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Text description provided by the architects. The Meditation and Indigenous Cultural Centre (M&ICC) at Bentleigh Secondary College was conceived to educate the students about the importance of sustainable design. Set in the schools Moorooboon wetland and forest landscape, the building acts as a piece of furniture – something to be sat in, on and around – whist the students engage with the natural surrounds and a curriculum focused on the environment, indigenous culture and mindfulness meditation.

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该中心完全由木材建造，包括被动式加热和冷却设计、碳固存设计、提供电力的风力涡轮机和未来的供暖和冷却地热交换装置。

Constructed entirely of timber the centre incorporates passive heating and cooling design, carbon sequestration design, a wind turbine to provide power and a future geothermal exchange unit for heating and cooling.

 © Emma Cross

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设计理念是通过物质和形式来反映我们内在和外在自我的反差性。选择反映这些概念的材料是设计成功的关键部分，并展示了胶合板和硬木覆层的灵活性。

The design concept is to reflect the contrasting nature of our inner and outer self through materiality and form. The choice of materials to reflect these concepts was a key part of the success of the design and showcases the flexibility of both plywood and hardwood cladding.

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胶合板的使用，其浅金外观与外部木材创造了一个惊人的区别，内部的金色，光泽的胶合板外观与柔和的纹理灰色的外部银灰覆层设计，最终银色随着时间的推移。本质上，建筑内部将保持其“年轻”的外观，而外部将随着年龄的发展和成熟。为了满足众多的方案要求，DWP Suters设计了一座具有单一主空间的基本方案的建筑，可以根据需要重新规划，并包括较小的服务空间。

The use of plywood with its light golden appearance against the external timber creates a striking distinction between the internal golden, glossy appearance of the plywood with the soft textural grey of the external silvertop ash cladding designed to eventually silver over time. In essence the inside of the building will maintain its ‘youthful’ appearance whilst the external will develop and mature with age. To respond to the multitude of programmatic requirements dwp|suters designed a building with an elemental plan with a single primary space that is flexible, can be reprogrammed as necessary and includes smaller service spaces grouped to the side.

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The M&ICC is dwp|suters latest collaboration with the school. This project emerged from the spirit of earlier work tog¬ether but it is unfunded. Over the past 5 years dwp|suters has worked in partnership with the college to design stages 1 and 2 of the school’s redevelopment. What started as a suburban schools ambition has turned into a worldwide exemplar of sustainable education that reflects the needs and aspirations of its community.