SB 4150 Web

More documents

Recommendations

Info

Cladding Special King’s School (Levitt Bernstein) Clad all over Whether extending, refurbishing, or building anew, imaginative use of cladding offers an exciting new visual to the project. Natural materials such as timber, innovative glass, or steel finishes really add the finishing touches. We’ve found four projects, all very different, but with clever exterior finishes in common. Lewisham Southwark College Waterloo Campus has been transformed into an award-winning saw-tooth masterpiece with a Proteus (proteusfacades.com) façade solution in a combination of new Proteus GL Back Painted Glass and Proteus HR Rimex Stainless Steel Cladding in Granex M1A. Lewisham Southwark College (Phase 1) was announced winner of the AJ Retrofit Awards – Higher Education category and shortlisted in the RICS ‘Design Through Innovation’ Awards. Proteus GL and Proteus HR were specified by Richard Hopkinson Architects (richardhopkinsonarchitects.com) in collaboration with Platform 5 Architects (platform5architects.com) for the entrance surround, rear elevation, and stair well cladding on the £40m redevelopment project. The Proteus cladding now announces a new point of arrival at what was an existing 2,795m2 ‘run-down’ college building. Whilst outwardly transforming the college, the cladding also gives a nod to the innovative and vibrant learning spaces inside. This is achieved by a striking saw-tooth façade design on the larger, rear elevation that utilises a combination of the Proteus HR Rimex stainless steel cladding and Proteus GL back painted glass in RAL 9010. Proteus GL accentuates the saw tooth design on the return face of each saw tooth by embellishing the subtly muted tones characteristic of the highly polished, reflective glass surface. The Proteus HR stainless steel cladding also serves a practical purpose by creating a brise soleil around the window pods, offering a distinctly different and attractive silvery, granular surface that accentuates the back painted glass and other glazed areas at Lewisham Southwark College Waterloo Campus. Further intrigue to the saw tooth design was added by a glass fin cantilevering off the SIPs panel on the nosing of each crank. Proteus worked with the design team at Platform 5 Architects and the fin manufacturer to ensure that all the separate elements integrated during installation. Planning permission has been granted for a landmark new Business School and Growth Hub building at the University of Gloucestershire’s Oxstalls campus. Designed by Austin-Smith:Lord (austinsmithlord.com), the building reflects the success of the existing Business School and the projected expansion of students enrolling in forthcoming years. In addition to being the new home for the University’s Business School, which is currently located in Cheltenham, the flagship building will provide expanded space and facilities for the Growth Hub which is already based at Oxstalls. Growth Hub is a partnership between the University of Gloucestershire and GFirst LEP to provide start-up businesses with support, and expertise to help businesses to grow. The new 5500m2 building will incorporate a trading room (to simulate a trading floor); moot court; innovative collaborative lecture theatre and a social learning space. Externally, the building will feature metal cladding, insulated render, aluminium framed curtain walling, and European oak timber cladding. The key focal point of the scheme is a triple height atrium space, with generous rooflights University of Gloucestershire (Austin-Smith:Lord)
Bespoke Spaces classroom at Bleasdale school and clerestorey lighting, distinctive curved balcony fronts, extensive glazed screens providing a high degree of transparency and interconnectivity, and a feature stair wrapping between levels. Planning consent has also been secured for a new building for the Music Department at King’s School in Bruton, Somerset, designed by Levitt Bernstein (levittbernstein.co.uk) for the school’s quincentennary in 2019. Under these proposals, a disused corner of the school site will be transformed to create a new building for all of the school’s musical facilities, including teaching and rehearsal space, a recital hall and industry-specification recording suite. This high quality, purposebuilt facility will create a space that can accommodate growing numbers of pupils, befitting the outstanding standards of music at the school, as well as offering exceptional music facilities for the Bruton community. Sat in the heart of the 16th century estate and within the Bruton Conservation Area, the design is inspired by, and carefully responds to, this sensitive context. The site is enclosed on three sides by listed stone walls, which will be protected to create and define a new landscape at the heart of the estate – linking the new building to the rest of the school and encouraging activity where there is currently very little. A new two storey tower, inspired by the character of the nearby Headmaster’s tower, will mark the entrance. Finally, a new riverside walkway will strengthen the relationship between the new and historic contexts, and between the school and river respectively. Predominantly single-storey, the form of the building responds to key views into and from the school, maintaining an important connection between the courtyard and wider context. The material palette embodies the key architectural concept of contrasts; between old and new, and hard and soft. The new wall and tower will provide a striking, modern and complementary aesthetic that references the solid character of the existing stone walls without trying to compete with them. In contrast to the hard masonry frontage, a soft, natural timber cladding system will wrap around and envelop the building, culminating in a rhythmic arrangement of vertical batons to the courtyard-facing façade of the recital hall. A sedum roof will help to soften the roof appearance when viewed from higher vantage points, whilst attenuating rainfall and insulating practice rooms from rain noise. Maximising space is something schools know all about as pupil intakes vary each year, offering different challenges such as crowded classrooms and work areas. And as most established schools have already built out as far as they can, the problem is where to go next? Jon Gallagher from Your Bespoke Space (yourbespokespace.co.uk) had seen this problem many times in over his ten years working as a joiner in schools around Lancashire. "I felt there was a market for something that didn't need an expensive extension and I came up with an idea for an extra outdoor learning space,” he explained. “These are manufactured away from the school to minimise disruption.” Depending on size, they may not need planning permission and can be bespoke. The classrooms are designed to be moveable and can be used all year round. As a material, Jon choses cedar cladding which not only looks good but has a long life with an ecofriendly sedum roof. Complete with power and insulated, the classrooms come fully painted inside and out and are fitted with aluminium windows and bi-fold doors allowing the classroom to be opened up. They can also be supplied fitted with carpets or vinyl flooring, and ramps are also available. Cladding can created a design cohesion for several buildings, or make one element stand out - the choice is yours! Lewisham Southwark College Waterloo Campus (Proteus Facades) Summer 2O17 <strong>4150</strong> 39
Page 1 and 2: Summer 2O17 issue 4150 School build
Page 3 and 4: Dear Reader, Welcome to the Summer
Page 5 and 6: Article Thorlux takes education lig
Page 7 and 8: Vulcathene create state-of-the-art
Page 9 and 10: @EduEstates “The Education and Sk
Page 11 and 12: connect with us Lighting control in
Page 13 and 14: EDUCATION RANGE A range of made-to-
Page 15 and 16: Customise your W Y E A R A 20 R R A
Page 17 and 18: Raising the Bar with creative sport
Page 19 and 20: NO BROKEN GLA ASS, SIMPLY RESETET R
Page 21 and 22: Product News Concord cuts lighting
Page 23 and 24: The approach is very sustainable be
Page 25 and 26: The Outstanding Joist System The Po
Page 27 and 28: Heating & Ventilation Innovation he
Page 29: Summer 2O17 4150 29
Page 32 and 33: Walls, Floors & Ceilings Replacing
Page 34 and 35: Walls, Floors & Ceilings Forbo’s
Page 36 and 37: Article Safe heating for buildings
Page 40 and 41: Offsite & Modular Building School o
Page 42 and 43: Product News Hazlemere goes green w
Page 44 and 45: Product News Safe roofing solutions
Page 46 and 47: In my opinion Embracing modular con

SB 4150 Web

You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles

Delete template?

Save as template?