The solution

Teacher accessibility was a huge priority to the students. To address this need, the teacher wall was positioned along the long side of the science lab. This arrangement not only shortened lines of communication between the teacher and students but also created enough space to implement the unique horseshoe desk layout designed by the girls.

This configuration ensures that every student faces the front of the room while allowing the teacher to circulate freely throughout the space, promoting a more interactive and collaborative learning environment.

In full visibility of all students, the central teacher demo area presents the perfect platform for demonstrations to take place.

‘‘I had a couple of lessons here last year and the overwhelming colour was brown, so it’s really strange to walk into a space that you helped to transform into something so bright and modern.’’

Chloé Taylor, student at King Edward

Sinks were located at the perimeter accompanied by deep workbenches designed to facilitate track experiments. 

Services such as gas taps and electric outlets, in the form of pluto power modules, were located towards the edge of each bench, away from theory space yet facilitating easy access.