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Westlake Girls’ Whare Wānanga
The first purpose-built Whare and learning facility at Westlake Girls High School, for the school and the wider community.
Westlake Girls High School had never had a purpose-built Whare. This project delivered one: a dedicated space for teaching, for pōwhiri and for the wider community to be hosted properly.
Building on an operating school site is its own discipline. Deliveries, noise, dust and machine movements all have to work around a school day and around students, which shapes the programme far more than the building itself does.
Edgecity has a long association with Westlake Girls beyond this build, including donating theatre seating to the school.