St Kevin’s College is situated across three main campuses at Heyington and Glendalough, in Toorak, and Waterford, in Richmond. Baldasso Cortese have completed 6 major projects on the Heyington and Glendalough campuses, including a number of refurbishment projects. Most recently, we have completed a new sporting ground at Tooronga, St Kevin’s College purchased 5.6 hectares of vacant land adjacent to the Tooronga Village Shopping Centre. The land, a former quarry and then tip, had been capped and level sealed for use as a car park for the local supermarket. With the School’s Toorak Campus only a short distance away, this site offered an opportunity for the school to create a state-of-the-art track and field facility for exclusive use during school times, but with the ability to allow local community sports groups to hire the spaces after hours.

The brief for the site comprised:

• a large oval for three soccer fields surrounded by an athletics track,

• a hockey field doubling as 12 tennis courts

• 10 cricket practice net bays

• Administration, teaching, and change room pavilion to the western entry, with a large covered observation deck for spectators;

• a change room pavilion with half basketball practice hall to the East, comprising outside covered areas for spectators and BBQ facilities; and

• a large maintenance and equipment shed near the hockey field.