New School Designs
The world needs more, new, innovative schools.
We want to make more, better, innovative schools. Schools where students, as active citizens, are engaged in hands-on, real-world education and employment as they chart a life that is meaningful to them.
Our school design process supports our team and partners to develop, design, and start-up radically reimagined learning alternatives that respond to people and place.
Explore the environments our community has created and exciting ongoing projects.
Youth Inc. City
Be yourself, change your world.
Established in 2018 on Hindley Street, Adelaide, our flagship Youth Inc. City emerged in response to the growing number of young South Australians who had disengaged from education.
Our founding ambition was to create something innovative, unconventional, and transformative - deliberately different from the mainstream environments our students had left behind. Our aim was not to transform existing schools; it was to build a new model that made the old one obsolete. It still is.
Our school design focuses on engineering transformative learning journeys that equip young people with the skills to thrive in a changing world. Guided by action learning, real-world context, and co-designed with students, our curriculum fosters agency through the development of personal identity, purpose, wellbeing, and achievement.
Youth Inc. Green School
Could planetary protection be curriculum?
Scheduled to open in 2025 within a major urban development, this unconventional school defies norms by being situated atop a supermarket and surrounded by a community-accessible food forest. Anchored in Living Building Challenge principles, its design strives to be a leading example of sustainable school design.
At its heart, this forward-looking campus prioritises regenerative education, supporting young change-makers to become responsible global citizens for the good of people and the planet. Students aged 17-24 will engage in a hands-on curriculum grounded in Regeneration, Climate Justice, Food Systems, Agriculture, Sustainability, and Community Engagement.
Inventorium
Decentralised schools - the way to meet learners where they're at?
Launching in July 2024, Inventorium Academy emerges as an exciting initiative by the creators of Inventorium's successful online learning system. Distinguishing itself with an innovative fusion of online education, community engagement, and comprehensive wellbeing support, catering to a diverse youth cohort, including psychosocial disabilities, mental health challenges, and bullying experiences. By integrating real-time and virtual learning, the academy offers tailored guidance, nurturing personal growth and deeper engagement. Its curriculum promotes cognitive development and self-directed learning, breaking away from traditional high-stakes exams and standardised assessments and fostering an environment where young individuals can flourish.
Youth Inc. Metavercity
Exploring dual ‘realities’ in Education 4.0.
Youth Inc. Metavercity is a new virtual school campus currently in development. The school will provide online learning experiences in the metaverse that maximise the potential to engage young people in learning.
By uniting our existing educational model with gamification and cutting-edge technology, this unique learning environment will bridge the virtual and real worlds.
Harnessing the metaverse's boundless potential, students will cultivate the skills to shape a more equitable, audacious, and inspiring future. Collaborative spaces, VR, AI, and emerging hi-tech will be utilised as learning modalities to prepare young people for the digital era of Industry 4.0.
Tauondi Aboriginal Community College
Tauondi College and community are about to set the agenda for new ways to learn.
Our partners at Tauondi Aboriginal College are developing a groundbreaking school design driven by Community leadership. This new Special Assistance School will offer culturally-affirming education for a young and dynamic cohort of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander learners.
Set within the heart of Port Adelaide on Lipson Street, the school aims to provide a human-centred education alternative that upholds Aboriginal cultures and identities in ways that respect Aboriginal lore and custom and the diversity of students’ experiences and ambitions.
This initiative's focus on creating equitable access to high-quality schooling that embraces Aboriginal cultures and authority will be a distinct and unique offering in South Australia. This project is currently in development and is expected to launch in early 2025.
