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Refurbishment of Old Etonian Site 36-40 High Street RIBA Stage 1 Feasibility Study An Expression of Interest Prepared by Design Engine Architects with Buro Happold January 2021

Contents Forward 1 Forward Thank you for inviting us to submit an Expression of Interest for the 2 Introduction Old Etonian site in the High Street. I hope this document provides you with sufficient information and confidence that our team at Design Design Engine Architects and Buro Happold Engineers Engine Architects supported by Buro Happold is capable of 3 Our Team exceeding your expectations; for that is always our ambition for our 4 Buro Happold CV’s Clients. We would be delighted to offer some references from other 5-6 Design Engine CV’s independent schools should those be required. 7-8 Case Study 1 We are considered experts in the field of education and problem Downe House School, Cold Ash solvers in the imaginative remodelling of listed and locally listed 9-10 Case Study 2 buildings and those in specially designated areas. Limited examples of our experience are covered in this submission, but it is important to Camden Mill, Bath state that we begin each new commission with a blank canvas. We 11-14 Relevant Projects - Possible Ingredients of Your Project enjoy getting to know our Clients, understanding the particular personality of each institution and responding thoughtfully and Appendices creatively to your particular aspirations. This is especially the case in Cost Pro-Forma the independent school sector, where each is unique and we Form of Tender consider it a privilege to be working with these minds and continuing the historic work of former architects and planners. 1 In this short document, we have endeavoured to cover some of what we consider the essential ingredients of your project: sensitivity of historic buildings and settings, creative re-purposing, and designing for the expectations of 21C student accommodation generally. There are many options for re-use to consider and we would look forward to understanding and testing your particular requirements. Uppermost in our thinking is the welfare and wellbeing of students and staff. We have recently completed the first Gold Standard WELL Certified building for University of Winchester - the West Downs Centre. This project reaches out to the community as well as providing first-class research, teaching and learning environments - both inside and out. Also central to our work is a responsible attitude to the environment and sustainability in its widest sense, and some of our most rewarding work has come through working with our fellow consultants to breath new life into historic buildings and the fusion of new and old. Richard Rose-Casemore RIBA, Founding Director, Design Engine Architects

Introduction Design Engine Architects Buro Happold Design Engine Architects is a Private Limited Company, formed in Buro Happold is a global multi-disciplinary company, but with a 2000. Our projects are designed and delivered from our local office culture. In this instance, we propose to work with the Winchester, London and Exeter studios by a dedicated team who Bath office, with whom Design Engine have enjoyed a long and offer a first-class quality driven service to our clients. The practice successful collaboration. The firm has an existing relationship with has a wealth of experience working on new buildings but also Harrow School and we would benefit from that experience. within sensitive historic settings and with construction budgets ranging from £0.5 million to £150 million in value. Design Engine's A Serious Approach to Sustainable Design work holds the synthesis of high quality design and sustainability as For both companies, sustainable design is fundamental to our a core value. Many completed projects have been honoured with ethos and this starts with adopting sound first principles of passive awards, including RIBA Awards, RIBA International Award, the design. It is this approach that has led to our projects receiving LEAF (Leading European Architects Forum) Sustainability Award awards for sustainable and energy efficient design, with the most and numerous Civic Trust, RTPI and BCI awards and recent projects gaining an A-Rating for energy in use. commendations. The Practice has received over 50 Design Awards on behalf of its clients since 2001. Design by Dialogue We like to develop our designs through close dialogue with all project stakeholders. This is a key part of our service and is never a time-limited exercise. We consider that the client briefing process is a key part of relationship-building and consequently Design Engine invests significantly in this aspect of its service. Stakeholder Engagement and Communication Independent Schools projects designed by Design Engine We appreciate that projects have different types of stakeholder as Lead Consultant (with Buro Happold *) engagement at various stages of the process. We are careful to produce appropriate and inclusive material, so that each group is Winchester College able to contribute fully to decision-making. We also realise that 2D Berkhamsted School plans are not accessible to everyone, so we commit to 3D forms of Canford School communication in the form of physical and computer models. Charterhouse School Downe House School * Working with Historic Buildings Prince’s Mead School We have a reputation for working sensitively and creatively inside Stowe School * and around historic buildings, especially listed ones. At the Old Radley College Etonian site, there is a need to make clear decisions on the degree Twyford School of retention and remodelling, complemented perhaps by Les Beaucamps School, Guernsey (SED) * harmonious new build - without pastiche in the interests of Le Mar de Carteret School, Guernsey (SED) * longevity. Quality Management and Environmental Management Systems We are ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 accredited. This means that we have achieved, and are annually audited for, quality control of our design and delivery, as well as our environmental credentials. The positive affect this has on our service is quantifiable. 2

Our Team CLIENT TEAM If successful in this bid, the project will be led by David Gausden, a Director of Design Engine with an expertise in schools (Stowe, Les Client Body Beaucamps, Twyford) and historic buildings. His counterparts at Buro Happold will be Claire Smith and Ian Taverner with structure WS Head of Capital and MEP respectively, although the latters’ input in Stage 1 will be Projects limited to project oversight and review. DELIVERY TEAM PM G&T Our medium-sized practice crucially allows us to have a ‘director- QS led’ approach, where directors remain actively involved Design Engine Architects Team Cost Consultant Buro Happold Team throughout the lifetime of the project. On every live project, we Lead Consultant MEP, Structural Consultants have a ‘Review Director’ system, where a second director keeps in close contact with the project. Richard Rose-Casemore will Finance Review RRC DG Project Director CS Project Director perform this role, bringing his experience in design and IT Director RJ Project Engineer stakeholder engagement gained in the development and delivery Admin Civil / Structural Eng of other independent school commissions. Support Team (Inc) Associate MC The Design Engine team will include Associate Richard James (Radley, Winchester College), who will structure the project and Project Architect RE IT Project Director we propose Rob Ellis as Project Architect (Winchester College), Env /MEP Eng supported by Jessica Tubb (Canford and Berkhamsted Schools). Assistant Arch JT JH Project Engineer Buro Happold will provide civils, structural, MEP and environmental expertise as required. Project Engineers will be Matthew Caldwell (Stowe with DE) and John Humphries (Downe House and Le Mar de Carteret with DE). Supporting the whole design team is a group of committed individuals, described in this structure diagram. CV’s of the key personnel follow. DELIVERY TEAM Landscape Specialists Available In-House (not in bid) Geotechnic Traffic Historic Buildings Acoustic Lighting Interior Designer 3

SPECIALISM Matthew Caldwell MEng (Hons) CEng MIStructE POSITION John Humphries MEng (Hons) CEng MIMechE Structural Engineering Associate Matt is an Associate Engineer in the Structures Group at Buro Happold’s Bath office and has John is a Chartered Engineer specialising in building services, energy and sustainable development. POSITION experience on a range of projects and sectors. He has been working as a Structural and Design SPECIALISM Since graduating with a Masters Degree in Mechanical Engineering he has gained 13 years industry Associate Engineer since 2004 on a wide range of structurally and architecturally demanding building projects Building Services Engineering experience and become a Member of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers. He has maintained including community, commercial, residential, educational, stadia and high specification private (MEP) a professional interest in the energy efficiency of buildings and gained experience on a range of QUALIFICATIONS dwellings. projects, from concept to completion and verification in use. His experience is predominantly from MEng (1st Class Honours) Civil QUALIFICATIONS work in UK consultancies but he has also gained experience working with a leading Australian and Architectural Engineering His portfolio includes design in a diverse range of materials including weathering steel, timber and MEng (Hons) CEng energy services company. He is adept at building physics, HVAC design and site delivery, and has University of Bath 1999-2003 structural glass along with the more common engineering materials. Many projects have included had demonstrable project success working in leadership roles on both uni and multi- disciplinary combinations of a number of these materials at once and have therefore required careful and MEMBERSHIPS projects. His friendly demeanour, technical ability and reliability have enabled him to establish MEMBERSHIPS informed detailing in order to combine efficient structural performance with visually attractive Member of the Institute of strong professional relationships. Chartered Engineer (CEng) exposed joints. Mechanical Engineers Member of the Institution of Key Project Information Structural Engineers (MIStructE) Further areas of expertise include historic buildings, timber design, footbridges, tension structures, BURO HAPPOLD feature stairs, art installations and sculptures. Matt is part of a small team promoting and enhancing 2014 - present Downe House School Learning Resource Centre, Newbury (with Design Engine) BUROHAPPOLD the use of Engineered Timber solutions within Buro Happold. Matt has collaborated with a number 2014 - present of the global Buro Happold offices, including spending time on secondment in the Copenhagen John represented Buro Happold MEP at interview to ultimately secure appointment for office in 2018. multidiscipline services including structural, civil, ground engineering, acoustics and building physics. John led the Buro Happold team and acted as key point of contact for the client and Key projects include external team. The three-storey development at this independent girls’ boarding school includes a new library, multi-purpose auditorium, teaching spaces, cafe, shop, resources hub and offices.  The Stowe School DT Centre, Buckingham (with Design Engine) building plays a central role at Downe House, both in terms of the learning space that it provides and as a focal building in the wider context of the school campus. Matt worked as Project Leader overseeing Buro Happold’s multi-disciplinary design team from concept stage onwards, as well as Job Leader for Structural design. The design required close La Mare De Carteret School, Guernsey (with Design Engine) integration of engineering disciplines as well as with the Design Engine Architects in order to deliver appropriate and efficient design on this sensitive and historic site. This project was part of the final phase of the States of Guernsey “Education Development Plan Programme 1” for the renewal of all the Island’s secondary high schools, post-16 and special Orchard Farm, Slough education facilities. The brief was to build a replacement co-educational secondary high school and primary school with designated units for pre-school, autistic spectrum and community use, on Matt was Job Leader for intricate modifications to a large historic farmhouse. The building had been a coastal site which currently accommodates the high school and primary school buildings. New extended and modified in the past leaving a structural system that was complex to decipher and to indoor and outdoor sports and community facilities will also be provided on the site. Buro Happold safely modify. The existing timber roof structure was also required to be modified to allow the roof- are providing building services, structural and civil engineering for the project. John led the MEP space to be occupied. Careful investigation and practical detailing, backed up by rigorous analysis team. allowed all the required modifications to be made by a small contractor and to a tight programme. Harrow School Sports and Science Buildings, Middlesex, UK Natural History Museum Plant Re-fit Evaluation, London A total of seven schools in Harrow are being rebuilt or refurbished as part of the £2.4 billion Matt worked as part of a multi-disciplinary team to evaluate and deliver upgrades to roof-top and priority school building programme. Buro Happold have been appointed to the framework for internal plant provision within and existing operational building. the projects and have started multidisciplinary design work for a new sports centre and chemistry and biology building on the existing site at Harrow School. The new school buildings will be Various Historic Building Modifications served from a common ‘Energy Centre’ located below the science building in a newly formed under croft plantroom. The Environmental strategy for the project is aiming to utilise natural Matt has been Job Leader for modifications to a long series of existing and historic building ventilation wherever possible, and will include an air source heat pump system, solar hot water structures. This includes many public houses and hotels for Wadworth as well as high-specification heating panels, solar photovoltaic panels, LED light fittings and smart metering technologies private dwellings. Most of the buildings were of brick and stone masonry construction with to accurately monitor all energy consumption throughout the school. The project is aiming to traditional timbered roofs and floors. Many had also seen a series of modifications in the past achieve a CO2 reduction for the campus in excess of 25%. John was the Mechanical Engineer on the leaving complex and indistinct structural systems. Careful review of the existing structural systems project team. and elements was essential to facilitate the required architectural modifications. In all instances a practical and considered approach was required in order to arrive at a solution that was both economic and practical to construct. Copyright © 1976-2021 Buro Happold. All rights reserved Copyright © 1976-2021 Buro Happold. All rights reserved 4

Richard Rose-Casemore RIBA David Gausden RIBA Review Director Director EDUCATION SUMMARY CV EDUCATION SUMMARY CV 1988-1989 Richard is a co-founder of Design Engine and, with his fellow directors, 1987-1989 David studied architecture at Canterbury College Of Art and the Kent Professional Management is responsible for the design direction and culture of the practice. He Kent Institute of Art & Institute of Art and Design. Prior to joining Design Engine in 2003, he in Architecture RIBA Pt3 enjoys working in all sectors and at all scales: from masterplanning to Design Diploma in worked for Pentagram Design Ltd, Apicella Associates, MacCormac (Distinction) interior design, with architecture at the centre. Before creating Design Architecture RIBA Pt2 Jamieson Prichard, and the London and Hong Kong offices of Terry Engine, he previously worked for Rogers Stirk Harbour and ORMS and (Distinction). Farrell and Partners. 1985-1987 has been the recipient of numerous RIBA and Civic Trust Awards during University of Plymouth 30 years of practice - also receiving the Stephen Lawrence Prize for his 1983-1986 He shares a passion for excellent design, and a faith in its ability to Diploma in Architecture own house in Winchester at the 2001 Stirling Prize celebrations. Canterbury College of Art elegantly solve important issues and enrich our environment. RIBA Pt2 (Distinction) Degree in Architecture Exploring these possibilities through drawing and model making are Richard leads the work associated with Oxford Colleges, and has RIBA Pt1 key to his approach within the studio and working with clients. 1981-1984 experience with Nuffield, St Peter’s and St Hilda’s. University of Plymouth David has an expertise in education within primary, secondary and Degree in Architecture He also has a particular passion for teaching and led a post-graduate University sectors. Projects include St Hilda’s College, La Mare De RIBA Pt1 studio at Oxford Brookes University School of Architecture between Carteret Schools and Les Beaucamps High School In Guernsey and 1995 and 2010. Richard continues to act as a visiting critic at OBU, The Student Centre, St Alphege Building, Winton Chapel and The Bath, Bartlett, Portsmouth, Brighton and Plymouth Schools. Richard has Performing Arts Studios for the University Of Winchester. taught Professional Practice at the Architectural Association, and has been an external examiner at the UCL Bartlett and Portsmouth Schools. David is a Member of The Coastal West Sussex Design Panel, and The Jersey Commission Design Panel. He is a visiting architectural tutor He is currently a Fellow of Royal Society of Arts, a Visiting Fellow of and leads the RIBA student mentor program in the studio. Oxford Brookes University, a Member of the Chartered Society of Designers, and sits on the RIBA Validation Board. He was CABE Representative for SE England for five years and now chairs or sits on various Design Review Panels and the HEDQF. SKILLS RELEVANT EXPERIENCE SKILLS RELEVANT EXPERIENCE • Architecture Perrodo Building, St Peter’s College, Oxford • Architecture Stowe School, Design & Technology Centre • Masterplanning Director responsible for Chavasse and Hanington Quads, the • Client Liaison Director responsible for the design and strategic delivery of a new • Sustainable Design refurbishment of the ground floor of the listed Chavasse Building and • Interior Design state of the art facility in the beautiful Capability Brown setting. • Interior Design a new building on the Chavasse Quad. • Exhibition Design • Strategic Delivery • Product Design La Mare de Carteret Schools, Guernsey • Practice Management St Hilda’s College, Oxford • Mobile Structures Director responsible for the design of the new high school, primary • Client Design Advisor Review Director responsible for the design and strategic delivery of • Master-planning school and sports facilities. Planning permission has been awarded. • Design Review new student accommodation and Principal’s Lodgings. • Sustainable Design • Teaching • Project Delivery Warsash Maritime Academy - Solent University Castle Hill House, St Peter’s College, Oxford New training facility including Helicopter underwater escape training 5 Director responsible for the new student accommodation and pool, Fire training, First aid, Ships hand etc. communal facilities adjacent to Grade 1 Listed Canal House. 5

Robert Ellis RIBA Jessica Tubb RIBA Project Architect Architect SUMMARY CV SUMMARY CV Robert is a qualified Architect and has worked at Design Engine since Jessica first joined Design Engine as a Part 1 Architectural Assistant in 2019. He is currently responsible for the ‘Campus Presence Project’ 2013 and has recently qualified having graduated with a Distinction in for University of Plymouth, which focuses on improving the holistic her Masters of Architecture from Oxford Brookes University. teaching and learning environment for staff, students and visitors. EDUCATION Robert is but is also part of the architectural team delivering the EDUCATION During her time at Design Engine she has been involved in a number Southern Campus Masterplan for Winchester College, which includes of projects including Charterhouse School’s Science and Mathematics 2014-2015 a new sports centre, the refurbishment and extension of the design 2020 Centre and Canford School Library, on which she is Project Architect. University of Westminster technology faculty, and a support services department. University of Westminster Post-Graduate Diploma Post-Graduate Diploma Her final design project ‘The Cartography of Self’ drew connections Architectural Studies RIBA Prior to working at Design Engine Robert was an architect at Stephen Architectural Studies between architecture and Psychology.In identifying the ambiguous Pt3 Davy Peter Smith Architects with responsibility for the development of RIBA Pt3 underlying mechanisms and surface features of three expressions of a mixed use office and residential building in Lambeth to stage 3, and madness; delusion, dissociation and hallucination it attempted to 2009-2012 an apartment development in Ealing to stage 5 under a traditional 2016-18 construct a landscape for the less rational ‘self’ on the mysterious and University of Cardiff tender. Experience was also gained leading a number of mixed retail Oxford Brookes University uninhabited island of Es Vedrà, Ibiza. Jess also has a keen interest in the Master of Architecture and residential projects to stage 3. School of Architecture evolution of the 21st century city and the effect regeneration can have RIBA Pt2 Master of Architecture on its cultural and historical identity. She achieved a first for her Robert gained experience in Urban Design project managing precinct RIBA Pt2 dissertation during Undergraduate, which focused on the transition of 2006-2009 plans and urban design reviews for private and public sector clients Southampton’s waterfront and how its future master plan could University of Cardiff BSc whilst working for Studio GL in Sydney. 2012-15 provide the opportunity to re-build the city’s fractured urbanity. Architectural Studies RIBA Oxford Brookes University Pt1 Robert has a keen interest in local identity and how this can be School of Architecture reflected and interpreted in contemporary architectural forms; his Degree in Architecture thesis project at the University of Cardiff explored identity and RIBA Pt2 RIBA Pt1 legibility in the coastal townscape and was awarded a commendation SKILLS RELEVANT EXPERIENCE SKILLS RELEVANT EXPERIENCE • Urban Design Winchester College Southern Campus Masterplan • Architecture Canford School Library • Project Management Architect undertaking detailed design and coordination during stage • Masterplanning Project Architect for this £3.1m important project for the School, • Conceptual Design 5 of the delivery of a new sports centre, the refurbishment and • Client Consultation which involves both remodelling a listed building and new build. • Architecture extension of the design technology department, and a support • Sustainable Design • Graphic Design services department. • Project Delivery Berkhamsted School, Sixth Form centre, Administrative • Hand Sketching • Research & buildings, Drama studios and Multi-Use Hall University of Plymouth, Campus Presence Project Part of the team responsible for the stakeholder engagement, brief Project Architect responsible for the design and delivery of this Development development, design and delivery, of new teaching, study and admin campus-wide improvement project. facilities for a series of buildings and refurbishments forming the first phase of works within a longer term Masterplan on a heritage campus. 6

Case Study 1 Downe House School (with Buro Happold) Project Murray Centre This project was won in invited competition in 2015, and represents a new centrepiece for the School at the heart of its woodland campus in Cold Ash. Location Downe House School, Cold Ash, Thatcham Originally, as with the Old Etonian site, the School had several ideas for the building’s ultimate use, but the accommodation now consists of a Description Welcome foyer, cafe, welcome foyer and cafe for parents, students and staff; a multi-purpose library, 6th Form Hub, offices, multi- lecture theatre; library; offices and 6th Form Hub. The Centre was purpose theatre specifically designed as a ‘stepping stone’ from school to university, and it offers a mature environment with flexible space for highly adaptable use. Standard BREEAM Very Good The scheme evolved through a close briefing process with the various Downe Contract Traditional JCT House stakeholders to ensure a facility was delivered which the School and its governors can be proud of. Construction value £6 million Murray centre shown in setting, left Appointed 2015 View down from gallery to foyer space, right Multi-purpose theatre, below Completion 2018 Client contact Emma McKendrick, Head 7

Foyer with cafe, above Social learning and library break-out spaces, below Entrance at dusk, right 8

Case Study 2 Camden Mill (with Buro Happold) Project Listed Mill Remodelling This project involved the internal remodelling of a listed mill on the River Avon; the Bath HQ of Buro Happold. Location Bath The design turned a series of dark, low spaces into a light-filled Description Conversion of listed generous reception area with glass-fronted meeting rooms. A mill building to reception, meeting ‘knowledge cafe’ with terrace, library, break-out working and social rooms, cafe, library and Knowledge spaces is located adjacent to the reception, for use of visitors and Centre for Buro Happold doubling-up as a public venue for events and lectures. Contract Traditional The project involved stripping the building back to its original fabric, the creation of new structural openings and the introduction of discreet new Construction value c£1m services. Appointed 2008 This is the third collaboration between Design Engine and Buro Happold on the latter’s offices, which includes their Leeds and London studios. Completion 2010 Camden Mill, left below Client contact Neil Squibbs, CEO New meeting rooms overlooking entrance Services provided by DEA void with Knowledge Cafe over, below Architecture, Interior Design, Lead Designer New reception, welcome and waiting area, right View from river of proposed Principal’s Lodgings. 9

Glass fronted meeting rooms overlooking new entrance void with cleaned stonework a feature, above left Knowledge cafe, left New large structural openings ands new stair connecting all front of house areas, right 10

Relevant Completed Projects Cafe Restaurant and B&B All Design Engine Projects The Fox Restaurant, Hursley Restoration, remodelling and extension of Grade ll Listed pub Arts University Bournemouth New cafe inside Photography Building, 11

Deli and Cafe Catering All Design Engine Projects Oxford Brookes University Deli, cafe and main restaurant inside JHBB University of Winchester Food Hall, left. Terrace cafe, below 12

Working With Listed Buildings Welcome Point / Reception All Design Engine Projects Charterhouse Newman Street, London New STEM Building, involving new build and Buro Happold London office reception, above conversion of existing Grade ll Listed buildings, above Arts University Bournemouth New Student Services reception, left St Peter’s College, Oxford Grade ll Listed Chavasse Building converted to a Oxford Brookes University series of teaching and seminar suites as part of Main reception inside new JHBB , below Hubert Perrodo Project, left and below 13

Wellbeing Accommodation All Design Engine Projects Arts University Bournemouth St Peter’s College Oxford, Room typologies for Client stakeholder consultation, above Counselling Suite, above Arts University Bournemouth, Study bedrooms below (completed September 2020) Downe House school Murray Centre - variety of social learning and break- out spaces, below 14

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