Uploaded on 14/07/2025
During the past days, we commenced works on the construction of a new Primary School at Naxxar.
The initial works involve the stripping of the old school building from various materials such as old apertures, soffits, and electrical and plumbing systems. The stripping exercise also involves the removal of old furniture and white boards.
Following this phase of the project, the contractor commissioned to develop the new school will demolish the old school, leaving only three facades of the old school building due to its post-modernist characteristics.
This project involves the rebuilding of the old primary school. The new school will have a total of 46 classrooms, including 20 classrooms for kindergarten level.
The new school will also include a number of classrooms for specific subjects such as art, music, drama, as well as industrial kitchen. It will also have sports facilities, as well as recreational spaces, a multi-sensory room, a multipurpose hall, and a public library.
While the old school was spread over two floors, the new building will be on five floors (two floors underground for ancillary purposes and three above street level). Since the existing facade will be maintained, the new floor will have a design that respects the existing facade to have a more unified visual. The visual of vertical elements will be maintained, but the new part will be built with contemporary materials such as hardstone and cladding so that we can distinguish the new from the old.
