Elizabeth College Guernsey

Elizabeth College Guernsey DESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS - FEB 2019 Expansion and masterplan project Expression of Interest



Contents Introduction Practice Profile Education Experience Example projects 1 Multi year conversion/refurbishment Historic Building site 2 Multi year conversion/refurbishment Modern business site 3 Historic Building Set in an educational environment 4 Multi year conversion/refurbishment Educational environment Insurances, References & Fee information DESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS | 1

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ELIZABETH COLLEGE Introduction We are grateful for the opportunity to submit an expression of interest for this exciting project. We have been working in Guernsey since 2003 where we have established a strong dialogue and relationship with the various States departments, in particular Education. Our practice also has experience of the Guernsey planning process, planning sensitivities and the expectations of the Environment Department. We are also aware of the local construction market and the unique challenges and opportunities of delivering buildings on the island. Whilst our practice experience is very wide and varied from bridges to embassies, within this document we have focused on our experience within education, and in particular the independent schools sector. Many of our building projects are generated from a campus masterplan that anticipates future growth and is tied to funding streams. We have also included some relevant masterplan examples. 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 in 2001. • 38 People in our Winchester Studio. • London and Exeter studios opened in 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 Office Design Engine Architects The following activities characterize the practice’s approach to Team approach Richard Rose-Casemore, Richard Jobson and Rodney Graham all projects: Design Engine likes to work closely with its client and consultant formed Design Engine Architects as a Private Limited Company in team alike and to date have enjoyed long-term and fulfilling December 2001. Site analysis working relationships with the many clients and professionals it has We undertake very careful analysis of the site which we use to lead encountered. Design Engine's projects are currently designed and delivered us to the development of potential site-specific concepts arising from its studios by a dedicated team of staff who offer a first-class from the brief. Sustainability quality driven service to its clients. The practice has a wealth of Wherever possible we strive to achieve solutions that reduce experience working on new buildings but also within sensitive Design by dialogue energy use and are responsible in the use of the world’s natural historic settings and with construction budgets ranging from £0.5 We like to develop our designs through close dialogue with all resources. Most of our projects achieve BREEAM Excellent. We are million - £85 million in value. project stakeholders. This is a key part of our service and is never a ISO14001 accredited. time-limited exercise. We consider that the client briefing process Design Engine's work holds the synthesis of high quality design is a key part of the relationship-building process and consequently Lessons learnt and sustainability as a core value. Many completed projects have Design Engine invests significantly in this aspect of its service. Design Engine considers the delivery of a building to be a journey been honoured with awards, including RIBA Stirling Mid-list, an for all parties concerned and the practice considers it vital that RIBA International Award, the LEAF (Leading European Architects Director-led Designs once it is completed an opportunity is made to reflect on the Forum) Sustainability Award and numerous RIBA, Civic Trust, RTPI Design Engine projects are always director-led from inception to positive and negative outcomes of the project, in order to and BCI awards and commendations. completion. David Gausden would be the director who would continuously improve its service. lead this commission Elizabeth College. The Practice has received 50 Design Awards since 2001. Currently Models and Design Communication the practice employs 38 people which includes 22 qualified Award-winning delivery In addition to the production of drawings and CGIs a uniqueness architects, 10 assistant architects, 1 Interior Designer and 1 Graphic The practice prides itself on the delivery. As much investment is of the practice is the sheer number of physical models that we Designer. given to the process of technical design and production produce to explore and explain a project. These become hugely information and contract administration as is given to client important when describing ideas to stakeholders, as we find they briefing, scheme design delivery and the making of planning bring clarity to a proposal that drawings often cannot. Models are applications. Design Engine’s staff receive the best training always supplemented by drawings and CGIs which are produced possible in order to deliver outstanding projects for its clients. in-house by our highly skilled team. DESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS | 7

PRACTICE PROFILE Stakeholder & Community Engagement Design by dialogue We enjoy the process of sharing the design journey with the client body, and value their contribution towards the emerging proposals. Feedback is recorded and reviewed by the design team. We invest time in preparing presentations, drawings and models tailored for specific audiences. Communicating our ideas clearly through three-dimensional physical models, as well as computer generated models (CGIs) makes this process efficient and focused. Community engagement We would consider local community engagement and consultation to be a vital part of the design process. Opening up design ideas to those people who may be affected by implementation of proposals brings value to the project. Often local people can share information about a particular situation that may be present on or around the site with which the design team can respond in a positive manner. With our schools projects, sharing the design process with the school community is an essential part of the dialogue. We often invite the student community to participate with design ideas. We are experienced in producing material for public exhibitions and hosting events if required. DESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS | 8

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PRACTICE PROFILE Client Care Key External Stakeholder Engagement the backdrop of statutory matters such as planning/listed buildings Working 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 one of our passions for combining modern, sustainable architecture The role of the design team and in particular the architect is to within the context of renowned education environments, which support the engagement process with the necessary material to are often seeped in history and tradition and which therefore enable presentations and face-to-face consultation to occur, as well consist of interesting and sometimes challenging heritage assets. as being involved in the presentation/consultation events in person. Very often we will provide physical models of a proposal as From 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 of the place but which are driven by progressive thinking about the We are well experienced in the consultation process itself and with client’s future needs and aspirations. managing feedback and resistance that might arise during the engagement cycle so that the ambitions of the process can be A 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 the Local Authority Planning and Conservation Officers, Client Care representatives of Heritage organisations and local community We pride ourselves on our approach to our work, in particular how individual bodies and/or 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 the As with all external consultation, we work with the client to hard work, we recognise the enormous insight and expertise that develop a carefully considered strategy of engagement which is the client can bring to the design process. For us the key to programmed to work well with the key milestones identified for the understanding the client’s brief is to understand the client’s project. This ensures that the time-periods for consideration and approach to education and pastoral care, the long-term vision and response arising through the consultation process are dovetailed values of the institution and the constitutional arrangements in with the clients’ own expectations of progressing the designs with respect of how decisions need to be made by the client body. We will often need to consult directly with senior client-users who are DESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS | 10 responsible for specific aspects of the schools operation.

PRACTICE PROFILE Independent Schools The Education Sector • Clocktower Court: Social Centre, History and Politics Faculty, We are an architectural practice which has wide experience in the Art Gallery, Design Technology Reception and Cafe. Radley educational sector, principally in primary, secondary and higher College (completed) education. The focus of our school work is in the private independent sector, as well as a long-standing relationship with • Southern Campus Masterplan: Sports Centre, Design the States of Guernsey Education Department where we are Technology, Sanatorium, Support Services, Works Dept. and delivering bespoke projects within their secondary school Housing. Winchester College (current) replacement programme. • Masterplan and New Teaching/Dining/Theatre Building. Recently completed and current projects in the independent Prince’s Mead School (current) school/college sector (and for the States of Guernsey) include: • New Learning Centre. Downe House School (completed) • Masterplan including New boarding House and Junior School. Twyford School (current) • Sports Centre Extension and Sports Pavilion. Charterhouse (planning obtained) • New Dining Extension. Charterhouse (completed) • Fletcherites Boarding House. Charterhouse (completed) • New Science and Mathematics Centre. Charterhouse. (completed) • Les Beaucamps School, States of Guernsey Education Department. (completed and current) • La Mare de Carteret School, States of Guernsey Education Department. (current) • Craft design and technology building - Stowe School (current) • 6th form centre Birkhamsted School (current) • New Library Canford School (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 School PROJECT DETAILS PROJECT SUMMARY Client The States Of Guernsey Design Engine were selected in 2003 to join the States of Guernsey’s new space. As well as providing excellent teaching rooms, particular attention was to be Education Department framework of architects to deliver their new schools and colleges replacement given to the external areas between buildings, circulation and social space. programme. Les Beaucamps High School was completed in 2013 and followed by a In addition to the school building, which is located on the sloping site overlooking Project Les Beaucamps High new school proposal - La Mare de Carteret, which received full planning and was spectacular sea views to the West. A separate sports building to the East, includes a School developed to RIBA stage 4. Currently we are working on extension projects to two swimming pool, sports hall and gymnasium. The two buildings are connected by a high schools. covered link and sit either side of the sports pitches and a central Multi-Use Games Location Guernsey Area. The project was split into two construction phases, the School Building and the A key challenge to the design team was the need to deliver the school whilst Sports Building. Construction value £30 million maintaining the existing school in a fully operational state. The project was split into two phases. Phase One saw the construction of the main teaching spaces and Attention has been paid to the overall design of the building to minimise energy Floor area 8650 sqm demolition of the original school and Phase Two delivered the new sports centre consumption and improve the internal environment within the school. This has been and external landscaping over the footprint of the original buildings. achieved through the following design principles: Contract form Design & Build The sloping site was also a challenge but presented an opportunity to create linked • Natural ventilation Appointed 2003 courtyard spaces, developed to give protection from the extremes of the coastal • Thermal mass environment which the school looks over. In addition to winning an RIBA Award in • Natural daylighting Completed August 2012/13 2013 and a Civic Trust Award in 2014 the client was also awarded RIBA Client of the • Air source heat pumps Year in 2013. • Solar hot water heating Client contact Ashley Dupre • Heat recovery Rainwater collection The Brief • Promotion of cycling Services provided by DEA The States Education Department’s brief was to provide a teaching environment for • Awareness of energy use Architecture, Masterplanning, 660 students on a site where the existing school building had to remain in operation Interior Design during construction. Educationally a courtyard arrangement was briefed to give benefits including a safe inclusive environment, subliminal way-finding, better Awards RIBA Client Of The Year control of environments for management, teaching and wellbeing as well as the Award 2013, RIBA Regional Award obvious environmental benefits of natural light, natural ventilation and protected 2013, Civic Trust Award 2014, Guernsey Design Award 2014 DESIGN 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 2013 Central courtyard looking towards the sea DESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS | 15

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EDUCATION EXPERIENCE Charterhouse School Science & Mathematics PROJECT DETAILS PROJECT SUMMARY Client Charterhouse School Following our original competition win in 2010, the updated scheme for the new Not only does this roof articulate a building form which is contextually Project Science & Mathermatics Charterhouse Science and Mathematics Centre was submitted for planning appropriate, but also provides a focal point to the vista from the primary entrance Location Godalming, Surrey approval in October 2015. The School’s aim is to provide pupils with the best to the school on Prince’s Drive, as well as providing the appropriate form to deal Construction value £5.7 million facilities of any school in the UK and revolutionise the way these subjects are with the internal and functional requirements of the Chemistry Labs within. Floor area 1800 sqm taught at Charterhouse. Contract form Traditional New courtyard Appointed 2010 The new centre provides: Completion September 2018 • 50% more space overall Client contact Emma Humphreys • A flexible and modern environment of the highest quality Services provided by DEA • The co-location of Science and Mathematics for the first time, fostering inter- and Architecture Awards RICS Awards 2019 intra-departmental collaboration based around a shared hub where pupils can shortlisted - pending meet, interact and access resources • A Lecture Theatre with retractable seating and the latest audio-visual aids capable of hosting lectures, science demonstrations and other School events. The site lies towards the North Eastern edge of the campus. Characterised by the historic architecture and setting, the buildings here are predominately Gothic Revival / Neo-Gothic in nature, dating back to the late 19th and early 20th Centuries. Our scheme, featuring three steeply pitched roofs, representing the 6 Chemistry Labs below, creates a subtle but important architectural link between the original campus which is heavily reliant on these forms, largely designed by the Architect Philip Charles Hardwick. DESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS | 18

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EDUCATION EXPERIENCE Charterhouse School Dining PROJECT DETAILS PROJECT SUMMARY Client Charterhouse Design Engine were commissioned by Charterhouse School following an invited In recent years Charterhouse School has offered a Day House, ‘Fletcherites’, for non- Project Dining competition with five other practices, and this project forms one of a series identified boarding sixth form girls and boys. This has meant that the current new Central Location Godalming, Surrey within our new masterplan for the School campus. Dining Rooms are insufficient in size and layout and needed extending to meet the Construction value £600,000 current need. Floor area 300 sqm The original 1972 dining rooms were designed by architect Richard Gilbert-Scott, Contract form Traditional son of Sir Giles Gilbert-Scott, as part of the construction of the iconic 1970s ‘new The only available site for development was to the south of the existing dining rooms Appointed 2008 houses’ accommodation. The unique design of the original dining hall building is a where there was an existing hard landscaped area (a former reflecting pool). The site Completed 2010 result of the long established tradition of pupils being allocated a Housemaster, is close to existing boarding houses and sits within a classified greenbelt area of Client contact Emma Humphreys which in turn has resulted in each house enjoying its own dining hall. A large central land. Services provided by DEA kitchen efficiently serves these seven dining rooms. The brief for a new dining hall to Architecture, Interior Design, Lead serve the new day house had to fit the required number of pupils within the space. The planning constraints were such that the visual amenity of the greenbelt was not Designer, Specification Writer to be affected by any development on the site. With this in mind the scheme The concept behind the building is driven by observing a close hierarchy between needed to be sensitive in nature both to its surrounding landscape and the existing the striking existing dining rooms’ roof form and the open and attractive nature of building to which it adjoined. the greenbelt site. The new roof geometry served as a creative element of the project but was also a deliberate echo of the architectural roof play of the existing The materials used in the construction of the building are also integral to the building, creating a sense of individuality to the space held below. concept, using a simple palette of materials to form an external colonnade/covered walkway. This colonnade also provides a sizable overhanging cover providing The project was delivered on time within a strict 26-week construction period. The natural solar shading to the south façade. Zinc and aluminium cladding are used completion of the dining rooms was needed in time for the arrival of the new day extensively as the external cladding material and draw a distinct line between boarding pupils. The extensive refurbishment of the original dining rooms was existing and new. Larch panels within the curtain walling soften the façade and relate carried out in 2013. directly to the open landscape to the south, drawing it in to the building plan. DESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS | 22

“ 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 School DESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS | 23

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EDUCATION EXPERIENCE Charterhouse School Queen’s Sports Centre PROJECT DETAILS PROJECT SUMMARY Client Charterhouse School Planning approval has been granted by Waverley Borough Council. The mass of the extension is reduced further by cutting the building back on the Project Sports western side by offering the roofs of the squash courts as a viewing terrace. Location Godalming, Surrey The project involves extension and internal remodeling of the original 1995 Queens Construction value £600,000 Sports Centre at Charterhouse, to offer new changing rooms, fitness suites, studios, A diagonal brick and glass wall running North-East to South-West provides the Floor area 300 sqm squash courts, creche and café. containment to the internal accommodation; effectively turning the existing entrance Contract form TBC forecourt into internal space. Appointed 2008 The QSC sits at the North West corner of the campus occupying a slightly raised Completed (Current) position overlooking the majority of the external sports pitches. The entrance A curving open colonnade is constructed from a series of double pre-cast concrete Client contact Emma Humphreys elevation faces South-East and enjoys spectacular views across the Surrey columns set approximately 4.5m apart, with each column supporting a single Services provided by DEA landscape. curving pre-cast beam tied back to main facade. Architecture, Interior Design, Lead Designer, Specification Writer The project also includes new all-weather pitches and a reconfigured parking courts The colonnade, whilst influenced by the natural curve of the landscape and cricket on an adjacent brownfield site. The scale of the proposed extension is sympathetic pitch, also creates a dynamic relationship with diagonal brick facade encouraging with its unique location as well as responding directly to the height of the existing people to enter the street from either end. QSC and making the best use of the gently sloping site. The colonnade also subtly hides a sloping ground plane, allowing wheelchair users Careful internal planning has enabled the extension to incorporate four squash and golf buggies seamless access to the playing fields. courts on the western side of the extension by sinking them into the ground, whilst ensuring that the overall height of the extension remains similar to the height of the existing eaves of the QSC. DESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS | 26

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EDUCATION EXPERIENCE Charterhouse School Fletcherites Boarding House PROJECT DETAILS PROJECT SUMMARY Client Charterhouse Fletcherites comprises a new two-storey building providing boarding accommodation for 37 no. 6th form girls, house tutor and matron’s flat. It is set in the Project Fletcherites Boarding Surrey greenbelt and immediately adjacent to the enigmatic 1960s boarding house House ‘Hodgsonites’ by Richard Gilbert-Scott, to which it relates. Location Godalming, Surrey The West extension provides approximately 1140m2 of new accommodation at a budget of approximately £2.4m. This represents 37 en-suite student bed-spaces Construction value £2.4 million and supporting accommodation, including two tutors’ maisonettes, student social space and student walk-in surgery .  Floor area Approx 1100 sqm Completed in September 2015 after a project inception of April 2014, the project Contract form Design & Build was a case study example of a positive working relationship between design-team, client and contractor. Appointed March 2014 This was necessary in order to overcome the hurdle of the demanding programme Completed September 2015 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 of Client contact Emma Humphreys preferred contractor and changes to the method of construction six weeks before start on site.  Services provided by DEA Architecture, Interior Design, Lead Designer, Contract Administration “ This is a beautifully constructed contemporary building 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 School View from Hodgsonites DESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS | 28

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West extension Fletcherites (Northbrook) Hodgesorites i The views to and from the South elevation of the old house is preserved. DESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS | 30 Entrance portico

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EDUCATION EXPERIENCE Downe House School Learning Centre PROJECT DETAILS PROJECT SUMMARY Client Downe House School Following an invited master plan design competition in 2013, we were subsequently Project Learning Centre commissioned to develop designs for the new Learning Centre at Downe House Location Newbury, Berskhire School which formed a central part of the master plan itself. Construction value £5.1 million Floor area 1166 sqm The competition brief asked for proposals for a visually and experientially inspiring Contract form Traditional building that would sit at the heart of the campus and serve as a hub for some of the Appointed 2012 key spaces of learning and day-to-day activities: a new library, multipurpose Completion November 2018 auditorium, teaching spaces, cafe, shop, resources hub and offices. Client contact Alasdair Heath Services provided by DEA The Centre is a physical and visual draw into the campus from the main entrance, Architecture, Interior Design, Lead and reinforces connections to the surrounding woodland which gives the School its Designer, Contract Administration unique setting. The three-storey building sits into the natural topography; therefore Awards RICS Awards 2019 minimising its height at the main entrance approach. shortlisted - pending The building will play a central role at Downe House, both in terms of the accommodation that it will provide and as a focal building in the wider context of the school campus: the new ‘Heart and Soul’ of the school. DESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS | 32

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EDUCATION EXPERIENCE WITH A GRADE II LISTED BUILDING Radley College Clocktower Court PROJECT DETAILS PROJECT SUMMARY Client Radley College At Radley College, a significant new building has been inserted into a central the Listed Grade 2 Rackets Court and on the other, a non-listed but period building campus space, replacing an earlier theatre building. The architecture of this £4.2 which serves as the Fives Court. Project Clocktower Court - Social million scheme not only has to reconcile the numerous existing buildings that Centre, 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 garden Art 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 the Location 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 become a central focal point within the campus. For this reason we explored Floor 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, we Appointed 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 incorporated Completed 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 sit either side. On one side, building could glue together a number of disparate existing buildings without Client contact David Anderson leaving an outcome which would give an over-bearing scale. (Estates Bursar) Services provided by DEA Architecture, Interior Design, Lead Designer, Contract Administration RIBA Award 2014, Civic Trust “ This is a modern reinterpretation of the Victorian Award 2014, Oxford Preservation redbrick tradition, and it is handled with due deference Trust Award 2014 to the scale of its surroundings. It is intelligent and unfussy.” Hugh Pearman The RIBA Journal. December 2013 DESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS | 36

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EDUCATION EXPERIENCE University of Winchester Performing Arts Studios PROJECT DETAILS PROJECT SUMMARY Client University of Winchester This project, Design Engine’s fourth major collaboration with the University The intention was to create an expression for the building that has empathy with the of Winchester, is a 11,000 sqft arts faculty building. Sitting in a natural bowl, the teaching spaces within it but that is also responsive to the surrounding context Project Performing Arts Faculty three-storey centre is linked to other parts of the faculty and consists principally of and orientation. Much of the building perimeter is obscured from direct view due to Studios voluminous dance studios with break-out communal areas between them. the nature of the site location and its adjacencies to surrounding buildings. We developed a strategy for each elevation based on where it can be viewed from and Location Winchester The budget of £1.8m was a demanding one for such accommodation and the the relationship to neighbouring buildings, and the campus generally. project was constructed through a design and build procurement route in six Construction value £1.8 million months; with Design Engine providing full information before acting as Employer’s Entering on the north side allows us to give the Performing Arts Faculty its own Agent for the contract. identity. A graphic wall was proposed adjacent to the main entrance, consisting of Floor area 3300 sqm illuminated vinyl graphics applied to the flush fixed cladding panels. These can be The University needed to provide their Performing Arts Faculty with new and changed to respond to specific events or to stay ‘fresh’. Contract form D&B dedicated accommodation. This follows a re-organisation of teaching space between Business Studies and Performing Arts within the campus. Careful thought was given to creating a sustainable environmental solution that Appointed 2008 would meet the needs of the end user, neighbours and wider community. The The design had to respond to a tight programme with just 14 months from acoustic requirements and the desire to achieve a naturally ventilated solution have Completed 2009 conception to completion, and a budget of approximately £1,800,000. A ‘stripped had a major influence on the design principles. down’ aesthetic was therefore chosen to meet these requirements, to create a Client contact John Mann / robust environment and promote creative freedom for the users. . Tommy Geddes The studios provide a flexible teaching environment for physical theatre and human Services provided by DEA movement as well as seminars and academic workshops. The drama studios are also Architecture used to teach stage management courses in conjunction with technical equipment for lighting and sound. Awards Civic Trust Award 2012,BCIA Finalist 2012 DESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS | 40

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EDUCATION EXPERIENCE Twyford School Masterplan PROJECT DETAILS PROJECT SUMMARY Client Twyford School Twyford School are a renowned co-educational not-for-profit preparatory school for Project Masterplan boys and girls aged 3-13, situated on a limited site on the outskirts of Winchester. Location Winchester, Hampshire The site is in a conservation area and several of the historic buildings are listed. Construction value £12million Floor area TBC Design Engine were commissioned following a rigorous competition process to Contract form TBC create a long-term vision and project-specific strategy for their site. Immediate needs Appointed 2016 include a better 80-bed boarding facility and improved pre-preparatory school. Completed Current Client contact Charles Gillow Of particular focus is the need to resolve a very difficult traffic management issue, Services provided by DEA which currently brings significant functional and health and safety issues to the site. Architecture, Masterplanning , Landscape design As with all projects we have worked very hard with the school’s Senior Management Team to establish a robust masterplan into which feed a series of localised development strategies, intended to overcome the difficult traffic issues and facilitate the phased delivery of specific projects, whilst maintaining uninterrupted operation of the school. The delivery of the various building projects requires a phased approach carefully arranged around the school calendar. The masterplan was presented to the local authority as part of Pre Application dialogue in 2018. Planning applications are currently being progressed. DESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS | 44

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8 B O 12 U 14 R N 6 E L A N E (14) 9 19 12 R O AD H I L L / WINCHESTER SE RLES BO UR N E LANE New entrance to school through walled S T REET garden. HI GH DESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS | 47 ROAD HA Z E L EY Site plan of competed masterplan

EDUCATION EXPERIENCE Downe House School Masterplan PROJECT DETAILS PROJECT SUMMARY Client Twyford School Downe House School is an independent girls school for ages 11-18. The site Upon completion of the Master Plan Design Engine were then appointed to Project Masterplan includes boarding provision. undertake the design and delivery of the new Learning Centre. This project was Location Winchester, Hampshire completed in November 2018. Construction value 12million The masterplan component of our commission was essential in establishing how the Floor area TBC wider campus should be developed in order that a new Learning Centre could be Contract form TBC accommodated in the preferred central location identified. Additional future Appointed 2016 development opportunities were also explored. Completed Current Client contact Charles Gillow In addition to ensuring that the building functioned well with the topography of the Services provided by DEA site and with the adjacent buildings, there was a need to review the wider vehicular Architecture, Masterplanning , movement strategy. Key was the reorientation of the main access road into the site Landscape design having identified that if it remained, it would blight the potential envisaged building to become a focal point for the school. By redirecting the vehicular traffic flow closer to the main entrance into the site the building could enjoy a new vehicle-free forecourt and enable servicing of several buildings to be made less visible and impactful. A close study of the pedestrian movements around the site helped to inform the most appropriate location for entrances to the building. DESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS | 48