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Kingswood Pavilion

September 7, 2016 by Ben Smith

Background

With an expanding need for sports facilities, the existing 1967 Pavilion was struggling to cope and did not reflect Kingswood School’s forward looking green ethos.

Design

We retained the existing building facing the cricket square and built a new state-of-the-art club room on top of four new changing rooms, all set on a different orientation.  The two geometries are resolved by the lift and staircase acting as a pivot and knitting together the old and the new.

Technical

The new club room is constructed out of cross-laminated timber ( CLT) on paired glue laminated frame, expressed internally with stainless steel connections.

Designed by: Ben Smith, George Batterham

Built by: HB Lewis & Sons Ltd

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Kingswood School Boarding House, Bath

May 10, 2016 by Ben Smith

Background

The brief was to create a new, two-storey boarding house with accommodation for 43 boarding pupils, ancillary accommodation and flats for the Housemaster and his assistant.

Design

The building was designed to require both low maintenance and low energy during its life. The detailing for heat retention is therefore important to avoid draughts and heat through cold bridges; it has also been designed to be fully accessible to the disabled, with door openings sized for easy wheelchair access.

The design includes extensive external work in the vicinity of the building to complement it.

Technical

The structural frame of the building comprises load-bearing masonry with beam and block floors throughout for sound attenuation between rooms; roof is zinc standing seam and the external cedar cladding on the walls is left untreated to weather to a silver-grey colour. Externally the terrace out from the common room is paved, with areas of grass disturbed during construction re-seeded.

Awards

  • Finalist, Best Educational Building, LABC Building Excellence Awards 2015

Designed by:  George Batterham,  Anja Haubold

Built by:  Rydon South West 

 

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