St Matthew Academy, Blackheath
Roman Catholic Diocese of Southwark
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St Matthew Academy, Blackheath
Completion Date 2008
Contract Value £23m
Client Roman Catholic Diocese of Southwark
St Matthew Academy for Business and Enterprise is a new build all-through Academy on a constrained site, catering for 1320 pupils aged 3-16. At the heart of the school, the assembly hall is a focal, celebratory space for the whole community, reflecting the Christian values of both the client and the Sponsors, the de la Salle Brothers. Energy conservation influenced form and massing, with top-lit atria and courtyards to maximise natural light and ventilation.
West Hill Green Student Halls, Winchester
Geoffrey Osborne Ltd
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West Hill Green, Winchester
Completion Date Phase I complete 2012
Contract Value £15m
Client Geoffrey Osborne Ltd
West Hill Green is a phased new build development for the University of Winchester, providing 499 student bedrooms in eight-room clusters, each sharing communal kitchen, dining and living spaces. Located on a prominent sloping site, the scheme has involved a complex planning process. Public and private spaces have been arranged to enable shared use of café, gym and laundry facilities whilst maintaining a secure residential community. The scheme is expected to achieve BREEAM Very Good.
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Winchester Cathedral Visitor Centre, Hampshire
Winchester Cathedral Enterprises
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Winchester Cathedral Visitor
Centre, Hampshire
Completion Date 1999
Contract Value £1.7m
Client Winchester Cathedral Enterprises
Won in limited competition, this scheme formed part of a masterplan to accommodate increasing visitor numbers. The first phase included the conversion of a Grade I Listed, 17th century coach house to provide a new visitor entrance, retail, offices and dining space. The second comprised a single storey, lightweight timber-framed building, used for functions and meetings. Within such an historic setting, great sensitivity was required to balance the new with the fabric of the existing building.
Chilcomb Innovation Centre, Winchester
Cavendish & Gloucester Plc
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Chilcomb Innovation Centre, Winchester
Completion Date Planning granted 2009
Contract Value £18m
Client Cavendish & Gloucester Plc
The new Chilcomb Innovation Centre comprises 9000sqm of accommodation for office-based and research and development businesses. The redevelopment of this brown field site has required sensitive planning due to its location within the Hampshire Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, and designated South Downs National Park. Comprised of six individual three-storey units arranged in two blocks, the sustainable design has an anticipated BREEAM Excellent rating, and achieved planning permission in December 2009.
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Victoria Park Student Halls, Portsmouth
University of Portsmouth
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Victoria Park Student Halls, Portsmouth
Completion Date planning approved 2011
Contract Value undisclosed
Client University of Portsmouth
This landmark new building for the University of Portsmouth is located within a Listed Park. The lower floors of the 30-storey tower provide faculty accommodation for two Social Science and Humanities schools, with central shared facilities including a 300-seat lecture theatre, seminar rooms and café. 600 student bedrooms are accommodated above, arranged in a combination of cluster flats and studios. The design achieved a BREEAM (2010) Very Good rating.
Kelmscott School, Waltham Forest
London Borough of Waltham Forest
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Kelmscott School, Waltham Forest
Completion Date 2008
Contract Value £11m
Client London Borough of Waltham Forest
As part of Bouygues Partnership for Education and Community, Kelmscott School has been refurbished, extended and remodelled, to improve both the image and the functionality of the existing school, and its identity within the community. A new street runs from the highly prominent new entrance, linking existing buildings and new performing arts, catering and dining facilities, and providing an easily legible circulation axis through the school. The project won the PfS Best Design for a Remodelled School Award in 2008.
University of Lleida, Spain
University of Lleida
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University of Lleida, Spain
Completed 2002
Contract Value £6m
Client University of Lleida
This new 8800sqm faculty building for the University of Lleida was won through an international design competition. Lleida's innovative curriculum translated into an equally innovative design solution, with flexible lecture theatres and teaching organised around a four-storey central atrium, and central administration, dining and student services at lower and upper ground. With inspiration taken from the Basque sculptor, Chilida, the form and massing of the building also accommodates a wide climatic range while minimising energy demand.
Walthamstow School for Girls, Walthamstow
London Borough of Waltham Forest
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Walthamstow School for Girls, Walthamstow
Completion Date 2009
Contract Value £17m
Client London Borough of Waltham Forest
At Walthamstow School for Girls the Grade II Listed building was sensitively refurbished and extended to provide new specialist accommodation for 900 pupils. New and old are connected by a multi level, glazed foyer with folding screens that allow drama and assembly spaces to be linked together, creating an exciting sequence of flexible learning spaces. The design, constructed by Bouygues, achieved BREEAM 'Very Good' and won a 2011 BCSE Design Award.
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