building fabric
New modular classrooms to complement existing buildings
A
ROUND 20 new classroom buildings are being installed around Surrey by Portakabin to help meet the
rising demand for primary school places in the region.
Designed and constructed to permanent building standards and in line with the latest DfE guidelines for teaching and learning, classrooms for 330 children at 11 different schools were delivered by Portakabin in time for the start of the current academic year. A further six classrooms for 180 children will be provided for the 2014/15 school year.
Tillingbourne Junior School in Guildford
Out-of-date temporary classrooms at ten schools will also be replaced with modern teaching accommodation. Architectural detailing such as cedar cladding, brickwork and pitched roofs are being used to complement existing facilities on each school site, and high performance concrete floors for enhanced acoustic performance. The classroom system can be fitted out to accommodate a wide variety of applications, from science laboratories and
IT suites, to kitchen and dining facilities. At Ravenscote Community Junior School in Camberley, a double classroom block and two purpose-designed music rooms are being built. Oakwood School in Horley will receive a new drama block which will be fitted out with specialist equipment and finishes, a concrete floor, lamp diffusers and blackout blinds.
www.portakabin.co.uk
Architectural screening for car park U
NSIGHTLY plant and car park areas at the new £26.3m Waterhead Academy in Oldham have been
concealed using 240 sqm of screening louvres. The architectural solution specified by main contractor, Willmott Dixon, has a seamless appearance and is easy to disassemble to allow access for maintenance and servicing of plant. The louvre screening systems,
manufactured and installed by Maple, are designed to serve an important practical function whilst also enhancing a building
exterior. For the new Academy, banks of 100mm-wide louvre blades were assembled at ground level before being lifted into position for fixing to around seven metres high. The louvres feature neat mitred joints, which provide uninterrupted corner details and give the screening clean and continuous lines. The screening louvres are
manufactured from low maintenance aluminium, which combines durability and strength with light weight.
www.maplesunscreening.co.uk
Canopy essential aid to outdoor play
A 44
educationdab.co.uk
SHBURNHAM School Children’s Centre, which opened in March, specialises in providing support and
care for autistic children and young people between the ages of 5 and 18. Located in a refurbished bungalow on the site of the primary school, the operation was set up by St Quintin’s Centre North as a satellite service to provide support for families in the south of the borough.
With outdoor play facilities an essential
part of services offered by the Centre, a new wall mounted canopy has been
www.ablecanopies.co.uk
included in the design. The children are able to enjoy the outside area when it is raining, whilst the canopy also provides high UV protection during sunny weather. The canopy, supplied by Able Canopies,
also provides cover for an important “den” area where children can go if they feel it is getting to busy or noisy indoors for them. Garden activities are also held under the canopy, as well as independent play activities.
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44 |
Page 45 |
Page 46 |
Page 47 |
Page 48 |
Page 49 |
Page 50 |
Page 51 |
Page 52 |
Page 53 |
Page 54 |
Page 55 |
Page 56 |
Page 57 |
Page 58 |
Page 59 |
Page 60 |
Page 61 |
Page 62 |
Page 63 |
Page 64 |
Page 65 |
Page 66 |
Page 67 |
Page 68 |
Page 69 |
Page 70 |
Page 71 |
Page 72 |
Page 73 |
Page 74 |
Page 75 |
Page 76 |
Page 77 |
Page 78 |
Page 79 |
Page 80 |
Page 81 |
Page 82 |
Page 83 |
Page 84