Mackillop Long Day Care, Mt Peter

Cairns, Queensland

Adjacent to the growing suburb of Mt. Peter and the new Mackillop Catholic School the MLDCC caters for the children of families who need to commute to Cairns and beyond for work. LA3 was commissioned to design the outdoor spaces with the operator and the architects.
The challenge like all new day care facilities is the limited outdoor spaces. Catering for all types of play and segregating of spaces for different age groups and for both active and passive play activities. The use of coloured concrete, mounding and screen plantings to the boundaries provided a compact but interesting and playful outcome at MLDCC.