Site strategy diagramSocial space and cafeDESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS | 49 The masterplan site layout
EDUCATION EXPERIENCE Berkhamsted School MasterplanPROJECT DETAILS PROJECT SUMMARYClient 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 byProject Masterplan senior boys and senior girls, and 6th-form. The group of schools form a ‘diamond’ a team of dedicated consultants including landscape architects, transportLocation 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 millionFloor 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 processContract 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 transportationClient 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 lifeMasterplanning and Architecture to improved facilities and growth over short, medium and the longer term. • a lack of decanting space for education continuityRIBA 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 | 50
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 49DESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS | 51 The masterplan site layout
EDUCATION EXPERIENCE Charterhouse School MasterplanPROJECT DETAILS PROJECT SUMMARYClient Charterhouse School Charterhouse is distinguished as a ‘campus’ School; but one currently blighted by vehicles and parking. Our brief was to create a pedestrian friendly campus, whereProject 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 emergencyConstruction 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 andContract 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 FletcheritesClient 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 DEAArchitecture, Interior Design, Lead All came about through an ongoing dialogue leading towards a balanced strategyDesigner, Contract Administration, on future curriculum, planning and funding.Specification WriterDESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS | 52
DESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS | 53 The masterplan site layout
EDUCATION EXPERIENCE Winchester College Southern Campus MasterplanPROJECT DETAILS PROJECT SUMMARYClient Winchester College Winchester College’s current indoor sports centre located on its Southern Campus dates from the 1960’s and is no longer capable of supporting the range or quality ofProject Southern Campus spaces required to deliver the College’s sporting programme.Masterplan & Capital Projects The College launched an invited competition to masterplan the whole of theLocation Winchester, Hampshire Southern Campus which Design Engine won in 2015. The task was to not only to create a phased development strategy for a new sports facility to ensure that existingConstruction value £35 million sports facilities could continue during replacement works, but also to address aTBC number of other capital project requirements within a single holistic masterplan solution.Floor area 10,500 sqm This included a new sanatorium, design and technology centre, support servicesContract form Traditional building, works department and masters houses. The site is in a Conservation Area and is a particularly sensitive part of Winchester, given the proximity of the ItchenAppointed 2015 Valley, so a key consideration has been the physical impact of the large-volume buildings such as the sports hall, whilst ensuring that architecturally the buildings areCompleted August 2019 sensitive to their remaining neighbours.Client contact Simeon Cox The planning application for this major project was submitted in December 2016. Work is due to commence on site in Summer 2018.Services provided by DEAArchitecture, Masterplannig,Interior Design, CADESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS | 54
View from Kingsgate parkDESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS | 55 The new sanatorium Staff residences on Kingsgate Road
Illustration of the Southern Campus showing connections to the historic school and cityDESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS | 56
Site models prepared for school and public consultationsDESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS | 57
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Design Engine Architects Limited The Studios Coker Close Winchester Hants SO22 5AE T. (01962) 890111 E. [email protected] W. www.designengine.co.ukDESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS | 59
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