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Students will walk over a new bridge to the Chapel.

St Andrew’s College Chapel – Developed Design Report | 24 June 2014

Breaking

ground

new

OurVision

The new St Andrew’s College

Chapel will be at the heart of the

College community - a place of

worship, celebration, inspiration

and gathering throughout our

lives. The Chapel will embody

the values, history, traditions

and future aspirations of the

College. It will commemorate

the men and women whose

lives were given in service, to

community and to country. A

place of contemplative beauty,

the Chapel and its garden will be

a serene island that anchors the

College community. A window

to St Andrew’s College, the

Chapel will welcome members

of the College and extended

community to a school founded

on Truth, Excellence and

Faith. While preserving all the

important aspects of our past,

our new Chapel will look to the

future and provide inspiration

and opportunity for those yet

to come.

This vision is about to be realised as

work is planned to start on the new

Chapel site in early 2015. The Chapel

is at the heart of the College and is a

place that many students will return

to throughout their lives for those

milestone family events. For more than

50 years the Memorial Chapel brought

our community together and the new

Chapel will continue this tradition into

the College’s second century.

Ground improvement will begin on the

Chapel site early in 2015 in preparation

for construction. The escalating cost

of building in Christchurch and tight

contracting timeframes means that the

build must start before all fundraising

has been completed. With everything

going to plan the new Chapel will be

completed in mid-2016. The College

hopes to host an official ‘turning of the

sod’ ceremony at the 2015 Founders’

Day celebrations.

User groups have continued to meet

with the architects to ensure that areas

of speciality are carefully thought about

and planned for. The provision for a

grand piano to be permanently in the

Chapel is something that the Music

Department is very pleased about, and