26 ha)
Building Area: 238m2

THELANDER worked closely with DET to deliver a highly flexible, innovative and cost effective Performing Arts Centre that responds to the attributes of the site and successfully links with the existing school facilities.

Design Outcomes include:

  • Highly flexible spaces for both school and community use.

  • Auditorium that converts in to three studios through the use of operable walls. When in Auditorium mode, two bays of retractable seating provide additional seating capacity.

  • Striking street frontage and arrival hub for the school.

  • Passive solar design in combination with efficient slab on ground construction method, for climate control and cost efficiency.

  • Impact assessment led by experts to implement successful stormwater management.