The successful result of a true collaboration by a large and disparate team.
We consulted closely with community groups and helped to provide a new academy resulting from a closure of an existing poorly performing school.
The engineers incorporated long spans and large cantilevers allowing the classrooms and teaching spaces to be column free. Concrete plays an important role with a reinforced concrete frame and exposed concrete finishes.
The interior designers developed the FF&E design where furniture layouts facilitated new ways of learning and influenced the architectural spaces.
High levels of daylight and dynamic sunlight were introduced and were complemented by fluorescent luminaires for a visually stunning lighting scheme.