projects: in progress
Tying the teaching spaces together
T
HE £20M NEW Archbishop McGrath Catholic School is being built in Brackla, in the heart of Bridgend and
replaces the existing school in Tondu. The School is designed by HLM
Architects and is being built by Leadbitter. The main building will be built over three floors and will accommodate 750 pupils aged 11 to 18, including 150 sixth formers. The project also includes sports and leisure facilities, which will be open to the local community in the evenings and at weekends.
Reconfigure
Core educational and social activities drive the connection between classroom areas. Thus spaces such as the main entrance foyer, sports hall, main hall and canteen will tie the teaching spaces together. Traditional corridors will be replaced by activity spaces, encouraging a contemporary way of learning and teaching and enabling easy reconfiguration throughout the school
day. Flexible classrooms and workspaces will also be created to accommodate different class sizes and a range of teaching practices.
enabling easy reconfiguration throughout the school day
The school aims to achieve a BREEAM excellent rating. Natural ventilation and high density concrete floors will provide passive temperature control and sustainably sourced materials have been specified where possible.
www.hlmarchitects.com www.leadbitter.co.uk
Complete rebuild for Holland Park
secondary school – will be completely rebuilt by 2013. Shepherd Construction has begun work on the £58m project. The existing 1950s
H
OLLAND Park School – the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea’s only community
school will be demolished in phases and temporary accommodation will be provided for the 1500 pupils, while the new 17,000 sqm building is under construction.
www.shepherd-construction.co.uk
Images: Acanthus L W Architects.
Four blocks at once
A
N £8M PROJECT is transforming four schools in the Borough of Merton, Greater London. The
project will see the construction of a new designed-for-purpose sixth form block at Rutlish School, Merton Park; Ricards Lodge High School, Wimbledon; Bishopsford Art College School, Morden and Raynes Park High School, Raynes Park. The new blocks will attract local students to stay in the borough rather than travelling miles to sixth form facilities in other boroughs. It is hoped that the sixth form centres will promote locally sustainable economies, through an educated and trained local workforce. Trench Farrow, the project management
arm of WYG, is leading the project on behalf of the Borough. WYG is also providing architecture, cost management, engineering and other specialist services. The four large sixth form blocks each consists of two-storey bespoke modular systems. The blocks are between 1000 sqm and 1600 sqm in size. All four projects are on site simultaneously, at different stages. Overall completion is due in July, less than 16 months after the scheme was commissioned.
www.trenchfarrow.co.uk www.wyg.com
www.acanthus.co.uk
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