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eating areas
Below: Spill out space, with Belisha Beacon seat
and container area.
Right: Diners have an increased feeling of space
and visibility.
The low-budget school diner
The dining area at Applemore Technology College in Southampton was essentially a set of
knocked-together spaces within a separated single-storey building. It lacked cohesiveness
and atmosphere, with one area formed from part of a corridor and a former classroom.
Vision lines were poor and the space was in disrepair and even had some broken windows
along one elevation. It was unpopular with pupils.
A
RCHITECT SHH was given the task Streetwise
of transforming the area on a budget “SHH's design concept was to make a
of £55,000. This sum was much virtue of the sparseness of the space
reduced once contractors had knocked and create a semi-industrial environment
through to create a simpler, single space with a certain tough and streetwise
– which involved the removal of an atmosphere, inspired by the new steel
asbestos roof and replacement wiring. beams, with bright and funky graphics,
The brief was to provide a wide softened by an 'outside in' policy with
entrance to the dining area, with a sense three of the new façades facing out onto
of indoor greenery and some sheltered the green grass,” explains Neil Hogan,
outdoor space, blurring the SHH creative director. “The fourth façade,
indoor/outdoor barriers. Dividing walls which faces a car park, has been
were to be translucent, increasing the countered by a 'graffiti room' to draw
feeling of space and visibility; queue times attention away from the outside space.”
were to come down and there should be A local graffiti artist will complete the
better provision for litter and the use of room with the cooperation of pupils –
sound-absorbing materials. to cover the former table tops with
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