pinehurst School
This concept proposal is for a new state-of-the-art central Library hub and also provides a dynamic link between the school’s existing two sporting and performance buildings, along with connectivity and additional services to the sports grounds.
mt Richmond school
Fat Parrot Architecture has had a long working relationship with the Mt Richmond Special School. Starting with upgrades of teaching spaces, we have over the years refurbished the main teaching blocks, built a new Administration block, added storage areas, classrooms, parking bays and gardens. This project is an integrated $2M admin, staff facility and classroom space project that has vastly improved the working environment and is the envy of other special needs schools in the greater Auckland area. Next on the adjenda is a state of the art, interactive, multisensory, hydrotherapy pool complex.
Hillsborough primary School
We were presented with the opportunity to transform an existing classroom block into a new integrated learning environment (ile). The interconnecting flexible pod spaces that we designed provide children and facilitators the ability to move freely within the spaces and to be involved with both focussed and collaborative learning.
campbells bay primary school – new learning hub
This project involved altering the interior of the existing library and computer technology suite, creating a new ‘integrated learning environment’ (ile), now called the schools Learning Hub. We collaborated closely with the school, designing a multifunctional, inspirational space for the children, teachers & families to enjoy.
“On reflection of my day, can I just say…Thanks teachers. When I went into the learning hub for five minutes this is what I saw…A year one teacher doing assessment on one of her kids in the learning hub Space. Boys who are graduating this year sardined in the Hui pod playing Lego. Senior boys and girls practising their poetry recitals in the viewing hub on the stage to each other for the upcoming competition. A girl on the computer in the tech hub doing work., while the boys lay on the green screen stage on their Crome books. …The LIT teacher doing something so exciting with a group in her office the kids had smiles a mile wide. Year 4s choosing books and one little girl in a reading nook tucked away quietly reading. I said to …………, is it ok if I just cry cause I’m so happy? Thanks for making a vision of learning a reality guys 
” Nikki Urlich. Deputy Principal
Taupaki School – New facilities
Fat Parrot designed the new toilet block for Taupaki School in 2013 to provide additional facilities for the pupils. It is a standalone, modern new building utilizing robust materials with pleasing aesthetics.
manurewa Intermediate School
The design brief called for 6 new teaching spaces, including a Wharenui plus a Fale for Manurewa Intermediate School. Manurewa Intermediate is a decile 1 South Auckland intermediate school. We worked with an extensive brief, matched with a modest budget. The result fully meets the brief and is stunning, attributable in no small part to the beautiful Wharenui carvings by Dr Richard Cooper. The new buildings were opened by the Minister of Education in December 2013.
