Emanuel School Science and Dining Project DESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS \\ DEC 2019 Expression of Interest
Contents 1 Practice Profile 2 Team Members 3 Practice Experience New Buildings Masterplans DESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS | 1
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Practice Profile A brief insight into who we are and how we work. DESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS | 3
• Established in 2001. Design Engine Architects • 38 People in our London/ Winchester/ Exeter Studios. Richard Rose-Casemore, Richard Jobson and Rodney Graham formed Design Engine Architects as a • 50 + Awards. Private Limited Company in December 2001. • 14 RIBA Awards. • Majority of projects in the education sector, particularly Design Engine's projects are designed and delivered from one of its three studios, depending on the location of the project, and by a dedicated team of staff who offer a first-class quality driven service to the Independent School Sector and Further and Higher its clients. The practice has a wealth of experience working on new buildings but also within sensitive Education. historic settings and with construction budgets ranging from £0.5 million - £85 million in value. • Significant Master Planning/architectural experience in historically important environments. DESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS | 4
PRACTICE PROFILE “ Their approach is endlessly patient, responsive and supportive. They fully engage with their client team, teasing out the multiple and sometimes conflicting aspirations. On top of this they are great fun to work with: good humoured, unpretentious and very likeable.” Derek Neale Director of Education, States of Guernsey Awards Director-led Designs Key to the success of sustainable buildings may include some or all Design Engine's work holds the synthesis of high quality design Design Engine projects are always director-led from inception to of the following: and sustainability as a core value. Many completed projects have completion. Richard Jobson will be the director who would lead been honored with awards, including RIBA Stirling Mid-list, an this commission for the Emanuel School. • Building location and orientation RIBA International Award, the LEAF (Leading European Architects • Fabric First Approach. BREEAM -Passivhaus Forum) Sustainability Award and numerous RIBA, Civic Trust, RTPI Team approach • Photovoltaics. and BCI awards and commendations. Design Engine likes to work closely with its client and consultant • Air / ground Source Heat Pumps. team alike and to date have enjoy long-term and fulfilling working • Combined Heat and Power Plant. The Practice has received 50 Design Awards since 2001. Currently relationships with the many clients and professionals it has • Water saving measures including Grey water collection / low the practice employs 38 people across its three studios which encountered. includes 24 qualified architects, 8 assistant architects, 1 Interior pressure basin fittings and low-volume /waterless flushes to was Designer and 1 Graphic Designer. Design Communication etc. In addition to the production of drawings and CGI’s, a uniqueness The following activities characterize the practice’s approach to of the practice is the use of physical models (produced in-house) Award-winning delivery all projects: to explore and explain a project. These are valuable tools when The practice prides itself on delivery. As much investment is given describing ideas to user groups and stakeholders, as they bring a to the process of technical design and production information and Site analysis clarity to a proposal that drawings sometimes cannot. contract administration as is given to client briefing, scheme We undertake very careful analysis of the site which we use to lead design delivery and the making of planning applications. Design us to the development of potential site-specific concepts arising Sustainability Engine’s staff receive the best training possible in order to deliver from the brief. At the core of our practices design philosophy is its approach to outstanding projects for it’s clients. sustainability and the impact of our buildings on climate change. Design by dialogue The practice has delivered numerous buildings which have been We like to develop our designs through close dialogue with all awarded BREEAM Excellent by the Building Research project stakeholders. This is a key part of our service and is never a Establishment and recently we have delivered and are working on time-limited exercise. We consider that the client briefing process projects which meet Passivhaus standards. is a key part of the relationship-building process and consequently Design Engine invests significantly in this aspect of its service. We have been fortunate to work with some of the most forward thinking environmental consultants in the UK in order to deliver DESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS | 5 energy efficient buildings whilst ensuring they are practical and functional.
PRACTICE PROFILE Client Care and Stakeholder Engagement Client Care We pride ourselves on our approach to our work, in particular how we listen to our clients. Our focus is to treat the client as a key part of the design team and whilst we expect to be the ones doing the hard work, we recognise the enormous insight and expertise that the client can bring to the design process. For us the key to understanding the client’s brief is to understand the client’s approach to education and pastoral care, the long-term vision and values of the institution and the constitutional arrangements in respect of how decisions need to be made by the client body. We will often need to consult directly with senior client-users who are responsible for specific aspects of the schools operation. Design by dialogue Whether we are working on a design for a specific building or a wider strategic masterplan, we adopt an approach which we refer to as ‘design by dialogue’. The phrase captures the essence of the process we undertake, which is to work closely with our clients in order to consolidate the brief and to establish different and appropriate options in response. We invest time in preparing presentations, drawings and models tailored for specific audiences. Communicating our ideas clearly through three-dimensional physical models, as well as computer generated models (CGIs) makes this process efficient and focused. Stakeholder engagement We would consider stakeholder engagement and consultation to be a vital part of the design process. Opening up design ideas to those people who may be affected by implementation of proposals brings value to the project. This includes the local community, staff and students where appropriate. The process of community engagement can take many forms. A very successful approach is to organise an exhibition of design proposals and to invite attendees to take part in the important activity of providing written feedback which can then be used to inform the on-going design process. DESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS | 6
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Team Members Design Engine’s proposed team for Emanuel School Science and Dining project. DESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS | 9
RESUMES Richard Jobson RIBA Founding Director RELEVANT EXPERIENCE SUMMARY CV Science & Mathematics Centre, Charterhouse School EDUCATION Richard is a co-founder of Design Engine Architects which was founded Director responsible for the design and delivery of new build science in 1999. He has a particular interest in the symbiotic relationship laboratories and associated ancillary facilities. Phases 2 and 3 include 1986-1988 between architecture and sculpture and uses drawings and both a number of refurbishments and connections to existing listed Portsmouth University, physical as well as CAD modelling to help explore the potential of buildings. Phase 1 completion of August 2018. RIBA Award 2019 and Diploma in Architecture RIBA these disciplines. Particular examples of this approach has been the Civic Trust Award 2019 Pt2 (Distinction) design of the award-winning New British Embassy in Yemen, The University Centre for University of Winchester, The Science and Winchester College Southern Campus Mathematics Centre, Charterhouse School and the The John Henry Director leading the team responsible for the design and delivery of a Brookes Building for Oxford Brookes University and the new new £35m+ sports centre, the refurbishment and extension of the Christchurch Meadows Pedestrian Bridge in Reading. His interest in Art design technology department, a new medical centre, support and Architecture has led to a recently completed sculpture services department and residential developments. Starts on site Sept commissioned by the University of Winchester. 2018. Completion Sept 2021. 1982-1985 Richard has a particular expertise in designing buildings for the Arts University Bournemouth Masterplan, Photography, Portsmouth University, education sector and has designed and delivered numerous secondary Student Services Building and Design Studios. Degree in Architecture RIBA schools and university buildings since 1990. He has recently been Arts University Bournemouth Campus masterplan, new Photography Pt1(1st Class) working with Independent Schools helping deliver a series of buildings Building, Student Services Building and Design Studios. Completed for Downe House, Charterhouse School and Winchester College. His 2015 and 2016/17. Doctor of Technology expertise in designing education buildings has enabled him to RIBA Award 2017 and Civic Trust Award 2017. Oxford Brookes University understand the importance of helping independent schools deliver buildings which support students moving from school to university. John Henry Brookes Building, Oxford Brookes University New Library, Social Learning Space, Student Services Centre, Student Richard has also worked on numerous masterplans including Oxford Union, Food Hall, multiple teaching rooms, with extension to 1950’s Brookes University, Winchester University, Arts University teaching building incorporating the new School of Architecture. RIBA Bournemouth, Les Beaucamp School, Guernsey, Whichester College, regional award for Building of the Year and Sustainability Awards, Charterhouse School and Peter Symonds College. RIBA National Award, Stirling Mid-list. SKILLS Richard has lectured and critiqued at a number of architectural schools The University of Winchester, Campus Development including Oxford Brookes University, Cardiff and Portsmouth, where he Masterplan, including King Alfred and West downs campuses. West Architecture also taught from 1995 to 2000. Additionally he has produced critical Downs One Library and teaching facilities (£35m) WELL Certified, interior Design writing on recently completed buildings for the architectural press Learning and Teaching Building (£6.5m) BREEAM Excellent Detailed Design including The Architects Journal, Architecture Today and Building Performing Arts Building. (£2.1m). DEC A rated. University Centre, Graphic Design Design. He was an External Examiner at Kingston University School of food hall, Student Union, reception. 2007 (£7.0m). RIBA Awards and Product Design Architecture from 2007-2011. Civic Trust Awards 2008, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017 Sustainable Design Sketching Richard was recently made a Doctor of Technology by Oxford Brookes British Foreign & Commonwealth Office, New British Model Making University. Embassy, Sana’a, Yemen Completed 2006. RIBA International Award for Architecture 2007 DESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS | 10
EDUCATION EXPERIENCE WITH A GRADE II LISTED BUILDING Charterhouse School Science & Mathematics PROJECT DETAILS PROJECT SUMMARY Client Charterhouse School Following Design Engine’s original competition win in 2010, the updated scheme Not only does this roof articulate a building form which is contextually Project Science & Mathermatics for the new Charterhouse Science and Mathematics Centre was submitted for appropriate, but also provides a focal point to the vista from the primary entrance Location Godalming, Surrey planning approval in October 2015. The School’s aim is to provide pupils with the to the school on Prince’s Drive, as well as providing the appropriate form to deal Construction value £5.7 million best facilities of any school in the UK and revolutionise the way these subjects are with the internal and functional requirements of the chemistry labs within. Floor area 1800 sqm taught at Charterhouse. New Science and Mathematics Centre The new centre will provide: Contract form Traditional • 50% more space overall • A flexible and modern environment of the highest quality Appointed 2010 • The co-location of Science and Mathematics for the first time, fostering inter- and Completed (On site) intra-departmental collaboration based around a shared hub where pupils can meet, interact and access resources Client contact Emma Humphreys • A Lecture Theatre with retractable seating and the latest audio-visual aids capable of hosting lectures, science demonstrations and other School events. Services provided by DEA Architecture The site lies towards the North Eastern edge of the campus. Characterised by the historic architecture and setting, the buildings here are predominately Gothic Awards RIBA Regional 2019, Civic Revival / Neo-Gothic in nature, dating back to the late 19th and early 20th Trust Award 2019 Centuries. The scheme, featuring three steeply pitched roofs, representing the 6 chemistry labs below, creates a subtle but important architectural link between the original campus which is heavily reliant on these forms, largely designed by the architect Philip Charles Hardwick. DESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS | 18
Concept sketch of building section and flue chimneys Development model Typical Chemistry Lab. Brick chimney showing decorative brickwork DESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS | 19
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South colonnade South colonnade and landscaped courtyard Main circulation staircase North Facade DESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS | 21
EDUCATION EXPERIENCE Charterhouse School Dining PROJECT DETAILS PROJECT SUMMARY Client Charterhouse Design Engine were commissioned by Charterhouse School following an invited In recent years Charterhouse School has offered a Day House, ‘Fletcherites’, for non- Project Dining competition with five other practices, and this project forms one of a series identified boarding sixth form girls and boys. This has meant that the current new Central Location Godalming, Surrey within the new masterplan for the School campus. Dining Rooms are insufficient in size and layout and needed extending to meet the Construction value £600,000 current need. Floor area 300 sqm The original 1972 dining rooms were designed by architect Richard Gilbert-Scott, Contract form Traditional son of Sir Giles Gilbert-Scott, as part of the construction of the iconic 1970s ‘new The only available site for development was to the south of the existing dining rooms Appointed 2008 houses’ accommodation. The unique design of the original dining hall building is a where there was an existing hard landscaped area (a former reflecting pool). The site Completed 2010 result of the long established tradition of pupils being allocated a Housemaster, is close to existing boarding houses and sits within a classified greenbelt area of Client contact Emma Humphreys which in turn has resulted in each house enjoying its own dining hall. A large central land. Services provided by DEA kitchen efficiently serves these seven dining rooms. The brief for a new dining hall to Architecture, Interior Design, Lead serve the new day house had to fit the required number of pupils within the space. The planning constraints were such that the visual amenity of the greenbelt was not Designer, Specification Writer to be affected by any development on the site. With this in mind the scheme The concept behind the building is driven by observing a close hierarchy between needed to be sensitive in nature both to its surrounding landscape and the existing the striking existing dining rooms roof form and the open and attractive nature of the building to which it adjoined. greenbelt site. The new roof geometry served as a creative element of the project but was also a deliberate echo of the architectural roof play of the existing building, The materials used in the construction of the building are also integral to the creating a sense of individuality to the space held below. concept, using a simple palette of materials to form an external colonnade/covered walkway. This colonnade also provides a sizable overhanging cover providing The project was delivered on time within a strict 26-week construction period. The natural solar shading to the south façade. Zinc and aluminium cladding are used completion of the dining rooms was needed in time for the arrival of the new day extensively as the external cladding material and draw a distinct line between boarding pupils. The extensive refurbishment of the original dining rooms will be existing and new. Larch panels within the curtain walling soften the façade and relate carried out in 2013. directly to the open landscape to the south, drawing it in to the building plan. DESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS | 22
“ The extension is of great value to the school providing South Facade much more than a dining room - it has opened up the space for hospitality use presenting an up to date image and vastly improving the offer.” Emma Humphreys Estates Bursar, Charterhouse School DESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS | 23
Dining Hall Entrance canopy DESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS | 24
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EDUCATION EXPERIENCE Downe House School Learning Centre PROJECT DETAILS PROJECT SUMMARY Client Downe House School Following an invited master plan design competition in 2013, Design Engine were Project Learning Centre subsequently commissioned to develop designs for the new Learning Centre at Location Newbury, Berskhire Downe House School which formed a central part of the masterplan itself. Construction value £5.1 million Floor area 1166 sqm The competition brief asked for proposals for a visually and experientially inspiring Contract form Traditional building that would sit at the heart of the campus and serve as a hub for some of the Appointed 2012 key spaces of learning and day-today activities: a new library, multi-purpose Completed September 2018 auditorium, teaching spaces, cafe, shop, resources hub and offices. Client contact Alasdair Heath Services provided by DEA The Centre acts as a physical and visual draw into the campus from the main Architecture, Interior Design, Lead entrance, and reinforces connections to the surrounding woodland which gives the Designer, Contract Administration School its unique setting. The three-storey building sits into the natural topography; Awards RIBA Regional 2019 therefore minimising its height at the main entrance approach. shortlist The building will play a central role at Downe House, both in terms of the accommodation that it will provide and as a focal building in the wider context of the school campus: the new ‘Heart and Soul’ of the school. Axonometric of Learning Centre DESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS | 26
Competition concept sketch Entrance and social space Social Learning Space DESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS | 27
South facade of new Learning Centre DESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS | 28
Front elevation of new Learning Centre DESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS | 29
EDUCATION EXPERIENCE WITH A GRADE II LISTED BUILDING Radley College Clocktower Court PROJECT DETAILS PROJECT SUMMARY Client Radley College At Radley College, a significant new building has been inserted into a central The other key elevation on the building is east-facing and fronts onto a garden Project Clocktower Court - Social Centre, History and Politics Faculty, campus space, replacing an earlier theatre building. The architecture of this £4.2 space. This elevation also takes the form of a colonnade, but this time single storey, Art Gallery Location Radley, Abingdon million scheme not only has to reconcile the numerous existing buildings that with teaching classrooms over. This provides a covered route into the rear of the Construction value £4.2 million Floor area Approx 2,100 sqm surround the site, including the adjacent Grade 2 Listed Rackets Court, but it also building and access to the new art gallery. Contract form Traditional JCT Appointed May 2009 has to provide fluid connections internally between these buildings (4 no. in total) of Completed September 2013 Client contact David Anderson varying internal floor heights. Following analysis of the evolution of the site it became apparent that this project (Estates Bursar) Services provided by DEA would be come a central focal point within the campus. For this reason the design Architecture, Interior Design, Lead Designer, Contract Administration A key consideration was to achieve a building of a timeless quality, which sits and explored the civic potential of the project and pushed the most social function RIBA Award 2014, Civic Trust Award 2014, Oxford Preservation functions in harmony with its neighbouring buildings. Clocktower Court consists of towards the existing court already occupied by the dominant Clocktower. Trust Award 2014 academic teaching space of ten classrooms, a new art gallery and a social hub DESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS | 30 including catering facilities. Because of the building’s position in the site it also has to As with any project where a knitting of the fabric of the estate is required, address three different external spaces, each possessing very different functions and consideration was given to how the new building would be approached by qualities. pedestrians and where entrances should be, where new external and internal routes could be incorporated to open up new opportunities to connect various parts of the The principal elevation faces the most civic space within the College and therefore campus and how the building could glue together a number of disparate existing has been treated with a double-height colonnade of brickwork. This elevation also buildings without leaving a outcome which would give an over-bearing scale. reconciles the scale difference between buildings which site either side. On one side, the Listed Grade 2 Rackets Court and on the other, a non-listed but period building which serves as the Fives Court. “ This is a modern reinterpretation of the Victorian redbrick tradition, and it is handled with due deference to the scale of its surroundings. It is intelligent and unfussy.” Hugh Pearman The RIBA Journal. December 2013
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DESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS | 32 Gallery between existing and new building. First floor classroom
New building within context of Clocktower Court Development model DESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS | 33 Front elevation at night
EDUCATION EXPERIENCE Les Beaucamps High School PROJECT DETAILS PROJECT SUMMARY Client The States of Guernsey Commissioned by the States of Guernsey Education Department, Les Beaucamps during construction. Educationally a courtyard arrangement was briefed to give Education Department school is not an independent school. However with smaller class sizes and a wide benefits including a safe inclusive environment, subliminal way-finding, better control Project Les Beaucamps High curriculum offer, in a number of ways it mirrors the independent school sector. of environments for management, teaching and wellbeing as well as the obvious School environmental benefits of natural light, natural ventilation and protected space. As Location Guernsey Design Engine were selected in 2003 to join the States of Guernsey’s new well as providing excellent teaching rooms, particular attention was to be given to Construction value 30 million framework of architects to deliver their new schools and colleges replacement the external areas between buildings, circulation and social space. Floor area 8650 sqm programme. Les Beaucamps School represents the first of two major school Contract form Design & Build replacements (The second one being La Mare de Carteret, which is currently at RIBA In addition to the school building, which is located on the sloping site overlooking Appointed 2003 Stage 3). spectacular sea views of Cobo Bay to the West. A separate sports building to the Completed August 2012 East, is to include a swimming pool, sports hall and gymnasium. The two buildings Client contact Ashley Dupre A key challenge to the design team was the need to deliver the school whilst are connected by a covered link and sit either side of the sports pitches and a central Services provided by DEA maintaining the existing school in a fully operational state. The project was split into Multi-Use Games Area. Architecture, Masterplanning, two phases. Phase One saw the construction of the main teaching spaces and Interior Design demolition of the original school and Phase Two delivered the new sports centre Attention has been paid to the overall design of the building to minimise energy Awards RIBA Client Of The Year and external landscaping over the footprint of the original buildings. consumption and improve the internal environment within the school. This has been Award 2013, RIBA Regional 2013, achieved through the following design principles: Civic Trust Award 2014, Guernsey The sloping site was also a challenge but presented an opportunity to create linked Design Award 2014 courtyard spaces, developed to give protection from the extremes of the coastal • Natural ventilation environment which the school looks over. In addition to winning an RIBA Award in • Thermal mass DESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS | 34 2013 and a Civic Trust Award in 2014 the client was also awarded RIBA Client of the • Natural daylighting Year in 2013. • Air source heat pumps • Solar hot water heating The Brief • Heat recovery Rainwater collection The States Education Department’s brief was to provide a teaching environment for • Promotion of cycling 660 students on a site where the existing school building had to remain in operation • Awareness of energy use
“ The exterior of the building adopts a neutral palette, brown brick and dark zinc roofs and chimneys. The effect is to dissolve a quite large building when seen from a distance. Closer to it unfolds as a carefully choreographed architectural experience wherein the sum of the parts is greater than the whole. It is a building to be experienced rather than looked at, providing an exemplar for school procurement and provision that puts most UK practice to shame.” RIBA Award Citation 2013 Central courtyard looking towards the sea DESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS | 35
Sectional model - by Design Engine Sports hall and swimming pool DESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS | 36
The central courtyard DESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS | 37
EDUCATION EXPERIENCE Canford School Library PROJECT DETAILS PROJECT SUMMARY Client Canford School The new Library building is to be located on the site of the current Armoury, an intended to provide good light levels and a relationship between the user’s study Project Library existing facility which will be relocated to a new site. The new library facilities will be spaces and the entrance courtyard, whether they are at ground floor or first floor Location Wimborne Minster in a key location within the historic core of the campus and will be ideally located for mezzanine level. Construction value £3.1m accessibility for staff, students and visitors, with close proximity to car parking and Floor area 630 sqm other school buildings. Contract form Traditional Appointed 2018 The site adjoins the existing Gisborough Hall, which will be refurbished with new Completion September 2020 mezzanines for increased seating capacity to accommodate school assemblies, Client contact Andrew Bruce exams and events. A new glazed Link pavilion provides a relocated entrance foyer Services provided by DEA and access to both buildings together with art display and performance capability. Architecture, Interior Design, Lead The new Library building will provide a modern, state-of-the-art teaching, learning Designer, Contract Administration and independent study facility with the capacity to meet the school’s current and future needs, including seminar space and video conferencing capabilities. The new building form has been sensitively developed to sit within the historic context; the massing reflects the geometry of the adjoining Hall and the orientation of the new volume encloses external space between new and old buildings to create a new courtyard, defining a space for external activity which can complement the new study spaces within. Internally the Library’s reception area, reading, study, IT space and book stack are contained in a double-height volume which incorporates a first floor mezzanine to the northern two thirds of the ground floor footprint. The airy interior volume is Competition image of interior of new Library DESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS | 38
View of new Library with Gisborough Hall West facade of new Library Sketch image of interior of link to Gisborough Hall Site Plan DESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS | 39
EDUCATION EXPERIENCE WITH A GRADE II LISTED BUILDING Berkhamsted School New Sixth Form Centre PROJECT DETAILS PROJECT SUMMARY Client Berkhamsted Schools Group. Design Engine were appointed to undertake an estate-wide masterplan, covering The process of masterplan design for these sites included an analysis of the School’s the School’s six principal sites following a competition process in early 2017. current space utilisation and consultation with transport, landscape, MEP and Project Masterplan and New Sixth- Emphasis for the masterplan was on maximising the potential of all of the sites and planning consultants. Form Centre identifying where existing shortfalls in the School’s educational and /or commercial strategy existed and how they could be resolved. Location Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire Appointed 2017 Particular emphasis for the the School was to identify a twenty-year development Completion TBC strategy across the School estate, which would be commenced with the delivery of Project value £16 million a 3,500 sq. m. Sixth-Form Centre. The School lacks spare development land in and Project Manager Bidwells around its main school sites therefore numerous studies were required to investigate Type of project Masterplan and how existing facilities could be re-located and the resultant site best utilised, without Phase One Sixth-Form Centre significant detriment to the on-going operational requirements of the schools. Contract type Traditional Size 3300m2 Particular care has been taken to develop a strategy that avoids disruption to delivery of the curriculum and disturbance or health and safety risk to staff and students during construction works. Following the approval of the masterplans Design Engine were appointed to design and deliver the first three projects within MP Phase One; namely The Sixth Form Centre, Estates Hub and Administration Centre. These have a combined construction value of £24 million and will be delivered for September 2021. Early conceptual development of street facade DESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS | 40
Massing model of school and new 6th Form Centre Images of multi-purpose hall DESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS | 41
EDUCATION EXPERIENCE Twyford School Masterplan PROJECT DETAILS PROJECT SUMMARY Client Twyford School Twyford School are a renowned co-educating not-for-profit preparatory school for 8 B Project Masterplan boys and girls aged 3-13, situated on a limited site on the outskirts of Winchester. O Location Winchester, Hampshire The site is in a conservation area and several of the historic buildings are listed. 12 U Construction value 12million 14 R Floor area TBC Design Engine were commissioned following a rigorous competition process to N Contract form TBC create a long-term vision and project-specific strategy for their site. Immediate needs 6 E Appointed 2016 include a better 80-bed boarding facility and improved pre-preparatory school. Completed Current L Client contact Charles Gillow Of particular focus is the need to resolve a very difficult traffic management issue, A Services provided by DEA which currently brings significant functional and health and safety issues to the site. N Architecture, Masterplanning , E Landscape design As with all projects we have worked very hard with the school’s Senior Management Team to establish a robust masterplan into which feed a series of localised (14) development strategies, intended to overcome the difficult traffic issues and facilitate the phased delivery of specific projects, whilst maintaining uninterrupted operation 9 of the school. 19 12 The delivery of the various building projects requires a phased approach carefully arranged around the school calendar. The masterplan has been presented to the R O AD local authority as part of Pre Application dialogue in 2017 and since then has received full support from the South Downs National Parks Authority subject to the H I L L / WINCHESTER necessary planning and listed building submissions. SE RLES BO UR N E LANE S T REET HI GH ROAD HA Z E L EY Site plan of competed masterplan DESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS | 42
Overview of the completed masterplan DESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS | 43
EDUCATION EXPERIENCE Downe House School Masterplan PROJECT DETAILS PROJECT SUMMARY Client Twyford School Downe House School is an independent girls school for ages 11-18. The site Upon completion of the Master Plan Design Engine were then appointed to Project Masterplan includes boarding provision. undertake the design and delivery of the new Learning Centre. This project is Location Winchester, Hampshire currently on site and is due for completion in July 2018. Construction value 12million The masterplan component of our commission was essential in establishing how the Floor area TBC wider campus should be developed in order that a new Learning Centre could be Contract form TBC accommodated in the preferred central location identified. Additional future Appointed 2016 development opportunities were also explored. Completed Current Client contact Charles Gillow In addition to ensuring that the building functioned well with the topography of the Services provided by DEA site and with the adjacent buildings, there was a need to review the wider vehicular Architecture, Masterplanning , movement strategy. Key was the reorientation of the main access road into the site Landscape design having identified that if it remained, it would blight the potential envisaged building to become a focal point for the school. By redirecting the vehicular traffic flow closer to the main entrance into the site the building could enjoy a new vehicle-free forecourt and enable servicing of several buildings to be made less visible and impactful. A close study of the pedestrian movements around the site helped to inform the most appropriate location for entrances to the building. DESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS | 44
Site strategy diagram Social space and cafe DESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS | 45 The masterplan site layout
EDUCATION EXPERIENCE Berkhamsted School Masterplan PROJECT DETAILS PROJECT SUMMARY Client Berkhamsted School Berkhamsted Schools Group is formed from five schools comprising pre-prep, prep, Throughout the development of the Master Plan the process has been supported by Project Masterplan senior boys and senior girls, and 6th-form. The group of schools form a ‘diamond’ a team of dedicated consultants including landscape architects, transport Location Berkhamsted, Berks. model and are managed to provide financial and facilities support to each other. consultants, M and E engineers and quantity surveyors. Construction value £70 million Floor area TBC Each site has its own unique character with the Castle Campus (Senior Boys and 6th- Many common issues have prevailed through the master plan development process Contract form TBC form) containing the original listed school hall building dating back to the School’s which are summarised below: Appointed 2016 foundation in 1541. Completed Current • car parking and transportation Client contact Chris Grimsdale Design Engine were appointed through a competitive process to provide a vision • site security (perimeter) Services provided by DEA for each school site, boarding and administrative sites in terms of development of • Buildings which have reached the end of their functional life Masterplanning and Architecture to improved facilities and growth over short, medium and the longer term. • a lack of decanting space for education continuity RIBA Stage 2. • accessibility to build The process involved an extensive research period, including site visits and • availability of contractors working space observation , interviews with key staff members and pupils. This has been followed • a need to upgrade gas/water/electric utilities by a period of in-depth design development supplemented by a series of workshops with the Principal and Vice-Principals as well as exhaustive sense- Given the importance of the Castle Campuses historic asset great emphasis has checking of space and curriculum standards throughout the process. been placed on ensuring that at the end of every phase all listed or important buildings are left in a context where their setting has been improved by the latest The masterplan process is now nearing completion and we are now due to embark phase of work. This enables a degree of flexibility to be brought to the delivery of the on a series of important external consultations with Local Authority planners, master plan in terms of the timing of future works which might be influenced by a conservation officers and highways engineers. number of external factors including finances, school growth/shrinkage etc. DESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS | 46
NORTH Total car parking 81 standard 13 disabled 4 spaces 70 spaces Sports 3 spaces 4-court hall / gymnasium / 8 no. access for Public Car Park Fives courts school coaches Parent drop-off and Staff car park deliveries 11 spaces 70 spaces Sixth-Form Centre 1 space Parent drop-off / pick-up reverse-in Including flexible theatre deliveries Boarding The High Street 72-bed en-suite spaces Coach drop-off and pick-up 3 spaces Nursery Staff /Housing car park 12 spaces Staff housing 6 no. 3 bedroom / 4 person homes Performing Arts Centre Public foyer/Flexible hall/music practice rooms/recital hall Mill Street School Resource Centre Day reception/ staff welfare / meeting rooms / Upper School Learning Resource Centre/Health and Wellbeing Centre including First-Aid. Design Technology Mathematics and Science 5 spaces New Grass Quad focal point (War memorial for 2018 Castle Street commemorations ?) New ‘Academic’ Quad Castle Campus - Masterplan 10 metres p.25 of 49 The masterplan site layout DESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS | 47
EDUCATION EXPERIENCE Charterhouse School Masterplan PROJECT DETAILS PROJECT SUMMARY Client Charterhouse School Charterhouse is distinguished as a ‘campus’ School; but one currently blighted by Concept sketch of possible development vehicles and parking. Our brief was to create a pedestrian friendly campus, where Project Masterplan wayfinding is clear, parking areas are concealed, and site management is discreet. Location Godalming, Surrey A new landscape zone is described around the original nineteenth century buildings, within which cars are excluded (with the exception of emergency Construction value N/A vehicles). Floor area N/A This move returns the School to the safe collegiate atmosphere intended with the move from London in 1872, and gives back dignity to the splendid buildings and Contract form Design & Build landscape where the Founder’s Tree can once again take centre stage. Completed N/A The masterplan document produced for the school described a long-term vision for the campus. Some projects have now been completed (Dining Hall and Fletcherites Client contact Emma Humphreys boarding house); some are in design (Queens Sports Centre); some are on site (Science and Mathematics); some are longer-term propositions. Services provided by DEA Architecture, Interior Design, Lead All came about through an ongoing dialogue leading towards a balanced strategy Designer, Contract Administration, on future curriculum, planning and funding. Specification Writer DESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS | 48 Existing campus
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