This is something that I have given some thought to. I have visited schools in various parts of the world that are housed in high rise, however I have not seen a mixed use building such as that being proposed at Ultimo. I don’t have a problem with a school in a ‘high rise’ as this is relatively normal in many places, even here in Australia there are a number of multi-storey schools.
From a strata point of view I have a number of critical success factors that I think would need to be addressed.
1. the mix of government / private / commercial use of the same complex would be a legislative / administrative nightmare – worse than a BMC. Particularly the governments track record of maintenance of public schools.
This then relates the the ‘enclosed land act’ issues for access to schools, add to that the issue of community use of school facilities out of school hours and the impact on others could be very significant.
2. Noise – even a small group of kids creates a great deal of noise.
3. Child protection issues – separate and discrete areas would be needed.
4. Rubbish storage and removal from the school premises – again the density of students to size of property creates a significant amount of rubbish.
5. Direct access to public transport – a bus bay is common.
I am sure that I will think of more
regards
Alley cat