Walters & Cohen Win Planning Permission for Three New School Designs Award-winning
architecture practice Walters and Cohen has been granted planning permission for three new school buildings in the UK: a new visual and performing arts building for The Lady Eleanor Holles secondary school in Hampton; a refurbishment and new build for Colston’s Girls’ School in Bristol and the new design of Bablake Junior School in Coventry. Michal Cohen, Director at Walters and Cohen
commented, “We are very pleased to be moving forward with the development of these three different school schemes. The spaces we have created are designed to provide light-filled, flexible spaces, which create cohesion between different parts of the school building. We know from experience that our Exemplar school model has had a proven impact on enhancing the learning and teaching experience for students and staff, and also the way the school is utilised as a whole. This has become key to our approach to designing all education buildings and each of these schools possesses elements of the model.”
The Lady Eleanor Holles School, Hampton, Middlesex Sited on the outskirts of south-west London, The Lady Eleanor Holles School is one of the top academic schools in the country. Walters and Cohen’s design for the new arts centre will provide the school’s art, drama and music departments with a suitable teaching space, as well as areas for rehearsals, performances, meetings and lectures. The building consists of three main components: a new theatre at
the heart of the building to accommodate 350-400 people. This is a flexible space which enables various theatre configurations for performance and teaching. A music and art block with a generous central lightwell, two storeys high
with glazed walls, will bring light into the small music rooms on the ground floor and flood the art rooms at first floor level with light. A new entrance to
New £70 Million Ayr Campus One Step Closer Following Topping Out Ceremony
University of the West of Scotland’s new £70 million Ayr Campus has
entered the final phase of development, with a topping out ceremony taking place at the new campus site on 4 June 2010. The ceremony marked the structural completion of the new 18,000m2 campus by project contractor Bovis Lend Lease UK. The campus is being developed by University of the West of Scotland (UWS) in partnership with Scottish Agricultural College (SAC) and is situated on the Craigie Estate, next to the River Ayr. Planned and designed by leading Scottish-based architects RMJM,
and part-funded by the Scottish Funding Council (SFC), the development will see SAC joining UWS on the site. Shared facilities will include teaching and learning spaces, gym, refectory, library and computing labs. The new Campus is part of the University’s £250million development
programme and replaces its existing campus on the edge of the estate. It will create an innovative learning environment for over 4000 students. Developed in consultation with the Natural Garden Society, Historic Scotland, Scottish Natural Heritage and the Scottish Wildlife Trust, the new Campus will provide Ayrshire with one of the UK’s most modern, environmentally friendly and sustainable Higher Education learning environments. The new building is designed to the highest environmental rating – BREEAM Excellent (Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method) – adopting sustainable strategies within the design and operation of the new building. Professor Seamus McDaid, Principal and Vice Chancellor of
University of the West of Scotland, said: “We are delighted that our new Ayr campus, which will result in massive benefits not just for the University but the west of Scotland, is in the final phase of development.
“This unique campus facility will enable us to expand our course
provision and develop an international dimension to our operations in Ayr, with a campus that will attract students from across the globe.” Professor Bill McKelvey, Principal of SAC, said: “This marks another major step forward for SAC. The outstanding campus being built here in Ayr will help us offer future entrants to the land based industries of Ayrshire and Scotland an education suited to the challenges of the twenty first century. It underpins our commitment to thriving rural communities and a healthy environment.”
in 2011.
Bablake Junior School, Coventry Commissioned by the Coventry School Foundation in 2007, the design for
the new Bablake Junior School is an amalgamation of two schools - Bablake Junior and Cheshunt School. Accommodating up to 400 pupils, Walters and Cohen’s design, modelled on its Exemplar design, offers a flexible and adaptable school that will support the pupils’ education, as well as providing an environmentally conscious and rich learning environment. The scheme comprises two wings of accommodation, some are
single-storey for the younger pupils and others are double-storey, arranged on either side of a generous central social and learning resource space at the heart of the new school. Pupils with special education needs and disabilities are fully integrated into the main stream of the school by allowing seamless education facilities within the main accommodation. Construction at Bablake Junior School is due to commence on site in 2013 and the project is set for completion in 2014.
Colston’s Girls School, Bristol [Pictured] Walters and Cohen is working with Skanska under a BSF framework
agreement with Bristol City Council to refurbish and provide new buildings for Colston’s Girl’s School. Walters and Cohen tested DCSF design guidelines during intensive consultation meetings with staff to produce a schedule of accommodation. Based on these discussions, the design reorganises classrooms in the existing school buildings in a way that gives departmental clarity. The refurbishment proposals provide state-of-the-art teaching rooms and servicing. The development will also comprise of a new visual and performing arts
centre with community facilities easily accessible to the public and a new ‘statement’ entrance for the student, which complements the existing school entrance in the listed building. The new building and the external areas create a student focus to the school, which is currently missing. Lesley Jones, Headteacher at Colston’s Girls School said, “We are very pleased with this outcome and believe that this building will be one which Bristolians will look at with enduring pleasure.” Phase one of construction at Colston’s Girls School has already started on site and the project is set for completion by the end of 2011.
Flowcrete Floors Installed At Soccer City For FIFA World Cup
South Cheshire
based specialist flooring manufacturer Flowcrete has carried out its largest ever project in South Africa – with three of its specialist flooring systems installed at the iconic Soccer City Stadium in Soweto, Johannesburg. Set to be viewed by millions of people across the globe, the stadium takes centre stage as the
venue for several of the key games during the 2010 FIFA World Cup, including the opening and closing matches. Beating off stiff competition, Flowcrete secured the specification for 90,000 square metres of its flooring systems to be installed. Flowcrete South Africa managing director, Ian Harrison, said, “This is a major milestone in our history and we are very proud to be associated with this landmark project.” Flowcrete flooring references at similar stadia projects elsewhere in the
world helped land the deal. These included Wembley Stadium in the UK, Zayed Sports City in the UAE and Eden Park in New Zealand, the venue for the 2011 Rugby World Cup. At Soccer City, Flowcrete’s Deckshield polyurethane deck-coating system
was selected for installation in the external walkways and the new players’ tunnel. Deckshield provides a durable and fully trafficable surface capable of withstanding the heavy foot and vehicular traffic expected at the stadium. The system is also waterproof and UV stable, providing protection against
the elements. In order to provide a sound, level substrate for the Deckshield, Isocrete
Self Level Plus, a high strength semi-cementitious screed, was installed beforehand. In the stairwells and changing rooms, Flowcrete’s Flowcoat Quartz was also installed. The three flooring systems were supplied from Flowcrete South Africa’s manufacturing facilities to international specifications.
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the arts centre will rejuvenate the front façade of the existing school building. Construction at Lady Eleanor Holles School is due to commence on site
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