Dandenong High School

Abstract

This paper complements the accompanying interview on Dandenong High School. Mary Featherston is a design consultant specialising in the design of schools. She is known for her intensive work, with both students and teachers, to develop bespoke learning environments that support a range of learning modalities. In this paper, Mary describes her rationale for the layout adopted at Dandenong High School. She explains why spaces fluidly interconnect enabling students to move seamlessly between activities. Mary concludes with an argument for purposeful spaces in preference to flexible spaces.