Education

Edendale Primary School's Garden to Table

Overall winner of the 2022 LENZ Awards, Edendale Primary School’s Garden to Table project transforms a once unused school space into a dynamic culinary classroom. Faced with a modest budget, stakeholder collaboration has resulted in a useful symbiosis between the pedagogy and the space creating a sustainable, community-centred hub for education and connection.

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Client

Edendale Primary School

Expertise

Architecture

Response

Rooted in the Garden-to-Table philosophy, this project instills essential life skills, self-sufficiency, and environmental awareness by teaching students’ sustainable food practices while fostering a connection to the land. Designed to seamlessly connect the indoor learning space to an accessible garden, students can grow and harvest plants and herbs seasonally. Inspired by MasterChef, the design features a vibrant, open-plan layout which includes a central cooking “stage”. Surrounded by gardens in which students can grow their own vegetables and herbs, the intent is to blend learning with performance in an engaging environment.

Awards

LENZ Awards

Overall winner, 2022

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