The Journey

Veritas marks the first stage in the implementation of the Marist College Canberra Master Plan. Designed as a leading Science and Performing Arts precinct, Veritas thoughtfully integrates the elements to support teaching and learning, faith, and movement into a single cohesive built form.

The building incorporates:

– Science: Wet Laboratories plus ancillary spaces

– Performing Arts:  Facilities for dance, drama, ensemble, music including a drama cube

– PDHPE spaces connecting to the ovals

– Changing facilities

– Respectful Staff environments

Architecturally, the design expresses grounded simplicity — solid foundations that seem to grow from the earth, balanced by light, floating elements supported on slender columns. A variety of textures and tones suggest rhythm and movement, subtly referencing the wavelengths found in music and science.

The design quietly references the Marcellin teaching of ‘the living stream’, weaving moments of faith throughout the precinct alongside purposeful spaces that encourage industrious learning and engagement with the surrounding landscape.

Honest. Kind. Veritas.