Pretty Beach Community Preschool

Architect Milosh Obradovic from Site Studio drew his inspiration for the design of Pretty Beach Community Preschool from the much beloved children’s book, “Where the Wild Things Are”.
 
The building façade will have native vines climbing up and along the awnings, vertical timbers as well as real gnarly tree trunks salvaged from local rural properties have been incorporated into the building structure and articulated spaces, connecting the indoors to the beautiful Murramarang National Park beyond. 
 
The building also functions as a mechanism to provide sustainable and energy-efficient comfort, incorporating rainwater harvesting and reuse as well as grid-connected solar panels.
 
Designed in harmony with its scenic bush surrounds and topography, the building takes full advantage of natural cross ventilation, exposure to sun in winter and natural shading in summer. Featuring a series of distinctive low monopitched roofs on the south and expansive glazed windows overlooking large deciduous trees on the north, acknowledges an appreciation of the natural environment by its seamless transition between the inside and outside. 
 
The building materials used have been selected for their non-toxic, low embodied energy qualities. Proctor Roofshield has been installed under metal clad roofs. Working much in the same way as Gortex fabric, Proctor Roofshield allows for the controlled escape of vapour from within high humidity buildings whilst restricting the ingress of moisture from wind-driven rain and condensate from the underside of the roof sheet, thus helping to protect the building fabric and insulation from interstitial condensation and related problems such as mould, timber rot and corrosion of ferrous metals. 
 
The combination of low vapour resistance and air permeability eliminates the need for low and high level to AS1530.2-1993.Tested to DIN 4102, Roofshield achieves a Flammability Index of 1, making it suitable for use in bush fire prone areas.
 
Proctor Roofshield provided the most cost effective solution to controlling the risk of interstitial condensation. The exclusion eliminated the additional expense of buying extra components and paying for the labour to install them on this community based project.