Thomson Hay Project
St. Brigid's Primary School, Ballan
Client
St. Brigid's Primary School
Collaboration
The existing play space was limited by steep slopes and very large old Cypress trees that were structurally unstable. Our design needed to provide safe and accessible paths to provide access to the school oval and basketball court, as well as creating new, well-defined and functional play spaces.
Extensive retaining walls and a new accessible ramp and a stepped walkway provide inclusive routes around the playground. The path connects the school buildings to a new playspace and kitchen garden and to the existing basketball court and sports oval. Our design for the new playspace included conventional play equipment as well as natural timber stepping logs and balancing beams, a rock scramble, planted embankments and a kitchen garden.



