ELITE CONSTRUCTION VOL3 ISSUE11

NEW SPORTS HALL AT GERMAN SCHOOL
Neilcott Construction were selected
by German School Association to
construct a new two storey building
at the German School in Rischmond
Surrey. The new building is in two parts
– a simple banded sports hall ‘box’ set
against an articulated two-storey block
containing changing rooms, storage,
reception/off’ice, meeting room and
wcs/kitchen.
The exisiting sports hall was
demolished with a temporary sports
hall quickly built as to not disturb
the day to day running of the school
while the new sports hall was being
constructed.
The warm red brickwork, stained larch
cladding and glazing help to def’ine the
forms of the sports hall and create an
architecture that is both expressive and
controlled. Carefully planned around
the existing school and its mature
landscape, the new building improves
circulation and orientation as well as
def’ining and creating better external
spaces and views in and out of the
school.
"This was a golden chance to
procure a state of the art sports
hall, with a design of particular
merit by Rivington Street Studio
Architects, for use by over 800
pupils as well as some local
groups."
The sports hall roof was f’itted with
a Photovoltaic system (solar panels)
which will generate around 40 MWh
per year and cover 5% of the schools
electricity consumption saving the
school thousands of pounds over the
next few years. A new sprung f’loor
was installed part of the way through
the ply works so a large quantity of
the ply was installed from spider lifts
and plastered from large bridged
aluminium towers. West Drylining
and Facades worked with complex
bulkhead designs around some new
steel members which were added in
to take the weight and support the
mechanism of the large horeman
doors.
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