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24MAY2014Religious ArchitectureSelected Works?AustraliaEast Melbourne?Woods Bagot?TweetShare on email? Peter BennettsArchitects:?Woods BagotLocation:?East Melbourne VIC,?AustraliaDesign Team:?Ben Haylock, Bill Botelho, Destine Yazgin, Frank Rog, Ian Munro, Kate Frear, Kel Dennis, Lawrence Ng, Michael Fryer, Nicholas Bowker-Dunn, Peter Korkolis, Sue Fenton, Tom Haylock, Winnie KwokYear:?2012Photographs:?Peter Bennetts???From the architect.?The Archdiocese of Melbourne and the Catholic Education Office had a vision to adaptively re-use the historic St John’s Evangelist School site in East Melbourne to become a Professional Learning Centre for Teachers and Principals within the Catholic Education system.With design by?Woods Bagot, the Catholic Leadership Centre features a series of flexible meeting and learning spaces housed within new and existing buildings.Three existing buildings on the site are now part of the centre. The heritage Celtic Hall, the original former St John’s Church and the St John’s school building, were refurbished and converted into new meeting and learning spaces. The local St John’s Parish Church is utilised by the centre from time to time.? Peter BennettsIn addition, three new buildings were inserted, connected by a covered walkway through the spine of the complex, including two large conference spaces, pre-function room, learning spaces, dining facilities and hotel accommodation.“The centre was designed to be flexible, with operable walls and integrated technology allowing for spaces to be used in a number of different configurations. Meanwhile, accommodation in the upper floors of one of the new buildings provides those attending courses, seminars and workshops with somewhere to stay,” says Woods Bagot Senior Associate Sue Fenton.? Peter BennettsCentred on a re-defined landscaped courtyard garden, the complex utilises the existing cloistered verandahs of the original St John’s school building. “Circulation occurs around this space as it become