架构师提供的文本描述。Penleigh和Essendon初中男学生学校是在埃森登森林俱乐部对面的风丘上的一所意大利豪宅里开学的。在联邦住宅占主导地位的住宅区，这座建筑是独一无二的。慢慢地，学校在尼科尔森，罗利，纳皮尔的范围内积累了大部分财产。

Text description provided by the architects. Penleigh and Essendon Junior Boys School began in an Italianate mansion on windy hill, opposite the Essendon Footy Club. This building is exceptional in a residential area where Federation housing dominates. Slowly the school has accumulated much of the property in the block bounded by Nicholson, Raleigh, Napier & Fletcher Streets. Many of the ‘houses’ are now occupied by the school. This new project, a two story year 5 & 6 block with 3 classrooms above and below, is an important addition to the school and public interface to Nicholson Street.

 Courtesy of mcbride charles ryan / john gollings

麦布莱德·查尔斯·瑞安/约翰·戈林斯

麦克布莱德·查尔斯·瑞安(McBrideCharlesRyan)希望这座建筑能够承认并利用其不同寻常的所有的人都希望这座建筑是对这个男孩学校生活中一个重要的门槛阶段的一个独特的认可。所有人都想要的不仅仅是良好的住宿，麦克布莱德·查尔斯·瑞安(McBride Charles Ryan)也想要一座想象力的建筑。

McBride Charles Ryan wanted this building to acknowledge and exploit its unusual urban condition. All wanted this building to be a unique acknowledgment of an important threshold stage in the boy’s school life. All wanted more than just good accommodation, and McBride Charles Ryan wanted a building of the imagination.

 Courtesy of mcbride charles ryan / john gollings

麦布莱德·查尔斯·瑞安/约翰·戈林斯

这个建议只是一个联邦之家的轮廓，它是放大，挤压和切片。建筑物的正面可能被描述为闹鬼的房子，中心(挤压)隐约是一座神道神殿，它的后方(与学校的椭圆形相接)，如果你斜视-“大顶楼”(TheBigTop)的话。

This proposal takes just the silhouette of a Federation Home, it is up-scaled, extruded and sliced. The front of the building might be described perhaps as a haunted house, the centre (the extrusion) is vaguely a Shinto Shrine, the rear (which interfaces with the schools ovals), if you squint - The Big Top.

 Courtesy of mcbride charles ryan / john gollings

麦布莱德·查尔斯·瑞安/约翰·戈林斯

规划的目的是提供北庭院到底层教室，楼上的走廊被切换，以减少对相邻邻居的俯瞰。一楼五年级教室色彩浓郁，氛围浓厚。一楼是空灵的。与Utzons，Bagsvaerd教堂不止一个点头，复杂的轮廓被平滑成云状的形状。突出的烟囱是一种光源，也是自然通风教室空间的一种手段。

The planning is arranged so as to provide northern courtyards to the ground floor classrooms, upstairs the corridor is switched to reduce overlooking to the adjacent neighbor. The ground floor Grade 5 classrooms have rich deep colors and an earthy ambience. The first floor is ethereal. With more than a nod to Utzons Bagsvaerd Church the complex silhouette is smoothed to a cloud like shape. The extruded chimney a source of light and a means of naturally ventilating the classroom space.

 Courtesy of mcbride charles ryan / john gollings

麦布莱德·查尔斯·瑞安/约翰·戈林斯