2 3 COMPLETED PROJECTS 1 49 6 4 5 Site plan 2 9 6 1 1 2 9 8 9 7 9 9 4 11 5 Ground floor plan 1 Clocktower square 7 Forum/atrium 2 Existing rackets court 8 Cafe 3 Clocktower square development 9 Classrooms 4 Refurbished old fives court 10 Staffrooms 5 Existing art department 11 Sewell Art Gallery 6 Existing design technology 12 Library department
DESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS \\ SCHOOLS ↑ Entrance foyer and social learning cafe. © Nick Kane 50
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DESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS \\ SCHOOLS LES BEAUCAMPS HIGH SCHOOL guernsey A project representing an evolution in exemplar school design. our role: Architecture | Interiors | Landscaping The States Education Department’s brief client: States Education Department was to provide a teaching environment for project manager : JLL 660 students on a site where the existing cost consultant : Gardiner & Theobald school building had to remain in operation structural engineer: Peter Brett during construction. Educationally a services engineer: Hoare Lea courtyard arrangement was briefed to main contractor: R G Falla give benefits including a safe inclusive fire consultant: Ramboll SAFE environment, subliminal way-finding, acoustic consultant: Hoare Lea better control of environments for landscape consultant: UBU management, teaching and wellbeing as furniture consultant: British Thornton well as the obvious environmental benefits of natural light, natural ventilation and 2012 protected space. As well as providing excellent teaching rooms, particular completion attention was to be given to the external areas between buildings, circulation and 8650M² social space. area ↑ The main entrance approach. ©Edmund Sumner 52 Guernsey Civic Trust Award Design Award Winner 2014 Winner 2014
COMPLETED PROJECTS RIBA South East RIBA South East Client of the Year Regional Award Award Winner 2013 Winner 2013 53
DESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS \\ SCHOOLS 4 1 5 6 32 ↑ Site Plan The project was to be split into two design principles: construction phases, the School Building • Natural ventilation and the Sports Building. The new School’s • Thermal mass location was to allow the existing school • Natural daylighting to remain in operation during the works. • Air source heat pumps In addition to the school building, • Solar hot water heating located on the sloping site overlooking • Heat recovery spectacular sea views of Cobo Bay to the • Rainwater collection West, a separate sports building to the • Promotion of cycling East includes a swimming pool, sports hall • Awareness of energy use and gymnasium. The two buildings connected by a covered 1 School building link sit either side of the sports pitches 2 Sports building and a central Multi-Use Games Area 3 Open colonnade (MUGA). 4 Sports pitches Attention has been paid to the overall 5 Multi-use games area design of the building to minimise energy 6 Central courtyard consumption and improve the internal environment within the school. This has been achieved through the following ↑ Early concept sketches. 54
COMPLETED PROJECTS ↑ Students working in one of the art rooms. ©Edmund Sumner ↑ Students working within one of the science rooms. ©Edmund Sumner 55
DESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS \\ SCHOOLS View of Les Beaucamps High School's central courtyard with views of the sea. ©Edmund Sumner 56
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DESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS \\ SCHOOLS ↖ View of the main courtyard. © Edmund Sumner ↑ Students in the library. © Edmund Sumner ← Main courtyard staircase. © Edmund Sumner 58
COMPLETED PROJECTS 14 2 4 1 1 11111 44 3 22 1 22 4243 4 2 2 4 24 20 1 3 22 23 15 2 20 1 20 1225 16 2 17 20 21 42 1 1 22 2 22 18 19 18 Level two Level one 25 24 1 1 1 11 12 2 2 244 2244 3 2 42 28 12 7 5 75 30 6 44 41322 98 8 29 12 4 4 3 22266 26 44 11 27 2 8 8 22 2 26 2 2 888 2 10 Level three Level four 1 Classroom 16 Graphics Classroom 2 Administration 17 CAD-CAM 3 Circulation 18 CDT Workshops 4 Storage 19 CDT Prep Room 5 Drama / Stage 20 Science Classrooms 6 Courtyard 21 ICT Classrooms 7 Main Hall & Assembly 23 SEN 8 Plant 24 Music Classrooms 9 Kitchen 25 Music Recital 10 Library 26 Art Classrooms 11 Staff Room 27 Media Studies 12 Dining 28 Dining Terrace 13 Reception 29 Art Terrace 14 Food Technology 30 Teaching Terrace 15 Multi-use Classroom 59
DESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS \\ SCHOOLS ↑ Section showing relationship to natural contours. ↓ Sectional Model. 60
COMPLETED PROJECTS “ The architects have taken a difficult design challenge: a school on a site with a twelve metre change of level, and have crafted a complex yet coherent architectural whole ... It is a building to be experienced rather than looked at, providing an exemplar for school procurement and provision that puts most current UK practice to shame. ” — RIBA Awards Citation 2013, Les Beaucamps High School. 61
DESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS \\ SCHOOLS ↑ Section of the main courtyard. ↑ View of Les Beaucamps High School's entrance. © Edmund Sumner 62
COMPLETED PROJECTS External dining space. 63 © Edmund Sumner
DESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS \\ SCHOOLS LES BEAUCAMPS SPORTS guernsey A new dedicated educational sports facility. 64
COMPLETED PROJECTS ↑Multi-Use pitches © Andrew Le Poidevin The Multi-Use Games Area is placed our role: Architecture | Interiors | Landscaping between the school (completed in 2012), client: States Education Department and the new sports building. The two project manager : JLL buildings are connected by a covered cost consultant : Gardiner & Theobald walkway that encloses the MUGA on structural engineer: Peter Brett 3 sides providing a covered route, bus services engineer: Hoare Lea waiting area and cycle storage on the main contractor: R G Falla Southern side, and entrance to the fire consultant: Ramboll SAFE sports building on the Western side, and acoustic consultant: Hoare Lea sun protection adjacent to hard play landscape consultant: UBU on the Northern side. A double skin furniture consultant: British Thornton fence around the MUGA is designed for climbing plants to eventually create an external green wall enclosure. The principle volumes within the building are composed as 3 different height spaces within a rectangular footprint. For this project a specific brick blend and mortar colour has been developed, “Beaucamps Blend” that incorporates within it the hues of the local granites. Materials were selected to withstand a marine environment including anodised aluminium curtain wall and macatious iron oxide coatings to galvanised finishes, typically used on civil engineering projects. Natural cedar has been used for the exterior walkways and high level louvre cladding. Visual warmth has been achieved in the interior with the use of plywood linings to the halls, larch cladding to the pool and Glu-lam beams spanning the major spaces. 2012 completion 2135M² area 65
DESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS \\ SCHOOLS 1 ↑ School children playing in the main sportshall. © Andrew Le Poidevin 1↑ Main sportshall with views outside to the multi-use games area. © Andrew Le Poidevin 2 → Indoor swimming pool. © Andrew Le Poidevin 2 66
COMPLETED PROJECTS ↑ Indoor swimming pool. © Andrew Le Poidevin 3 12 → Ground floor plan. 4 5 1 Gymnasium 2 Sportshall 6 3 Plant 4 Dry change 5 Wet change 6 Swimming pool 67
DESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS \\ SCHOOLS ↑View of the new extension and entrance to the school. © Monitoba 68
COMPLETED PROJECTS JOHN KEBLE PRIMARY SCHOOL hursley An extension to provide a new identity and entrance for the School. our role: Architecture | Interiors This extension to the hugely successful client: John Keble School John Keble Church of England Primary cost consultant : John Smith Projects School was completed for the new 2008- structural engineer: Integral Design 2009 academic year; on time and to a very services engineer: Ernest Griffith & Sons Ireland demanding budget. main contractor: RW Armstrong & Sons The building not only provides ICT cdmc: John Smith Projects learning and library space but also provides building control: Winchester City Council a new identity and entrance for the School, with a striking plane of brickwork and 2008 contemporary stone detailing interpreted from the original School. Likewise, large completion frameless glass rooflights echo the steeply sloping gables of the original roofs. 210M² The John Keble Church of England Primary School is situated in the village area of Hursley, just south-west of Winchester. The school is located at the edge of the village in an enviable rural setting. Much of the school is surrounded by open fields with woodlands in the distance. Built in 1927, the school is set in extensive grounds which include a playground, sports field, woods, a conservation area and pond. With a building extension completed in 1999, the school provides accommodation for over one hundred pupils aged from four to eleven years old. 69
DESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS \\ SCHOOLS ↑ View inside the new classrooms with ↑ Extension shown in blue with exploded This is therefore a remarkable school frameless glass rooflights. axonometric above. which is highly favoured in terms of its © Monitoba location, its traditions, its teachers and its pupils. However, the school faces a major 70 obstacle in its efforts to improve further, in the configuration, size and overall condition of the buildings that it occupies. The existing school building was developed in phases. The first built in 1927 is a traditional school building constructed from red brick with a pitched roof. To one side is situated a modern extension in a similar style. On the other side are extensions which were built in the late 1960s, consisting of the hall and the school kitchen. The overall visual impact is not a pleasing one and a major objective of the project now under consideration is to deal with the visual disharmony and produce a building or series of buildings which sit easily with each other and with their rural surroundings.
COMPLETED PROJECTS ↑ Sketch section through the new library extension. ↗ View looking up at the frameless glass rooflights inside the library. © Monitoba 71
DESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS \\ SCHOOLS DESIGN, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING BUILDING stowe school, buckingham A series of workshops and design studios within Stowe School's historic estate. 72
984M² CURRENT PROJECTS The aim of the new Design, Technology and Engineering Building is to provide academic and vocational training for pupils who will contribute significantly to the UK’s drive for creativity and expertise in Manufacturing, Product Design and Architecture. Following an invited competition that involved a review of two potential sites within the school estate, we were asked to progress with proposals to replace the existing facilities within a woodland site location. The new Design, Technology and Engineering Building is designed to encourage more pupils to explore STEM/STEAM subjects and embrace developing technology in Mechatronics, Computer Aided Design, Computer Aided Manufacturing, Computer Aided Engineering, 3D printing and other cutting-edge technology. The new building is designed to be recessive in its materiality, sitting respectfully against the backdrop of mature trees and parkland. Earth hues have been selected with a bronze-clad upper storey sitting above a textured masonry base. ↖ Visualisation of the entrance elevation ↓Overview Sketch 73
DESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS \\ SCHOOLS Three workshops are located on the ground ↑ Visualisation of the entrance elevation. floor with associated prep rooms and plant areas. A two-storey foyer/exhibition area links to four design studios on the floor above, accessed from a circulation gallery that also connects to an external display terrace. The design studios have roof lights above a central table for hand drawings, with computers located around the perimeter. The circulation gallery is expressed as a glazed loggia sitting above a solid base making references to the classical architecture on the Stowe Estate . The proportions of the loggia are based on a golden section that also make reference to classical design principles. → Sketch of entrance. 74
CURRENT PROJECTS → Design studio study. ↓ Site model. 75
DESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS \\ SCHOOLS Bags & Coats 8 7 13 6 Planer / Thicknesser 2 4 5 Bags & Coats → Ground floor plan 9 1 Workshop 1 2 Workshop 2 3 Gallery Foyer 4 Workshop 3 5 Prep Room 6 Plant Room 7 Heat Pump Enclosure 8 Escape Stair 9 Music School Scale Bar 1:100 9 10 5 68 12 4 7 → First floor plan 3 11 1 Design Studio 1 2 Design Studio 2 3 Terrace Gallery 4 Gallery 5 Design Studio 3 6 Design Studio 4 7 IT Server 8 Internal Storage 9 Staff room 10 Heat Pump enclosure 11 Music School 76
CURRENT PROJECTS ← Axonometric diagram. 1 Bronze Cladding 2 Cross laminated timber 3 Steel Frame 4 Masonry 1 2 The building is designed as an educational tool to illustrate how different materials 3 are used and connected. An expressed steel frame within a masonry envelope supports a cross-laminated timber box above. Connections, junctions and material surfaces are exposed with 4 services revealed within the interior. ↓ Workshop studio study. 77
DESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS \\ SCHOOLS 12 3 1 Bay study – West 2 Bay study – East 3 Study from the North West 78
CURRENT PROJECTS 15 14 18 16 17 19 13 11 12 6 10 5 7 4 8 9 2 3 1 1 New Design, Engineering and 10 Chapel Technology Building 11 Art 12 Vanburgh Block 2 Music School 13 Gibbons 3 Roxburgh Theatre 14 Fives 4 Academic Building 15 Science Block 5 Stanhope 16 Adams 6 Bruce 17 Nugent 7 Queen 18 Temple 8 Stanhope 9 Chatham 19 Shop 79
DESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS \\ SCHOOLS LA MARE DE CARTERET SCHOOL guernsey A replacement of the existing La Mare de Carteret High School and Primary School in Guernsey’s Castel parish. 80
CURRENT PROJECTS Having successfully delivered the award- winning Les Beaucamps High School in 2013, Design Engine fought off strong local and international competition to win a new commission from the States of Guernsey Education Department (now the Committee for Education, Sport & Culture): the replacement of the existing La Mare de Carteret High School and Primary School in Guernsey’s Castel parish. The High School plan is designed for 600 pupils with the ability to expand to 960. The new development on the La Mare de Carteret site will provide a total gross building area of 13,470 m² comprising: • Replacement High School facilities for either 600 or 960 11-16 age pupils. • Replacement two-form entry Primary School facilities for up to 420 pupils aged 4-11. • Replacement co-provisioned Pre-school accommodation for 32 children aged 3-4. • County/national competition level indoor sports facilities within the schools’ new sports facilities. • Relocated Communication and Autism Support Service facilities within the two schools. • Community facilities for families and the wider community within the schools and sports buildings. A phased delivery was required to allow the existing school to remain operational during construction. ↑ Visualisation of the entrance approach from the car park with access to the main school from a bridge over the existing pond. our role: Architecture | Interiors | Landscaping 13470M² client: States Education Department project manager : Jones Lang LaSalle area cost consultant : Gardiner & Theobald structural engineer: Buro Happold services engineer: Buro Happold building control: States of Guernsey landscape consultant: Coe Design fire consultant: Buro Happold 81
DESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS \\ SCHOOLS ← Early massing site model showing ↑ Sketch from the west facing the sea. relationship to the sea. ↓ Primary school entrance elevation. 82
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DESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS \\ SCHOOLS 1 2 3 1↑ Primary School bay elevation study. 2, 3↑ High School bay elevation studies. ↑ Sketch of the High School internal courtyard. 84
CURRENT PROJECTS ↑ Study of the High School. Following the Les Beaucamps High School ↑ Study of the hard play space. precedent the practice has adopted courtyard plan forms for both primary and secondary schools, in order to create external rooms within and between buildings. This creates contrasts between extrovert and active spaces and those that are more introvert and tranquil, allowing more private spaces to be discovered. Materials for the project have been selected to have a tonal match with the coastal context around La Mare de Carteret: brickwork with variation in blend to ensure a high level of visual texture, bronze cladding which echoes the coastal granites to the west of the site and facades including wall surfaces of coloured ceramics taking their cue from the colours of Guernsey fishing boats. The project received planning consent in November 2016. Design Engine have also been commissioned to design significant additions to two other High Schools on the island. 85
DESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS \\ SCHOOLS SOUTHERN CAMPUS winchester college Modernisation of Winchester College’s Southern Campus. Following an invited competition in Campus. The limited space available ↑ View south across Kingsgate Park towards summer 2015, Design Engine were is now restricting pupils’ access to the the proposed Physical Education Centre. appointed to develop a masterplan for the sporting programme and with it access for proposed modernisation of Winchester the wider community. The layout of and College’s Southern Campus. access to the swimming pool also presents The Southern Campus is located between long-term maintenance and safety the sports ground on Kingsgate Park difficulties and the building is thermally and the tennis courts on Norman Road. inefficient. It is the focus of the School’s indoor The School is proposing that the current sports facilities, and includes the PE sports facilities be replaced with modern Centre, swimming pool, rifle range and buildings on a similar footprint, that the squash courts. In addition, the Design Design & Technology Department on the & Technology department sits between site be modernised and extended and that the sports complex and Kingsgate Road. various support services be moved and Although many of the current buildings consolidated. Access arrangements will be are of substantial size, they are largely altered and two residential houses added hidden from surrounding public roads and on Kingsgate Road. the wider landscape. Planning consent was obtained in 2017, The key factor in the decision to with enabling works to commence in 2019 modernise is the age of the PE Centre, and the whole project due for completion which is now over 50 years old. In that in 2021. time pupil numbers at the school have grown and the indoor sports facilities are today used at maximum capacity. The School educates around 700 pupils, all of whom live during term-time in the eleven boarding houses spread across the College 86
CURRENT PROJECTS our role: Architecture | Interiors 10321M² client: Winchester College project manager : Selway Joyce area cost consultant: McNaughts structural engineer: Arup services engineer: Skelly & Couch main contractor: Kier fire consultant: Arup acoustic consultant: Hoare Lea landscape consultant: Land Use Consultants cdmc: Scott, White & Hookins 87
DESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS \\ SCHOOLS 8 76 3 2 1 4 5 ↑ Lower ground floor 9 14 12 14 12 12 9 10 11 ↑ Upper ground floor 20 16 15 18 17 17 19 1 Main entrance 11 Combined Cadets Force 2 Admin & reception 12 Changing 3 Foyer with catering 13 Squash courts 4 Sports hall viewing 14 Pool plant 5 Cecil Range 15 Dojo 6 Squash viewing 16 Studio 7 CVT and weights 17 Five courts 8 Swimming pool 18 Classroom 9 Sportshall 19 Staff room 10 Stores 20 External Terrace ↑ Upper floor 88
CURRENT PROJECTS Sports Hall ↑ Aerial view of the site model showing the Swimming Pool roof form. Fitness Centre 89
DESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS \\ SCHOOLS ↑View from the spectator zone across the pool towards Kingsgate Park. 90
1 CURRENT PROJECTS 91 2 1↗ View north-west from the reception courtyard towards the main entrance of the proposed Physical Education Centre. 2↗ View from the PEC entrance across reception area. 3→ Model shot showing an overview of the project. 3
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 Design Engine Architects Limited The Studios, Coker Close, Winchester SO22 5FF 92
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