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Bishop Road

May 8, 2016 by Ben Smith

Background

Bishop Road Primary is a highly successful school, and needed to expand from 720 to 840 places due to its popularity – or to accommodate four extra classrooms.

Design

By building a new library and administration facility at the front of the school, this enabled us to release sufficient space for the 4 extra classrooms to be accommodated within the existing school buildings.

Technical

The modern clean lines of the whole library element hover over a stone and glass base, creating a  light, open and welcoming new entrance.  The overall look gives the school a ‘street presence’, signifying the more accessible and all-embracing role that the school has within the community.

Awards

  • Winner, Bristol Civic Society Design Award 2015

Designed by: George Batterham, Ben Smith

Built by: Willmott Dixon

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Air Balloon Hill Primary School | Primary School Architecture Bath

May 5, 2016 by Ben Smith

Background

Expanding from 630 to 840 pupils provided the opportunity to create a new main entrance and complete the fourth side of the central courtyard.

Design

A contemporary glazed link between two fine Art Nouveau buildings starts a new timber boardwalk spine through the site connecting all the buildings together. A bridge to a new Reception for Year 1 and Year 6 classroom blocks completes the central courtyard.

Technical

The primary structure is SIPS, to allow an accelerated construction period. The first-floor terrace is finished in astroturf with cedar cladding to the walls. A 20KW PV array and high levels of insulation ensure a BREEAM rating of ‘very good’.

Designed by George Batterham, Ben Smith

Built by Skanska

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Hartcliffe Core Project

June 2, 2015 by Ben Smith

Background

The Hartcliffe CORE project is a unique partnership between a Primary School, an Early Years Centre, a Youth Service and the Local Authority. Together they have sought funding from Sports and Arts, URBAN, SRB5, NOF and SEED.

Design

This has resulted in a project to provide a naturally lit dedicated activity hall, a black box drama room called the “Venue” capable of being used as a nightclub, a terrifying climbing wall (from which having braved a climb you can see the whole neighbourhood) and a whole range of ancillary community facilities with bars, kitchens and foyers that links all three partners together in one building.

Designed by John St Leger, Piers Taylor
Built by Leadbitter Construction

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