CharterhouseNew Boarding Houses DESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS \ JAN 2018 An Expression of Interest
Contents 1 Our experience of working in schools and boarding houses 2 Details of the people who will deliver the project 3 Initial thoughts on the programme 4 Initial thoughts on the construction budget 5 Initial thoughts on the design of a boarding house at Charterhouse 6 Challenges and opportunities 7 Fees and refereesDESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS | 1
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Charterhouse SchoolExperienceWe are often asked when submitting for new work how many similar projects has our Whilst we have a portfolio of HE student residential schemes, we acknowledge that ourpracticed delivered in the past? experience in delivering new boarding houses is limited. However, we have considerable experience in working within the Independent School sector and obviously have recentlyIn some instances we can show examples of the appropriate buildings, but in most cases, completed your new boarding house, Fletcherites. We would be cautious about the benefitsover the last 18 years, we have to be honest and say that we have no direct experience in that of this experience in the context of delivering these two new boarding houses as describedspecific typology. We understand why a client would like reassurance over the capabilities of within your letter. Whilst we are sure that there are elements within Fletcherites that might bethe architect and to some extent can see the benefit of the learnt knowledge from previous useful to explore in the new project we are aware that that project was delivered at a veryexperience. However, this is not necessarily a guarantee of success. different point in the School’s recent history. We would therefore prefer to start this project by openly discussing with the school and key stakeholders how a new boarding houseOver the last 18 years our practice has been commissioned and completed numerous should look, feel and work. We have some initial observations about this later in the reportprojects which have been completely unique to us and yet in every case have received but these are only included to ‘start the ball rolling’.extensive praise from our clients and gone on to win major national and internationalarchitectural awards. These projects have included the New British Embassy in Yemen, We are also aware that the school has recently undertaken a series of visits to otherClocktower Court for Radley College, The University Centre at Winchester, Les Beaucamps Independent Schools to understand current thinking in boarding houses and we would ( ifHigh School in Guernsey and the John Henry Brookes Building for Oxford Brookes successful) encourage this process further to help build a collective database of what hasUniversity - most of which are featured later in this submission. worked and what has not. You also have your own extensive experience with your existing boarding houses to draw on.We believe the key to their success has been our practices commitment to the process ofworking with our clients to ensure that the we have developed a robust brief coupled with We are also aware from working with other Independent Schools that the form and layout ofour passion for delivering architecture which responds to its context, is environmentally boarding houses is under increasing scrutiny to ensure that the new buildings meet theresponsible and within the client’s budget. changing and increasing demands of pastoral care and child protection, to mention just two considerations.DESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS | 3
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Practice Profile A brief insight into who we are and how we work.DESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS | 5
• Established as a Private Ltd Company in 2001.• 40 People in our Winchester Studio.• London studio opens January 2018.• 50 + Awards.• 14 RIBA Awards.• Majority of projects in the education sector, particularly the Independent School Sector and Further and Higher Education.• Significant Master Planning/architectural experience in historically important environments. DESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS | 6
PRACTICE PROFILE“ Design Engine Architects are a very professional and dedicated company. The Directors and staff are very competent and really do consider the client’s needs. Some architectural practices are only interested in the design (and what the design can do for their practice). Design Engine really do want the client to have a building they can afford to own as well as one that delights them.” Kerry Hutchings Head of Major Projects, Foreign and Commonwealth OfficeDesign Engine Architects The following activities characterise the practice’s approach to Team approachRichard Rose-Casemore, Richard Jobson and Rodney Graham all projects: Design Engine likes to work closely with its client and consultantformed Design Engine Architects as a Private Limited Company in team alike and to date have enjoyed long-term and fulfillingDecember 2001. Site analysis working relationships with the many clients and professionals we We undertake very careful analysis of the site which we use to lead have encountered.Design Engine's projects are currently designed and delivered us to the development of potential site-specific concepts arisingfrom its Winchester studios by a dedicated team of staff who offer a from the brief. Design Communicationfirst-class quality driven service to its clients. The practice has a In addition to the production of drawings and CGI’s, a uniquenesswealth of experience working on new buildings but also within Design by dialogue of the practice is the use of physical models (produced in-house)sensitive historic settings and with construction budgets ranging We like to develop our designs through close dialogue with all to explore and explain a project. These are valuable tools whenfrom £0.5 million - £85 million in value. project stakeholders. This is a key part of our service and is never a describing ideas to user groups and stakeholders, as they bring a time-limited exercise. We consider that the client briefing process clarity to a proposal that drawings sometimes cannot.Design Engine's work holds the synthesis of high quality design is a key part of the relationship-building process and consequentlyand sustainability as a core value. Many completed projects have Design Engine invests significantly in this aspect of its service. Lessons learntbeen honored with awards, including RIBA Stirling Mid-list, an Design Engine considers the delivery of a building to be a journeyRIBA International Award, the LEAF (Leading European Architects Director-led Designs for all parties concerned and the practice considers it vital thatForum) Sustainability Award and numerous RIBA, Civic Trust, RTPI Design Engine projects are always director-led from inception to once it is completed an opportunity is made to reflect on theand BCI awards and commendations. completion. Richard Jobson will be the director who would lead positive and negative outcomes of the project, in order to this commission. continuously improve its service.The Practice has received 50 Design Awards since 2001. Currentlythe practice employs 40 people which includes 24 qualified Award-winning delivery Modelsarchitects, 10 assistant architects, 1 Interior Designer and 1 Graphic The practice prides itself on the delivery. As much investment is In addition to the production of drawings and CGI’s, a uniquenessDesigner. given to the process of technical design, production information of the practice is the sheer number of physical models that we and contract administration as is given to client briefing, scheme produce to explore and explain a project. Models are alwaysThe practice opened a London studio in January 2018. design delivery and the making of planning applications. Design supplemented by drawings and CGI’s which are produced in- Engine’s staff receive the best training possible in order to deliver house by our highly skilled team. outstanding projects for its clients.DESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS | 7
PRACTICE PROFILEStakeholder EngagementDesign by dialogueWe enjoy the process of sharing the design journey with the client body, and value theircontribution towards the emerging proposals. Feedback is recorded and reviewed by thedesign team.We invest time in preparing presentations, drawings and models tailored for specificaudiences. Communicating our ideas clearly through three-dimensional physical models, aswell as computer generated models (CGIs) makes this process efficient and focused.Client workshop Charterhouse School Arts and Design Technology - adjacencies modelDESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS | 8
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PRACTICE PROFILEClient CareKey External Stakeholder Engagement the backdrop of statutory matters such as planning/listed buildingsWorking in the realm of Independent Schools is of enormous applications procedures and any statutory notice periods etc.significance to us, since it affords us an opportunity to exercise oneof our passions for combining modern, sustainable architecture The role of the design team and in particular the architect is towithin the context of renowned education environments; which support the engagement process with the necessary material toare often steeped in history and tradition and which therefore often enable presentations and face to face consultation to occur, as wellconsist of interesting and sometimes challenging heritage asset. as being involved in the presentation/consultation events in person. Very often we will provide physical models of a proposal asFrom this unique position we have been fortunate to develop new these are very often the most easily understood medium.architectural strategies and responses that are both respectful ofthe place but which are driven by progressive thinking about the We are well experienced in the consultation process itself and withclient’s future needs and aspirations. managing feedback and resistance that might arise during the engagement cycle so that the ambitions of the process can beA key to the success of a project in this type of environment is how achieved through a process of sensitive negotiation.the designs are supported by key external stakeholders such as theLocal Authority Planning and Conservation Officers, Client Carerepresentatives of Historic England and local community bodies We pride ourselves on our approach to our work, in particular howand/or pressure groups. 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 theAs with all external consultation, we work with the client to hard work, we recognise the enormous insight and expertise thatdevelop a carefully considered strategy of engagement which is the client can bring to the design process. For us the key toprogrammed to work well with the key milestones identified for the understanding the client’s brief is to understand the approach toproject. This ensures that the time-periods for consideration and education and pastoral care, the long-term vision and values of theresponse arising through the consultation process are dovetailed institution and the constitutional arrangements in respect of howwith the clients own expectations of progressing the designs with decisions need to be made by the client body. We will often need to consult directly with senior client-users who are responsible forDESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS | 10 specific aspects of the schools operation.
PRACTICE PROFILEIndependent SchoolsThe Education Sector • Charterhouse : Fletcherites Boarding House (completed)We are an architectural practice which has wide experience in the • Charterhouse : Sports Centre Extension and Sports Pavilion (planning obtained)educational sector; principally in the realm of primary, secondary • Charterhouse : New Dining Extension (completed)and higher education. The focus of our school work is in the • Charterhouse : New Science and Mathematics Centre (under construction)private independent sector, as well as a long-standing relationship • Radley College : Clocktower Court: Social Centre, History & Politics Faculty, Art Gallery, Design Technology Reception, Cafe (completed)with the States of Guernsey Education Department where we are • Winchester College : Southern Campus Masterplan: Sports Centre, Design Technology, Sanatorium, Support Services, Works Dept. anddelivering bespoke projects within their secondary schoolreplacement programme. Housing (current) • Stowe School : Craft design and technology building (current)Recently completed and current projects in the independent • Berkhamstead School : Masterplan and New 6th Form Centre (current)school/college sector (and for the States of Guernsey) include: • Prince’s Mead School : Masterplan and New Teaching/Dining/Theatre Building (current) • Downe House School : New Learning Centre (under construction) • Twyford School : Masterplan including New boarding House and Junior School (current) • Les Beaucamps School : States of Guernsey Education Department (completed) • La Mare de Carteret School : States of Guernsey Education Department (current)DESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS | 11
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Education Experience A Selection of our Education sector projects.DESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS | 13
EDUCATION EXPERIENCE Les Beaucamps High SchoolPROJECT DETAILS PROJECT SUMMARYClient The States Of Guernsey Commissioned by the States Of Guernsey Education Department, Les Beaucamps control of environments for management, teaching and wellbeing as well as theEducation Department school is not an independent school. However with smaller class sizes and a wide obvious environmental benefits of natural light, natural ventilation and protected curriculum offer, in a number of ways it mirrors the Independent Sector. space. As well as providing excellent teaching rooms, particular attention was givenProject Les Beaucamps High to the external areas between buildings, circulation and social space.School Design Engine were selected in 2003 to join the States of Guernsey’s new In addition to the school building, which is located on the sloping site overlooking framework of architects to deliver their new schools and colleges replacement spectacular sea views of Cobo Bay to the West. A separate sports building to theLocation Guernsey programme. Les Beaucamps School represents the first of two major school East, includes a swimming pool, sports hall and gymnasium. The two buildings are replacements by Design Engine (the second one being La Mare de Carteret, which connected by a covered link and sit either side of the sports pitches and a centralConstruction value 30 million is currently at RIBA Stage 3). Multi-Use Games Area. The project was split into two construction phases, the School Building and the Sports Building.Floor area 8650 sqm A key challenge to the design team was the need to deliver the school whilst maintaining the existing school in a fully operational state. The project was split into Attention has been paid to the overall design of the building to minimise energyContract form Design & Build two phases. Phase One saw the construction of the main teaching spaces and consumption and improve the internal environment within the school. This has been demolition of the original school and Phase Two delivered the new sports centre achieved through the following design principles:Appointed 2003 and external landscaping over the footprint of the original buildings. • Natural ventilationCompleted August 2012 The sloping site was also a challenge but presented an opportunity to create linked • Thermal mass courtyard spaces, developed to give protection from the extremes of the coastal • Natural daylightingClient contact Ashley Dupre, environment which the school looks over. In addition to winning an RIBA Award in • Air source heat pumpsHead of EDP Projects 2013 and a Civic Trust Award in 2014 the client was also awarded RIBA Client of the • Solar hot water heating Year in 2013. • Heat recovery Rainwater collectionServices provided by DEA • Promotion of cyclingArchitecture, Masterplanning, The Brief • Awareness of energy useInterior Design The States Education Department’s brief was to provide a teaching environment for 660 students on a site where the existing school building had to remain in operationAwards RIBA Client Of The Year during construction. Educationally, a courtyard arrangement was briefed to giveAward 2013, RIBA Regional 2013, benefits including a safe inclusive environment, subliminal way-finding, betterCivic Trust Award 2014, GuernseyDesign Award 2014DESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS | 14
“ 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 2013Central courtyard looking towards the seaDESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS | 15
Sectional model - by Design EngineSports hall and swimming poolDESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS | 16
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EDUCATION EXPERIENCE Charterhouse School Science & MathematicsPROJECT DETAILS PROJECT SUMMARYClient Charterhouse School Following our original competition win in 2010, the updated scheme for the newProject Science & Mathermatics Charterhouse Science and Mathematics Centre was submitted for planningLocation Godalming, Surrey approval in October 2015. The School’s aim is to provide pupils with the bestConstruction value £5.7 million facilities of any school in the UK and revolutionise the way these subjects areFloor area 1800 sqm taught at Charterhouse.Contract form TraditionalAppointed 2010 The site lies towards the North Eastern edge of the campus. Characterised by theCompleted (On site) historic architecture and setting, the buildings here are predominately GothicClient contact Emma Humphreys, Revival / Neo-Gothic in nature, dating back to the late 19th and early 20thEstate Bursar Centuries. Our scheme, featuring three steeply pitched roofs, representing the 6Services provided by DEA Chemistry Labs below, creates a subtle but important architectural link betweenArchitecture, Lead Designer, the original campus which is heavily reliant on these forms, largely designed byInterior Design, Principal Designer the Architect Philip Charles Hardwick. Not only does this roof articulate a building form which is contextually appropriate, but also provides a focal point to the vista from the primary entrance to the school on Prince’s Drive, as well as providing the appropriate form to deal with the internal and functional requirements of the Chemistry Labs within. New courtyardDESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS | 18
Development modelSketch of new Science and Mathematics Centre from entrance driveDESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS | 19
EDUCATION EXPERIENCE Charterhouse School DiningPROJECT DETAILS PROJECT SUMMARYClient Charterhouse In recent years Charterhouse has offered a Day House, ‘Fletcherites’, for non- Design Engine was commissioned by Charterhouse School following an invitedProject Dining boarding sixth form girls and boys. This has meant that the current new Central competition with five other practices.Location Godalming, Surrey Dining Rooms are insufficient in size and layout and needed extending to meet the current need. The concept behind the building is driven by observing a close hierarchy between the striking existing dining rooms’ roof form and the open and attractive nature of theConstruction value £600,000 The only available site for development was to the south of the existing dining rooms greenbelt site. The new roof geometry served as a creative element of the projectFloor area 300 sqm where there was an existing hard landscaped area (a former reflecting pool). The but was also a deliberate echo of the architectural roof play of the existing building,Contract form Traditional site is close to existing boarding houses and sits within a classified greenbelt area of creating a sense of individuality to the space held below. A large central kitchen land. efficiently serves these seven dining rooms. The brief for a new dining hall to serve the new day house had to fit the required number of pupils within the space.Appointed 2008 The planning constraints were such that the visual amenity of the greenbelt was not to be affected by any development on the site. With this in mind the scheme The materials used in the construction of the building are also integral to theCompleted 2010 needed to be sensitive in nature both to its surrounding landscape and the existing concept, using a simple palette of materials to form an external colonnade/covered building to which it adjoined. walkway. This colonnade also provides a sizable overhanging cover providingClient contact Emma Humphreys, natural solar shading to the south façade. Zinc and aluminium cladding are usedEstate Bursar The original 1972 dining rooms were designed by architect Richard Gilbert-Scott, extensively as the external cladding material and draw a distinct line between son of Sir Giles Gilbert-Scott, as part of the construction of the iconic 1970s ‘new existing and new. Larch panels within the curtain walling soften the façade and relateServices provided by DEA houses’ accommodation. The unique design of the original dining hall building is a directly to the open landscape to the south, drawing it in to the building plan.Architecture, Interior Design, Lead result of the long established tradition of pupils being allocated a Housemaster,Designer, Specification Writer which in turn has resulted in each house enjoying its own dining hall. The project was delivered on time within a strict 26-week construction period. The completion of the dining rooms was needed in time for the arrival of the new day boarding pupils. The extensive refurbishment of the original dining rooms was carried out in 2013.DESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS | 20
“ The extension is of great value to the school providing 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 SchoolDESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS | 21
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EDUCATION EXPERIENCE Charterhouse School Queen’s Sports CentrePROJECT DETAILS PROJECT SUMMARYClient Charterhouse School The project involves extension and internal remodeling of the original 1995 Queens The mass of the extension is reduced further by cutting the building back on theProject Sports Sports Centre, to offer new changing rooms, fitness suites, studios, squash courts, western side by offering the roofs of the squash courts as a viewing terrace.Location Godalming, Surrey creche and café. Planning approval has been granted by Waverley Borough Council, along with a new changing pavilion. A diagonal brick and glass wall running North-East to South-West provides the containment to the internal accommodation; effectively turning the existing entranceConstruction value £600,000 The QSC sits at the North West corner of the campus occupying a slightly raised forecourt into internal space.Floor area 300 sqm position over looking the majority of the external sports pitches. The entranceContract form TBC elevation faces South-East and enjoys spectacular views across the Surrey A curving open colonnade is constructed from a series of double pre-cast concrete landscape. columns set approximately 4.5m apart, with each column supporting a single curving pre-cast beam tied back to main facade.Appointed 2008 The project also includes new all weather pitches and a reconfigured parking courts on an adjacent brownfield site. The scale of the proposed extension is sympathetic The colonnade, whilst influenced by the natural curve of the landscape and cricketCompleted (Current) with its unique location as well as responding directly to the height of the existing pitch, also creates a dynamic relationship with diagonal brick facade encouraging QSC and making the best use of the gently sloping site. people to enter the street from either end.Client contact Emma Humphreys,Estate Bursar The colonnade also subtly hides a sloping ground plane, allowing wheelchair users and golf buggies seamless access to the playing fields.Services provided by DEA Careful internal planning has enabled the extension to incorporate four squashArchitecture, Interior Design, Lead courts on the western side of the extension by sinking them into the ground, whilstDesigner, Specification Writer ensuring that the overall height of the extension remains similar to the height of the existing eaves of the QSC.DESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS | 24
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EDUCATION EXPERIENCE Charterhouse School Fletcherites Boarding HousePROJECT DETAILS PROJECT SUMMARYClient Charterhouse Fletcherites comprises a new two-storey building providing boardingProject Fletcherites Boarding accommodation for 37 6th form girls, house tutor and matron’s flat. It is set in theHouse Surrey greenbelt and immediately adjacent to the enigmatic 1960’s boarding houseLocation Godalming, Surrey ‘Hodgsonites’ by Richard Gilbert-Scott, to which it relates.Construction value £2.4 millionFloor area Approx 1100 sqm The West extension provides approximately 1140m2 of new accommodation at aContract form Design & Build budget of approximately £2.4m. This represents 37 en-suite student bed-spacesAppointed March 2014 and supporting accommodation, including two tutor’s maisonettes, student socialCompleted September 2015 space and student walk-in surgery . Completed in September 2015 after a project inception of April 2014, the project was a case study example of a positive working relationship between design-team, client and contractor.Client contact Emma Humphreys, This was necessary in order to overcome the hurdle of the demanding programmeEstate Bursar whilst not sacrificing the quality of the architecture or end product. The project was beset with challenges, including a late change of procurement method, change ofServices provided by DEA preferred contractor and changes to the method of construction six weeks beforeArchitecture, Interior Design, Lead start on site. Designer “This is a beautifully constructed contemporary building View from Hodgsonites with well lit circulation spaces and simple design lines. It has been well received by the school and pupils alike.” Emma Humphreys Estates Bursar, Charterhouse SchoolDESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS | 26
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West extension Fletcherites (Northbrook) Hodgesorites i The views to and from the South elevation of the old house is preserved.Entrance porticoDESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS | 28
NOTE: The contractor is responsible for the checking of all site dimensions and leve checked prior to ordering of any components and before commencement of the wo discrepancies should be brought to the immediate attention of the Contract Adminis KEY: Common Room New External Terrace 1 Refer to 1420-201 for ExisCtionmgmHonouRosoemPlanHouse Master Private Side NOTES 1. To be read in conjunction with GA Sections and Key 1 Area of new hard landscaping Day Room New Soft Landscaping 2 Area of new soft landscaping Day Room 2 Denotes approximate outline of tree to b Refer to Arbroculturist information Denotes building to be removed as part application New External Path 1 Scale Bar 01 5 1420-P301 1420-P303 1420-P303 1420-P303 1420-P301 North Elevation Section CC Section DD Section EE South Elevation 21420-P300 EGL +101.000 East Elevation East Elevation 1420-P300 New External Path 1 Plant Single Room Single Room Single Room Single Room Single Room Section AA 1420-P302 Surgery Buttery EGL +99.800 2 New Soft Landscaping Stair 1 21420-P302 1 Circulation FFL +101.000 Circulation FFL +99.800Incoming Electrical Services IT Hub Section AA New Acc WC Single Room Single Room Single Room Single Room External Path b Staff Flat 1 Stair WC Services Store & Laundry Staff Flat 2 WC Staff Flat 1 New Staff Flat 2 Stair Staff Private b New External Path Garden Accesible Room Double Room Double Room Double Room Double Room Stair 3 1 Circulation Stair 2 EGL +99.800 New Soft Landscaping 21420-P300 1 EGL +101.000 1 New External Path 1 East Elevation West Elevation EGL +101.000 1420-P300 New Staff Private Garden New North Elevation Section BB Section CC Section DD Section EE South Elevationgate to car park 1420-P301 1420-P302 1420-P303 1420-P303 1420-P303 1420-P301 1 New Service Road 1Ground floor plan 1 01 05.08.14 ISSUED FOR PLANNINGDESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS | 29 EGL +99.930 - 18.07.14 ISSUED FOR PLANNING rev date notes Des The Studios, Coker project title date of origin Fletcherites Boarding House June 2014
EDUCATION EXPERIENCE Downe House School Centre for LearningPROJECT DETAILS PROJECT SUMMARYClient Downe House School Following an invited master plan design competition in 2013, we were subsequently commissioned to develop designs for the new Centre for Learning at Downe HouseProject Learning Centre School which formed a central part of the master plan itself.Location Cold Ash, Berskhire The competition brief asked for proposals for a visually and experientially inspiring building that would sit at the heart of the campus and serve as a hub for some of theConstruction value £5.1 million key spaces of learning and day-today activities: a new library, multipurpose auditorium, teaching spaces, cafe, shop, resources hub and offices.Floor area 1166 sqm The Centre is a physical and visual draw into the campus from the main entrance,Contract form Traditional and reinforces connections to the surrounding woodland which gives the School its unique setting. The three-storey building sits into the natural topography; thereforeAppointed 2012 minimising its height at the main entrance approach.Completed Due September 2018 Due for completion for the 2018-19 academic year, the building will play a central role at Downe House, both in terms of the accommodation that it will provide and asClient contact Alasdair Heath, a focal building in the wider context of the school campus: the new ‘Heart and Soul’Director of Estates of the school.Services provided by DEAArchitecture, Interior Design, LeadDesigner, Contract Administration Sketch of entrance to Learning Centre and under construction, aboveDESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS | 30
Sectional studyModel developed for consultation workshopsDESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS | 31
EDUCATION EXPERIENCE WITH A GRADE II LISTED BUILDING Radley College Clocktower CourtPROJECT DETAILS PROJECT SUMMARYClient Radley College At Radley College, a significant new building has been inserted into a central side, the Listed Grade 2 Rackets Court and on the other, a non-listed but period campus space, replacing an earlier theatre building. The architecture of this £4.2 building which serves as the Fives Court.Project Clocktower Court - Social million scheme not only has to reconcile the numerous existing buildings thatCentre, History and Politics Faculty, surround the site, including the adjacent Grade 2 Listed Rackets Court, but it also The other key elevation on the building is east-facing and fronts onto a gardenArt Gallery has to provide fluid connections internally between these buildings (4 no. in total) of space. This elevation also takes the form of a colonnade, but this time single storey, varying internal floor heights. with teaching classrooms over. This provides a covered route into the rear of theLocation Radley, Abingdon building and access to the new art gallery.Construction value £4.2 million A key consideration was to achieve a building of a timeless quality, which sits and Following analysis of the evolution of the site it became apparent that this project functions in harmony with its neighbouring buildings. Clocktower Court consists of would be come a central focal point within the campus. For this reason we exploredFloor area Approx 2,100 sqm academic teaching space of ten classrooms, a new art gallery and a social hub the civic potential of the project and pushed the most social function towards the including catering facilities. Because of the building’s position in the site it also has to existing court already occupied by the dominant Clocktower.Contract form Traditional JCT address three different external spaces, each possessing very different functions and qualities. As with any project where a knitting of the fabric of the estate is required, weAppointed May 2009 considered how the new building would be approached by pedestrians and where The principal elevation faces the most civic space within the College and therefore entrances should be, where new external and internal routes could be incorporatedCompleted September 2013 has been treated with a double-height colonnade of brickwork. This elevation also to open up new opportunities to connect various parts of the campus and how the reconciles the scale difference between buildings which site either side. On one building could glue together a number of disparate existing buildings withoutClient contact David Anderson, leaving a outcome which would give an over-bearing scale.Estates BursarServices provided by DEAArchitecture, Interior Design, LeadDesigner, Contract AdministrationAwards RIBA Award 2014, Civic “ This is a modern reinterpretation of the VictorianTrust Award 2014, Oxford redbrick tradition, and it is handled with due deferencePreservation Trust Award 2014 to the scale of its surroundings. It is intelligent and unfussy.” Hugh Pearman The RIBA Journal. December 2013DESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS | 32
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EDUCATION EXPERIENCE Winchester College Southern CampusPROJECT 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 a number of other capital project requirements within a single holistic masterplanFloor area 10,500 sqm solution.Contract form Traditional This included a new sanatorium, design and technology centre, support services building, works department and masters houses. The site is in a Conservation AreaAppointed 2015 and is a particularly sensitive part of Winchester, given the proximity of the Itchen Valley, so a key consideration has been the physical impact of the large-volumeCompleted August 2021 buildings such as the sports hall, whilst ensuring that architecturally the buildings are sensitive to their remaining neighbours.Client contact Simeon Cox Planning permission was granted in November 2017. Phase 1 on site Summer 2018.Services provided by DEAArchitecture, Masterplannig,Interior Design, CA Fitness Centre Elevation studyDESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS | 36
View of Physical Education Centre from Kingsgate Park Site models prepared for school and public consultationsEntrance floor plan of Physical Education CentreDESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS | 37
Illustration of the Southern Campus showing connections to the historic school and cityDESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS | 38
Site models prepared for school and public consultations The new sanatoriumDESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS | 39
EDUCATION EXPERIENCE Stowe School Design Technology BuildingPROJECT DETAILS PROJECT SUMMARYClient Stowe School The aim of the new Design, Technology and Engineering Centre is to provideProject Masterplan & Capital academic and vocational training for pupils who will contribute significantly to theProjects UK’s drive for creativity and expertise in Manufacturing, Product Design andLocation Architecture.Construction value £5.0 millionFloor area 1725 sqm Following an invited competition that involved a review of two potential sites withinContract form TBC the school estate, we were appointed to progress with proposals to replace theAppointed 2017 existing facilities in their current location. This required a phased approach thatCompleted TBC would allow the continued operation of the faculty during the build.Client contact Colin Dudgeon,Development Director We were keen to fuse the processes of designing and making, ensuring that designServices provided by DEA studios had a close and visible relationship to the workshops. A simple planArchitecture, Masterplannig, arrangement places a series of 4 workshops to one side of a central circulation andInterior Design gallery spine, and design studios to the other separated by glass partitions. The workshops are supported to one side by storage spaces and niches forDESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS | 40 equipment requiring exhaust and extraction and serviced via a prep room and stores situated at the end of building. The gallery circulation spine allows the workshops and studios to be built in phases finally connected together when this space is enclosed by its roof. As a device to filter and diffuse roof light from above, a continuous cross laminated timber coffered roof shell spans across all the spaces. A colonnaded veil finished in ceramic cladding continues around the parkland facing elevations. This results in a layering and rhythm to the elevations designed to have empathy with the historic buildings on the Stowe estate. The roof is accessible as an exhibition space, commanding spectacular view across the famous estate. Principle plan
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EDUCATION EXPERIENCE WITH A GRADE II LISTED BUILDING Princes’s Mead SchoolPROJECT DETAILS PROJECT SUMMARYClient Prince’s Mead School Prince’s Mead School is a preparatory school with 230 pupils situated on the The resulting document proved invaluable when we became involved in extensive outskirts of Winchester and occupying the building and grounds of a Grade II * consultation with Historic England and Winchester City council’s Conservation andProject Masterplan & Capital listed country mansion known as Worthy House. Planning Officers, since it offered answers to their many concerns about impact ofProjects the traffic, displacement of existing car parking locations and the reasons behind the Currently the original house serves a multitude of purposes including teaching location of new buildings.Location Winchester, Hampshire spaces, meeting rooms, library etc. In the basement is located the kitchens and dining space. The facility presents health and safety issues and is inadequate from a The masterplan also demonstrated that the site could realistically take no furtherConstruction value £4.0 million point of view spatially and in terms of the acoustics. development beyond what was presented and this proved to reassure all external stakeholders, including neighbours that the intention of the school was to fix itsFloor area 1,800 sqm Design Engine were appointed following a short competition to design a new future growth at numbers that were sustainable for the future financial security of the kitchen/ dining facility, and three teaching rooms and a new performance space. school, with a self-imposed cap on any significant future development of the site.Contract form Traditional Through the process of design we recognised that there were very few locations onAppointed 2015 this sensitive site which would be suitable. Views onto the site were particularly sensitive and the design and proximity of a new building next to Worthy HouseCompleted August 2018 needed particular care. In addition there were many external issues relating to traffic and parking.Client contact Richard White When combined, it became apparent that all of these issues were sufficientlyServices provided by DEA interconnected to merit the creation of a detailed masterplan focussing on car andArchitecture, Masterplannig, minibus car parking options and flow, soft landscaping strategy, buildings locationsInterior Design and phasing.DESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS | 42
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RESUMES Richard Jobson Founding Director EDUCATION SUMMARY CV EXPERIENCE 1986-1988 Portsmouth University, Richard is a co-founder of Design Engine Architects which was Fletcherites Boarding House, Charterhouse School Diploma in Architecture founded in 1999. He has a particular interest in the symbiotic Director responsible for the design and delivery of a new two-storey RIBA Pt2 (Distinction) relationship between architecture and sculpture and uses drawings building providing boarding accommodation for 37 no. 6th form girls, 1982-1985 and both physical as well as CAD modelling to help explore the house tutor and matron’s flat. Completed 2015. Portsmouth University, potential of these disciplines. Particular examples of this approach has Degree in Architecture been the design of the award-winning New British Embassy in Yemen, Science & Mathematics Centre, Charterhouse School RIBA Pt1(1st Class) The University Centre for University of Winchester, The Science and Director responsible for the design and delivery of new build science Mathematics Centre, Charterhouse School, The John Henry Brookes laboratories and associated ancillary facilities. Phases 2 and 3 include a SKILLS Building for Oxford Brookes University and the new Christchurch number of refurbishments and connections to existing listed buildings. • Architecture Meadows Pedestrian Bridge in Reading. His interest in Art and Phase 1 anticipated completion of August 2018. • Detailed Design Architecture has led to a recently completed sculpture commissioned • Specification writing by the University of Winchester. Winchester College Southern Campus • Graphic Design Director leading the team responsible for the design and delivery of a • Product Design Richard is currently working with numerous Independant Schools new sports centre, the refurbishment and extension of the design • Sustainable Design including Charterhouse and Winchester. He has lectured and technology department, a new medical centre, support services • Visualisations critiqued at a number of architectural schools including Oxford department and residential developments. Starts on site Sept 2018. • Project Delivery Brookes University, Cardiff and Portsmouth, where he also taught from 1995 to 2000. Additionally he has produced critical writing on Arts University Bournemouth Masterplan, Photography,DESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS | 46 recently completed buildings for the architectural press including The Student Services Building and Design Studios. Architects Journal, Architecture Today and Building Design. He was Arts University Bournemouth Campus masterplan, new Photography an External Examiner at Kingston University School of Architecture Building, Student Services Building and Design Studios. Completed from 2007-2011. 2015 and 2016/17. RIBA Award 2017 and Civic Trust Award 2017. Richard has worked on numerous masterplans including Oxford Brookes University, Winchester University, Arts University John Henry Brookes Building, Oxford Brookes University Bournemouth, Les Beaucamp School, Guernsey, Winchester High New Library, Social Learning Space, Student Services Centre, Student Street and the Cathedral grounds, Chichester and Peter Symonds Union, Food Hall, multiple teaching rooms, with extension to 1950’s College. teaching building incorporating the new School of Architecture. RIBA regional award for Building of the Year and Sustainability Awards, Richard has a particular expertise in bridge design, which he gained RIBA National Award, Stirling Mid-list. (£130m) when he was head of the bridge team at the engineering firm Ramboll, between 1996 and 2001. Here he designed and delivered a The University of Winchester, Campus Development number of Millennium bridges in London, York and Lancaster and a Masterplan, including King Alfred and West downs campuses. competition winning bridge in Turin. Recent structures include the Learning and Teaching Building (£6.5m) BREEAM Excellent new pedestrian bridge over the M5 at Exeter which won the British Performing Arts Building. (£2.1m). Civic Trust Award 2012. DEC A Construction Industry Award in 2012 and Christchurch Bridge over University Centre, food hall, Student Union, reception. 2007 (£7.0m). the Thames at Reading. He also co-edited ‘Bridge Builders’ in 2002, RIBA Award and Civic Trust Awards 2008, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017 published by Wiley-Academy. Richard was recently made a Doctor of Technology by Oxford Brookes University.
RESUMES Tamsin Thomas RIBA AssociateEDUCATION SUMMARY CV EXPERIENCE2001-2002 Tamsin studied Architecture at The University of Cambridge and Masterplan Berkhamsted SchoolSouth Bank University Prof. Oxford Brookes University, qualifying as an architect in 2002. Prior to Associate and Project Architect for a masterplan for an independentManagement Cert. in joining Design Engine in 2008, Tamsin had wide ranging professional school that occupies 5 campuses in and around the town ofArchitecture RIBA Pt3 experience including at Alec French Architects in Bristol where she Berkhamsted. The brief requires in depth analysis of each to inform was an Associate and as a Project Architect at Buckley Gray Yeoman short and long term strategies for positive development, growth and1998-2000 Architects in London. stronger links between the sites. 2016-present.Oxford Brookes UniversityDiploma in Architecture Tamsin has led many projects as Project Architect from conception to Les Beaucamps High School, GuernseyRIBA Pt2 completion, with particular interests in Education, Community and Architect within a team responsible for the design, delivery and on site Historic building projects that have a complex brief, requiring an in- design development of a new High school for the States Education1993-1996 depth understanding of Clients’ aspirations and needs as well as Department of Guernsey: Completed 2013. RIBA Award 2013 &University of Cambridge considered interaction with surrounding environments and existing RIBA Client Award 2013MA in Architecture RIBA buildings. Past projects have included a new secondary school, aPt1 pavilion in a park forming the focus of an urban regeneration scheme, a Extension/Refurb of Winton Chapel, University of Winchester new building for Bristol Cancer Help Centre, a conference centre for Project Architect for all stages through to completion of a small but Sheepdrove Organic Farm, and a headquarters building for Aardman complex refurbishment and extension to a Victorian Gothic Chapel. Animations (RIBA Award 2010). 2015-2016. RIBA Award 2017 & Civic Voice overall winner, 2017 At Design Engine she works extensively on education buildings, with projects ranging from the refurbishment of and extension to a University Chapel, to a number of projects for independent schools which have been the result of extensive processes of masterplanning of campuses, Client briefing and liaison, translating the brief into proposals and ultimately delivering built projects. Tamsin enjoys communicating with those involved in all stages of projects, from competitive interview to site meetings, in order to work together to solve problems and move the projects forward. SKILLS RELEVANT EXPERIENCE • Architecture Masterplan & Centre for Learning, Downe House School • Client Liaison Project Architect for all stages from competitive interview to • Education Buildings completion of the masterplan process for the entire campus of a • Historic Buildings boarding school for girls aged 11-18. Associate overseeing detailed • Detailed Design design of The Learning Centre, the first building within the • Sustainable Design masterplan, which accommodates a library, auditorium and social • Graphic Design spaces and site in the centre of the campus. 2013-present. • Specification Writing • Project DeliveryDESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS | 47
RESUMES Matthew Vowels Senior Project ArchitectEDUCATION SUMMARY CV EXPERIENCE (cont)2011-2012 Matthew joined Design Engine in 2010 after studying Architecture at Bradbury Place, AndoverUniversity of Bath Post- the University of Bath, graduating with First Class Honours from both Project Architect responsible for the design and delivery of a new cityGraduate Certificate in the Undergraduate and Masters degree programmes. During his centre, fully accessible housing scheme for Enham Charity.Professional Practice RIBA Architectural education, Matthew was the recipient of numerous prizes Completion 2014, Housing Design Award: Richard Feilden AwardPt3 and awards; culminating in his work being nominated for the RIBA Silver Presidents Medal. Lyndhurst Care Home Park, Lyndhurst2009-2010 Project Architect responsible for the design and delivery of 70 newUniversity of Bath Since joining Design Engine, Matthew has gained significant build Retirement Living apartments, associated wellness facilities andDiploma in Architecture experience in both the education and housing sectors. Matthew has 2000m2 new build Holiday Let development.RIBA Pt2 completed numerous award winning projects, most recently the Housing Design Award winning Bradbury Place, an 8 unit housing Les Beaucamps High School and Sports Centre, Guernsey2004-2008 development for Enham Charity, and Fletcherites, a 38 bed space Architectural Assistant /Architect within a team responsible for theUniversity of Bath Degree Boarding House for Charterhouse School in Surrey. Matthew also has a detail delivery of a new High School and Sports Centre for the Statesin Architecture RIBA Pt1 keen interest in teaching, and in 2012, returned to the University of Education Department of Guernsey: Completed 2013. RIBA Award Bath as a visiting critic. 2013, RIBA Client Award 2013, Civic Trust Award 2014, Guernsey Design Award 2014 Presently Matthew is Project Architect and Contract Administrator for the Charterhouse Science & Mathematics Centre which is comprised Clocktower Square, Teaching Facilities, Radley College of a £7m new build Chemistry Facility (Phase 1) and £10m Architectural Assistant responsible for the detail design and delivery of refurbishment of an existing Listed Building (Phases 2 & 3). Phase 1 new teaching spaces, art workshops, and event spaces with a number started on site in January 2017 with a completion for the 2018-19 of refurbishments and connections to existing listed buildings. academic year. Completed 2013. RIBA Award 2014, Civic Trust Award Award 2014, & Oxford preservation Award 2014. SKILLS RELEVANT EXPERIENCE • Architecture Fletcherites Boarding House, Charterhouse School • Client Liaison Project Architect responsible for the design and delivery of a new two- • Detailed Design storey building providing boarding accommodation for 37 no. 6th • Specification writing form girls, house tutor and matron’s flat. • Visualisation • Graphic Design Science & Mathematics Centre, Charterhouse School • IT/CAD Systems Project Architect responsible for the design and delivery of new build • Sustainable Design science laboratories and associated ancillary facilities. Phases 2 and 3 • Project Delivery include a number of refurbishments and connections to existing listed buildings. Phase 1 anticipated completion of August 2018.DESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS | 48
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