RESUMES Jessica Tubb Architectural DesignerEDUCATION SUMMARY CV EXPERIENCE (cont)2014-2016 Jessica first joined Design Engine as a Part 1 Architectural Assistant in Feldon Valley Golf Course, OxfordshireOxford Brookes University 2013 and has recently returned having graduated with a Distinction in Assisting with the production of drawings for the tender package,MArchD in Architecture her Masters of Architecture from Oxford Brookes University. including technical design, GA sections/elevations and variety ofRIBA Pt2 schedules for a new build hotel and lodges. Completion 2018. Her final design project ‘The Cartography of Self’ drew connections2011-2013 between architecture and psychology. In identifying the ambiguous The Lighthouse Arts Centre, PooleOxford Brookes University underlying mechanisms and surface features of three expressions of Assisting with concept design and responsible for the digital modelBA (Hons) Architecture, madness; delusion, dissociation and hallucination it attempted to and visualisations for the studio theatre facilities and landscaping.RIBA Part I construct a landscape for the less rational ‘self’ on the mysterious and Completed 2017. uninhabited island of Es Vedrà, Ibiza. Christchurch Pedestrian & Cyclist Bridge, Reading Jess also has a keen interest in the evolution of the 21st century city and Assisting with concept design and responsible for the digital model the effect regeneration can have on its cultural and historical identity. and visualisations, Completed 2015. Civic Trust Commendation She achieved a first for her dissertation during Undergraduate, which Award 2016. focused on the transition of Southampton’s waterfront and how its future master plan could provide the opportunity to re-build the city’s fractured urbanity. During her time at Design Engine she has been involved in a number of projects including the Christchurch Bridge, The Lighthouse Arts Centre and Charterhouse School’s Science and Mathematics Centre, working closely with Matthew Vowels. She has primarily been involved from concept design through to planning and hopes to now gain the experience needed to qualify as a Chartered Architect.SKILLS RELEVANT EXPERIENCE• Architecture Charterhouse Science and Maths Centre, Surrey• 3D Modelling Responsible for assisting with concept design, planning submission• Visualisation drawings and visualisations for new build science laboratories and• Graphic Design ancillary facilities. Completion 2018. Fletcherites Boarding House, Charterhouse School, Surrey Involved in the production of planning submission drawings and the production of a digital model and visualisations. Completed 2014.DESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS | 49
INITIAL THOUGHTS ONThe ProgrammeThe Programme Team is commissioned to complete RIBA Stage 4 and then at risk. However by this stage the level of risk can be be novated to the successful contractor to ensure transfer of assessed before Stage 4 is started.We have reviewed the programme based on your ambition design responsibility.to complete the new boarding houses for September 2021. We support the suggestion that the new boarding housesThe programme opposite indicates a series of key The programme also indicates that we have allowed just are completed significantly in advance of the pupils move inmilestones along the journey from this March when we over 2 months to establish a concise brief ( RIBA Stage 1-2). date. This allows the school and in particular the new houseunderstand you will appoint the architects. We have then allowed 5 months to provide a complete RIBA master to be become familiar with the new house enabling Stage 3 package. This will also allow enough time for key any adjustments to be made before the beginning of term.A key impact on the overall programme is the time allocated gateways to be signed off with the school and governingto the construction period. In our experience we believe body.that it will be possible to complete this period within18months. However in saying this we have assumed that We have allowed a total of 4 months for determination ofconstruction can be continuously maintained throughout planning. Design Engine have worked with Waverleythe period without the need to stop work for school exams Borough Council since 2009 and have had a very positivedue to the relatively remote location from the main relationship with them. In this time we have achieved aHardwick campus. The construction period may be successful outcome for your QEC extension and all weatherreduced further depending on the final design and if the the pitches, The Fletcherites dining room, Fletcherites Boardingproject evolves as either two separate houses or connected. house and Science and Mathematics Centre. We are currently working closely with Waverley Borough CouncilThe programme currently assumes a traditional contract. on a significant new Headquarters Building for GordonHowever, if an alternative procurement path was chosen, for Murray which has involved detailed conversations withexample Design and Build, the overall programme may be Elizabeth Sims, Head of Planning Services. That said, anyaffected depending on the level of risk transfer the school is planning application has its risks so we have indicated that ifwilling to accept. Again, from experience, we would the planning process becomes extended it might berecommend that if a D&B route was chosen that the Design necessary for the school to move forward into RIBA Stage 4DESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS | 50
The Programme Jan 2018 March 2018 June 2018 Jan 2019 April 2021 Oct 2021 Jan 2020 Jan 2021 April 2021 Sept 2021RIBA Stage 2 Appointment Planning PermissionRIBA Stage 3 of architect GrantedPlanning Period Appointment of Design TeamRIBA Stage 4BOQs Handover of buildingTender PeriodConstruction Occupation Concept, Outline, Detail Design Construction Period 18 monthsDESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS | 51
INITIAL THOUGHTS ONThe Construction BudgetThe Construction Budget house does not feel compressed and circulation routes It might be worth noting that one possible downside of co- overly tight. joining the houses is that you create a much bigger projectWe understand that the school has allocated £5.5m for the which may well limit the market to only the largerconstruction of each boarding house. Obviously until a One key way of making an efficient plan is to double bank contractors which apply much higher prelims (this ismore developed proposal has been established it is not the bedrooms either side of the circulation routes but this somewhat dependent though on whether you wouldpossible to make detailed comments on the budget. will need to be tested as the design develops. It will clearly engage two contractors if the project was not connected).However, we have made an outline assessment of the brief be undesirable to generate excessively long circulationand would like to offer the following comments: routes which have no connection to the outside; a common Another factor on the budget will be the ability of the problem with efficient linear housing plans. schools existing infrastructure to cope with the additionalBased on your outline brief the total NIA will be circa houses. This would include increased power demand and2145m2. We also note that the plans indicated within the masterplan in particular for the existing foul sewer system to cope with documents indicate ‘pin wheel’ plans which we assume the addition of so many more bedrooms with sinks andAssuming a construction budget of £5.5m the cost per m2 reference the form of the nearby boarding houses. Whilst ensuite bathrooms. Additional costs may well need to bewould be circa £2500. Obviously reducing the NIA this seems like a perfectly good approach, it is likely to be allocated across this part of the campus to facilitate theseincreases the potential for increased quality or indeed a more expensive than a more linear plan arrangement which new houses along with further development in the future.reduced construction budget. is has been popular at other schools. Our final comment is whether inflation has been included inReferring to the benchmark of other recently built houses at Economic benefit may come from joining the houses the £5.5m figure? Our suggested programme indicates thatother Independent Schools, the overall cost/m2 does seem the project will be tendered in the 3rd quarter of 2019 andchallenging. That said, your particular sites allocated for together to reduce the overall facade and possibly share completed in 2nd quarter of 2121 which means that thethese houses within the master plan are relatively ‘clean’ plant space. Again this will need to tested to ensure that construction period may well attract an additional inflationsites and therefore should not attract unusual hidden extras. each house can retain its own identity and also the overall cost depending on the market. massing of the building is appropriate in the context of theObviously its important that the NIA is kept as efficient as campus.possible but a clear balance needs to be made to ensure theDESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS | 52
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INITIAL THOUGHTS ONA Boarding HouseA Boarding House Linear PlanningWe consider the following points to be key in the design • Achieve a building of timeless quality within theprocess for delivering a new house. constraints of the budget and to meet the aspirations of the School’s programme.• Create an environment which supports an individual’s • Care needs to be taken over how the boarding house personal educational and social development within the relates to others with different genders. We have assumed context of a group social structure. that this likely to be an all girls boarding house due to the expansion.• Provide a range of spaces which support diverse activities focussing on social needs with supporting spaces to • Experience of delivering boarding houses within the study and which are sufficiently flexible to cater for ratio university sector has led to significant research into a change in terms of year group numbers etc. year on year. particular size of bedroom clusters to encourage interaction and avoid isolation. This is usually between 6• Provide a homely environment which is also sufficiently and 8 bedrooms sharing, in this case, a buttery. robust enough to accommodate young people but definitely without institutional character. •• Create a building(s) of the highest architectural quality which sits well in its landscape and which makes a positive contribution to the School’s campus and compliments the current master plan. Organic or ‘Pin Wheel’ PlanningDESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS | 54
INITIAL THOUGHTS ON A BOARDING HOUSEA Boarding House • Standard 2 Induction and support Siting the project • Each boarder has a choice of staff to Bedroom - 4th year whom s/he can turn for personal Bedroom - Removes guidance or Bedroom - 5th Form for help with a personal problem. Bedroom - Specialist • Standard 3 Wellbeing Sanitary • These include first aid, care of those Entrance/ Reception with chronic conditions and disabilities, Common Room dealing with medical emergencies and Kitchen the use of household remedies. Senior Common Room • Standard 5 Accommodation Library ........... NOTE: The contractor is responsible for the checking of all site dimensions and levels. These should be School Brief and Aspirations checked prior to ordering of any components and before commencement of the works on site. All discrepancies should be brought to the immediate attention of the Contract Administrator. KEY: Common Room National Minimum Standards NEW BOARDING New External Terrace HOUSE 1 Refer to 1420-201 for ExisCtionmgmHonouRosoemPlanHouse Master Private Side NOTES 1. To be read in conjunction with GA Sections and Elevations 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 be removed. Refer to Arbroculturist information Denotes building to be removed as part of 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 Technical Delivery1 EGL+101.000 1 New External Path 1 East Elevation West Elevation New EGL +101.000 1420-P300 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 1DESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS | 55 1 01 05.08.14 ISSUED FOR PLANNING DE RJ - 18.07.14 ISSUED FOR PLANNING DE RJ
INITIAL THOUGHTS ON The illustration on the left and the following pages is only one possible layout to meet the outline brief. It is importantA Boarding House to note that these diagrams have been developed for the purposes of this submission to graphically show the scale of 7. the development and interconnections that might be possible. 8. 13. Key: 4. 12. 6. 21. 20. 25. 1. Bedroom – 4th Year 28. 27. 2. Bedroom – Removes 24. 3. Bedroom – 5th formGround Floor 4. Bedroom – Specialist 14. 15. Courtyard 5. SanitaryDESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS | 56 6. Entrance/ Reception 10. 7. Common Room 8. Kitchen 11. 23. 9. Senior Common Room 10. Library/ Study Area 9. 11. Music Room 12. Disabled/ Visitor/ Staff Toilet Private Garden. 13. Boot room 14. Drying Room 22. 15. Laundry Room 16. Trunk Storage Private Garden. 17. General Storage 18. House Storage 19. Cleaners Cupboard 20. Matron’s Office 21. Housemaster’s Office 22. Housemaster’s accommodation 23. Assistant Housemaster’s accommodation 24. Matron’s accommodation 25. Plant room 26. Communications room 27. Lift 28. Buttery
INITIAL THOUGHTS ON As discussed earlier the first task, if we are successful, is to discuss the schools aspirations for the project in order toA Boarding House develop a better understanding of your brief. This will be informed by experience gained from the existing houses as 3. 5. well as from visits to other schools. Following these workshops we will then be able to develop the design in tandem with the school. 4. 16. 24. Key: Bedroom – 4th Year 23. Bedroom – RemovesFirst Floor 25. 1. Bedroom – 5th form 19. 2. Bedroom – SpecialistDESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS | 57 3. Sanitary 5. 4. Entrance/ Reception 3. 5. Common Room 6. Kitchen 28. 7. Senior Common Room 8. Library/ Study Area 22. 9. Music Room 10. Disabled/ Visitor/ Staff Toilet 11. Boot room 12. Drying Room 13. Laundry Room 14. Trunk Storage 15. General Storage 16. House Storage 17. Cleaners Cupboard 18. Matron’s Office 19. Housemaster’s Office 20. Housemaster’s accommodation 21. Assistant Housemaster’s accommodation 22. Matron’s accommodation 23. Plant room 24. Communications room 25. Lift 26. Buttery 27. 28.
INITIAL THOUGHTS ON A key part of the design process will be understanding the impact of key design decisions on the budget at an earlyA Boarding House stage. This will be influenced by the contribution from other members of the design team who will be able to advise on cost efficiencies, structural options and the impact of particular services strategies. 2. 5. 4. 17. Key: Bedroom – 4th Year 28. Bedroom – Removes 25. 19. 1. Bedroom – 5th form Second Floor 2. Bedroom – Specialist 5. 3. SanitaryDESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS | 58 2. 4. Entrance/ Reception 5. Common Room 6. Kitchen 7. Senior Common Room 8. Library/ Study Area 9. Music Room 10. Disabled/ Visitor/ Staff Toilet 11. Boot room 12. Drying Room 13. Laundry Room 14. Trunk Storage 15. General Storage 16. House Storage 17. Cleaners Cupboard 18. Matron’s Office 19. Housemaster’s Office 20. Housemaster’s accommodation 21. Assistant Housemaster’s accommodation 22. Matron’s accommodation 23. Plant room 24. Communications room 25. Lift 26. Buttery 27. 28.
INITIAL THOUGHTS ONA Boarding House 4. 1. Key: Bedroom – 4th Year28. Bedroom – Removes 1. 1. Bedroom – 5th form 2. Bedroom – Specialist 25. 19. 3. Sanitary 4. Entrance/ Reception 5. 5. Common Room 1. 6. Kitchen 7. Senior Common RoomThird Floor 8. Library/ Study Area 9. Music RoomDESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS | 59 10. Disabled/ Visitor/ Staff Toilet 11. Boot room 12. Drying Room 13. Laundry Room 14. Trunk Storage 15. General Storage 16. House Storage 17. Cleaners Cupboard 18. Matron’s Office 19. Housemaster’s Office 20. Housemaster’s accommodation 21. Assistant Housemaster’s accommodation 22. Matron’s accommodation 23. Plant room 24. Communications room 25. Lift 26. Buttery 27. 28.
INITIAL THOUGHTS ON A BOARDING HOUSEChallenges & OpportunitiesChallenges• A good understanding at an early stage of how the locks to suit the needs of the building and to ensure the have to be very large to deal with high numbers of building will be used. i.e. How do students dry their building doesn’t feel institutional. students taking showers simultaneously). clothes, where do they socialise, how supervised by staff members are they, do they have separate study spaces etc • Early specification of en-suite bathroom pods (if used) and • Plant space will also ideally be accessed externally to early engagement of an services engineer is important to avoid the need to enter the main building.• Understand how the client will operate the building from a ensure coordination and appropriate space allowed for in security and access perspective. the GA Layouts. • Lifts and plant space located next door to bedrooms should be avoided wherever possible.• Main entrance and access points need to be carefully • Service risers for bathroom pods require relatively large thought through to ensure sufficient coordination with the risers (compared to building size) to deal with all • Load bearing masonry construction with a series of small day to day operation of the building. necessary acoustic attenuation and extract ventilation spaces (i.e. such as a boarding house) leads to a high between bathroom pod units. number of wifi routers required to achieve good• Student accommodation falls under 'rooms for residential coverage. purposes’, therefore acoustic requirements are very • All vertical services needed to be located on the stringent. This leads to thick wall build-ups between circulation side to ensure ease of maintenance. • Privacy to the Housemaster and Assistant Housemaster’s student rooms. garden will need to be considered carefully. • Plant rooms need to be large for the relative building size• There has to be a delicate balance between electronic to deal with peak hot water loads (i.e. Hot water tanks • access control, emergency escape and the schools suitedDESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS | 60
INITIAL THOUGHTS ON A BOARDING HOUSEChallenges & OpportunitiesOpportunities• The master plan indicates that the existing 1970s boarding if the school feels it appropriate, to investigate further houses will be restored. Whilst we are aware that they investment in the landscape qualities of this new receive mixed reviews, they do offer a memorable image pedestrian route. of Charterhouse. So it will be important that the new houses ‘bridge the gap’ between these strong and bold • Explore the opportunity in using the boarding houses forms and the original Hardwick campus. throughout the summer period for summer schools and other extra curricula activities.• Much of the houses’ success comes from the surrounding mature landscape which has helped to soften the angular • Ensure the design of the houses minimises energy use. forms. We therefore feel that to support the new • development and compliment the existing landscape that a robust landscape attitude is adopted.• It is also worth noting that the location of the new houses will potentially offer a new pedestrian route for students to the Hardwick campus offering up a better point of entry opposite Gown Boys Tower. It will therefore be important,DESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS | 61
INITIAL THOUGHTS ON The next 4 pages indicate two possible ways that this particular design can be co-joined. The plans are of theCo-joining Boarding Houses Ground floor and the 2nd floor to illustrate the efficiencies of the upper floors.OPTION 1 We do not however envisage that there will be movement between houses unless possibly for fire evacuation and cleaning purposes. By joining the buildings it would be possible to reduce the number of fire stairs.Ground FloorDESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS | 62
INITIAL THOUGHTS ONCo-joining Boarding HousesOPTION 1 By joining the buildings it would be possible to reduce the number of fire stairs.Second FloorDESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS | 63
INITIAL THOUGHTS ONCo-joining Boarding Houses OPTION 2Second FloorDESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS | 64
INITIAL THOUGHTS ONCo-joining Boarding Houses OPTION 2Second FloorDESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS | 65
PROJECTS IN THE INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS SECTOR AND HISTORIC/CONSERVATION SETTINGSReferencesWinchester CollegeSimeon Cox ( Previously John Wells)Works BursarWinchester CollegeWinchesterHampshireSO23 9NA01962 [email protected] ENGINE ARCHITECTS | 66
PROJECTS IN THE INDEPENDENT SECTOR AND HISTORIC/CONSERVATION SETTINGSReferencesRadley CollegeDavid AndersonEstates BursarRadley CollegeAbingdonOxfordshireOX14 2HR01235 54300007595 [email protected] ENGINE ARCHITECTS | 67
FEE PROPOSALA Boarding HouseFee based on £11.0m construction budgetInclusive for RIBA Stages 1-75.25%Total Fee £577,500Expenses would be passed on at cost with a 10%administration charge (mainly travel andreprographics)DESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS | 68
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