Judging and Assessment Criteria

Award applicants were asked to address each of the following assessment criteria:

• Provide an overall description of the project including special features and innovative design practices (no more than 200 words)
• Response to the initial school brief
• Design concept and resolution
• Responsiveness to linking learning pedagogy to space
• Responsiveness to ecologically sustainable design issues
• Responsiveness to the greater community
• Responsiveness to the physical environment
• Best practice in combining community use of school facility

These criteria are applicable to all categories.

Finalists and winners in all categories of the School Design Awards were determined by a judging panel, chaired by the Office of the Victorian Government Architect.