hks education portfolio 2015

2015

EDUCATION portfolio

2015

EDUCATION portfolio

Architecture Interior Design Urban Design Masterplanning

Project Management Option Appraisals/ Feasibility Stud-ies Furniture Consultancy

Graphic Design Environmental Graphics Branding Consultan-cy Lead Consultancy BIM Da-

5.0 Sustainability

6.0 BIM

7.0 Projects

ABOUT THE COVER:

Archbishop Sentamu Academy

Architecture Interior Design Urban Design Masterplanning

Project Management Option Appraisals/ Feasibility Stud-ies Furniture Consultancy

Graphic Design Environmental Graphics Branding Consultan-cy Lead Consultancy BIM Da-

Large Education Project of the Year Award

Mixology Awards

Royal Institute of British Architects

Shortlisted for Regional RIBA award

1.0 HKS

2.0 Capability

3.0 Design Philosophy

4.0 Education and the Historic Environment

Contents

> Our Vision

Architecture reflects and shapes our time and culture. HKS is creating places that enhance the human experience.

In the education sector our design approach and methodology reflects the unique nature

and social significance of learning. What we learn and how we learn during the entire span

of our lifetime has the potential to change people’s lives and the quality of our society.

Top Northfleet Technology College, Kent UK Middle St Georges Church of England

Foundation School, Kent, UK Bottom Malet Lambert School, Hull UK

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CLIENT SATISFACTIONOVER 75% OF HKS WORK IS REPEAT BUSINESS

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HKS now has 26 offices and works with more than 80 prominent design firms around the world.

[GLOBAL]We have 1,150 employes globally

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> Capability

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Changing methods and approaches to teaching combined with changing technology are affecting the delivery of education in a profound way. HKS is passionate about designing buildings that can unlock this potential.

Our education teams seek to create high quality environments, spaces and places that support the lifetime learning experience. We strive to deliver education facilities that respond to the needs and aspirations of pupils, students, teachers, support staff, family members and the local community. Our goal however is not just

to create world class design solutions but also to provide a service to our clients that ensures that the solutions are delivered on time and to a budget in order to meet our clients’ aspirations. To provide first class delivery we build our design teams within a framework of structured, disciplined and effective project management. We not only create the design but we also manage the design process. We bring the core management skills of curriculum modelling, resource planning and project management to this process.

Right St Georges Church of England Foundation School, Kent, UK

> Design Philosophy

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The HKS approach is based upon thoroughly understanding a client’s aspirations and needs, and sensitively responding to the unique environmental, social and operational characteristics of each project. We believe that the most successful projects are those in which there is an integrated project team that promotes collaboration and shared ownership in the pursuit of such an approach.

Our project management process includes design quality management reviews and consultant ccoordination, budget management, monthly reporting, design scheduling and design fee cash flow forecasting and trending.

We have not only built some of the most exciting and transformational schools in the country, but also worked as advisors to some of the country’s most forward thinking local authorities. The schools we have delivered, in some of the most deprived and challenging areas of the county are now open and thriving, with school senior management teams glowing in their praise of the transformational effect the schools are having upon learning outcomes and aspirations.

Through the experience of our projects and acting as Technical Advisors, we have developed a sophisticated architectural portfolio of space types to suit clients needs however traditional or transformational. We can deliver designs that can accommodate a traditional pedagogy whilst having sufficient flexibility designed-in to enable a shift to the transformational end of the spectrum without costly building alteration. This is a key attribute, as many schools, whilst harbouring the aspiration to transform their teaching and learning strategies, need to manage change over a longer period of time whilst commissioning new buildings in the short term.

Design and creativity are implicit in our approach. Our portfolio attests to our ability to deliver beautifully inspired work, shaping and crafting environments and ideas well beyond the expected.

> Design Philosophy

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Top Canary Wharf College, London, UK Left Archbishop Sentamu Academy, Hull, UK Middle Silverstone University Technical College Silverstone Motor Racing Circuit, Northamptonshire, UKBottom Right St Georges Church of England Foundation School, Kent, UK

As architects we seek to bring the following skills and experience:

• The ability to listen

• Designing to maximise value for money

• Detailed interrogation of the clinical brief

• Leading edge education design

• The ability to provide the required

functionality to align with the curriculum area

• The ability to create interior spaces that are

sensitive to the needs of students, teachers

and parents

• Ability to work in ‘real time’ with all other

design disciplines

• Strong design management skills to co-

ordinate the design process

• Understanding the dynamics of and meeting

the affordable criteria

• Designing to meet energy targets

HKS Education Services:

• Architecture

• Interior Design

• Urban Design

• Masterplanning

• Project Management

• Option Appraisals

• Feasibility Studies

• Graphic Design

• Environmental Graphics

• Branding Consultancy

• Lead Consultancy

• BIM

• Database Management

• Technical Advisors

To meet the challenging educational briefs, we have adopted a client engagement process which aligns with that of our experience from procuring projects on educational frameworks. This process helps to define and develop a robust education design from conception through to delivery.

> Process

21 3Listening

The ProcessEthos & VisionStakeholder AspirationsDesign DriversSite Opportunities &ConstraintsEducational OrganisationKey AdjacenciesPedagogyChange ManagementFlexibility & Adaptability

Concept

Initial ConceptsEvaluation AgainstEducational ModelConcept Development

ICT StrategyFFE StrategyServices StrategySustainability StrategyPlanning

Design Development

Initial GA PlansInitial Landscape Plans3D ModelEvaluationDesign Development

EngineeringStatutory IssuesFFE ConceptsSecure Concepts

4 5 6Integration

Full GA PlansSite / External PlansDesign ReviewMaterials, Colours &Finishes

PhasingPlanningConstructionIn Use Costs

Assessment

GA Plans & Sections1:50 Sample FFE PlansStructures and ServicingMaterial & FinishesSpecsMassing &VisualisationDesign Review

Presentation

Final Design PresentationMeeting the BriefPlansSectionsInterior DesignSpecsConservationAdded ValueSchedule AreaDesign Costs

Left Newhaven Technical University Technical College Newhaven, UKTop Chisenhale Primary School, London, UK

Middle Malet Lambert School, London, UK Bottom Right Canary Wharf College, London, UK

> Education and the Historic Environment

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HKS Architects have extensive experience in delivering education facilities located within or adjacent to buildings of historical significance. This includes working with Listed Buildings and sites within or next to conservation areas. Critical to a successful design and delivery, requires careful consideration of the local context and historical nature of the site or buildings in relation to the education development as well as early engagement with the Local Authority Conservation team or English Heritage. Recent projects include:

• Newhaven University Technical College

• Whitefriars Community School

• Canary Wharf College 1 / 2

• North Hertfordshire College

• Malet Lambert School

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> Education and the Historic Environment

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Top Dane Court Grammer School, Kent, UKLeft Archbishop Sentamu Academy, Hull, UK

> Sustainability

5.0HKS has been actively involved in environmental issues since the 1960’s when the company was instrumental in developing innovative low energy solutions to housing design and campaigning for efficient and renewable energy production and therefore considers issues of sustainability from the outset.

As part of our ongoing commitment to low energy, sustainable design solutions, HKS has experience of recognised environmental assessment methods including BREEAM and the LEED. HKS, through user group meetings and design workshops, seeks close collaboration with client and design teams to

minimise the adverse effect of the building on the local and global environment, whilst ensuring the building meets the requirements of the occupants’ activities, health, comfort, stimulus and well being.

By seeking maximum integration of all design disciplines and continual review of building form, function and operation. A holistic design can be achieved, minimising waste, reducing energy consumption and fully serving the needs of the occupier.

As well as being accredited with BSEN ISO 14001:2004, HKS DesignGreen is the sustainable consulting studio within HKS that assists our design staff in implementing sustainable design processes and strategies. This studio has catalogued sustainable strategies and “lessons learned” from our vast project experience and uses this data on a daily basis to assist our designers in identifying successful and appropriate sustainable design strategies for their projects. Daily communication and contact with the project design team makes HKS DesignGreen uniquely effective at delivering successful integrated design solutions for its clients.

HKS carries out regular research into innovations in environmental design and are currently evolving a structured in house design guide and protocol for use by all technical staff. By seeking maximum integration of all design disciplines and continual review of building form, function and operation, HKS believes that a holistic design can be achieved, minimising waste, reducing energy consumption and fully serving the needs of the occupier.

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> BIM

6.0HKS was one of the first architectural firms to extensively use Building Information Modeling (BIM). Since 2009, all of our newly awarded projects utilise BIM capabilities. Our firm currently has over £10 billion in design and construction underway using Autodesk Revit, a BIM software. Revit allows us to explore complex architectural geometry with a realistic and intelligent model that is seamlessly integrated with coordinated construction documents.

BIM’s 3D approach allows the owner and building team to see how the pieces of their project – from its three-story atrium to its door frames – fit together. Owners, architects, engineers and contractors are all seeing the advantages of Revit.

The Benefits of HKS’ Implementation of BIMBIM allows the design team to quickly study options via analysis tools – revealing the best design option (e.g. LEED certification points, most efficient volume and perimeter, site orientation and building views).

The technology allows architects and their team members to study the cost impact of different designs (e.g. exterior wall system options, percentage of glazing versus solid wall) – providing a better cost overview.

Analysis tools offered by BIM promote green design (e.g. daylighting studies, energy calculations, building site orientation and

implementing new solar technology) – allowing educated sustainable decisions.

BIM supports the Integrated Project Delivery team process by giving the team the tools necessary to exchange required information between all members – saving time and money.

The technology facilitates accurate presentation views at any point during the design and construction document process – allowing the owner to better understand their building.

The quality of overall documents improves due to the use of 3D modeling coordination – promoting a coordinated set of construction documents.

The process encourages all industry team members to communicate – helping improve efficiency of scheduling construction activities (e.g. analysis and sequencing of work, materials delivery, ordering long lead items, organizing construction site storage and staging areas).

BIM reduces the possibility of building construction conflicts which could require change orders – saving the owner additional costs.

Our dedicated Revit server accelerates sharing models around all offices, enabling multiple-firm collaboration on a single model data set.

Chisenhale Primary SchoolLondon, United Kingdom Date 2007 Size 268sqm

London Borough of Tower Hamlets Chisenhale Primary School 7.0

Chisenhale Primary SchoolLondon, United Kingdom Date 2007 Size 268sqm

> Primary

Learning environments should engage the innate curiosity of young students and stimulate their diverse learning style.HKS is dedicated to improving school environments in the communities we serve. This is in hopes of preparing every child for success in life as they go on to their careers, further education, healthy citizenship and community leadership. A school’s influence should create a sense of optimism in a young heart and a sense of destiny to serve the common good.

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London Borough of Tower Hamlets Chisenhale Primary School

This new accommodation comprises of a reception, administration and staff room together with a staff leadership office and individual interview rooms. A new lift will ensure full accessibility at each level. The project also comprises rationalisation of internal areas for improved classroom facilities and ICT provision for 30 pupils.

ServicesArchitectureInterior design

Project FeaturesExtension and refurbishment of Victorian Primary SchoolImproved staff facilities

Canary Wharf CollegeLondon, United Kingdom Date 2014 Size 1,740sqm

Kier Construction for Canary Wharf College

Canary Wharf CollegeLondon, United Kingdom Date 2014 Size 1,740sqm

We believe the architectural design of a school can help in this mission. Physical learning settings provide meaningful and memorable backdrops for impressionable minds. These formative experiences have lifelong impacts. Today’s imprints shape tomorrow’s outcomes.

Canary Wharf College

By working through the challenges of the tight site, its constraints and boundaries HKS proposed a building which combines the needs of a growing primary school and a multi-use hall for the local community to use. The design maximises the schools accommodation and exceeded the number of teaching spaces the brief called for. This allows the school to offer its students dedicated art, technology and ICT facilities.


Project FeaturesPart of Governments Free School initiativeMulti use community hallCross Laminated Timber frameBuilding in Chapel House Conservation Area

Priestmead Primary SchoolLondon, United Kingdom Date 2015 Size 4,081sqm


Priestmead Primary SchoolLondon, United Kingdom Date 2015 Size 4,081sqm

The world is changing rapidly. School design must keep pace. Pedagogy is continuously subject to new tools, more mandates, developing science and technology and unfolding history. To plan for this cycle of perpetual renewal, school design can be grounded by two guiding constants.

The first is change itself. Schools should be easily modifiable – either directly by users, or through construction – to accommodate various activities, technologies, schedules or groups. The second is human nature. Emphasis should be placed on natural elements and social relationships that are enduring, changeless and permanent.

Priestmead Priestmead Primary School

Careful consideration of a variety of building forms, heights and arrangements has led to a proposed design that fully supports the School’s vision for how their villages will expand to the new enrolment numbers and that works with the site to maximise external play-space.


Project FeaturesMulti use community hallA three storey four-form entry primary school which reflects the school’s vision for different phases and villages.Careful consideration to vertical circulation routes with regards to the upper year’s playground and WC access. Community-use facilities can be easily “locked off” from the teaching spaces to provide a stand-alone community hub.

Canary Wharf College 2 London, United Kingdom Date 2014 Size 1630sqm


Canary Wharf College 2

The teaching and community zones are given equal priority within the layout, signified by an entrance placed strategically between them. This allows either to function independently. With the teaching zone priority is given to the classrooms. These are well proportioned, square, best efficiency and flexibility of space over the lifetime of the building.


Project FeaturesMulti use community hallRoof top play spaceSite utilization on tight urban site

Aylward Primary School Harrow, Greater London, United Kingdom Date 2015 Size 3,170sqm

Aylward Primary School

Careful consideration has been given to a variety of site options and building to ensure that the proposed design creates an “open and natural” feel to the school and its grounds, all whilst retaining the large cedar tree central to the school’s identity and ensuring good security and circulation around the site.


Project FeaturesLarge halls to provide extensive dining and community facilities with the ability to spill out into the landscaping around the school’s cedar tree. Strong views out and excellent levels of natural daylighting, fresh air and comfort for students, staff and all users. Clearly defined entrances and careful consideration of the positioning of the ASD unit and community-use areas to ensure that no area feels left-out.

Northfleet Technology CollegeGravesend, Kent, United Kingdom Date 2010 Size 8,500sqm

Kent County Council

Northfleet Technology CollegeGravesend, Kent, United Kingdom Date 2010 Size 8,500sqm

> Secondary

HKS leads the way in creating places that enhance the human experience by developing new spaces and ideas that impact student learning. Our extensive experience in progressive school design and ongoing dialogue with educators provides us with a keen understanding of future-ready solutions for dynamically changing teaching and learning demands

Northfleet Technology College

A flexible, multi-use building that fully supports new strategies for secondary learning and teaching and the drive to embed ICT throughout the curriculum. It will embrace the personalised learning agenda and provide a range of opportunities for extended learning.

ServicesArchitect to the BSF ConsortiumInterior design

Project FeaturesOpen-plan HomebasesGreen heart space for circulationFlexible furniture strategyExternal diningOutdoor Performance spaceICT-rich environment

Kent County Council

St John’s Catholic Comprehensive SchoolKent, East Sussex, United Kingdom Date 2010 Size 10,354sqm

St John’s Catholic Comprehensive School

Our proposal seeks to create a new building in which the whole school and the ‘schools within a school’ will be able to develop their own identity and their own sense of place. Each of the three schools within a school is a space, cradled by the protecting enclosure of the Heart and the specialist learning and support areas of the building.

ServicesArchitect to the BSF consortiumInterior Design

Project FeaturesNo circulation corridorsOpen plan home basesCentral ‘Heart’ space

St Georges Church of England Foundation SchoolGravesend, Kent, United Kingdom Date 2010 Size 8,500sqm

Kent County Council

> Build a Community

Academic and educational services must evolve, or become obsolete. The process of change and adjustment is not linear. Its progressions occur simultaneously and iteratively. It must be engaged through a 360 process, where stakeholder perspective leads to powerful new ideas, solutions and expressions. Through divergent-thinking, curiosity, persistence and teamwork, we discover and organize common values and individual viewpoints that shape new visions and desired outcomes for our clients.

St Georges Church of England Foundation School

The initial brief called for a 70/30% split between new build and refurbishment respectively. HKS challenged this brief and proposed an 85/15% new build/refurbishment solution which delivered a more compact building that was under BB98 guidelines yet maintained the learning spaces stipulated in the output specification.

ServicesArchitect to the BSF ConsortiumInterior design

Project FeaturesMultiple zoned buildings to suit occupancy patternsBuilding management systemHeat recovery ventilation plantMaximisation of natural ventilationDay-lighting lighting controlsSolar collectors for hot water heating

Dane Court Grammer SchoolKent, United Kingdom Date 2011 Size 10,326sqm

Kent County Council

Dane Court Grammer SchoolKent, United Kingdom Date 2011 Size 10,326sqm

Dane Court Grammer School

Dane Court is the first Grammar school in the country to take part in the BSF programme. Justifiably proud of their excellent record of academic achievement, the Head teacher and governors were keen to build on their successful education model by developing a Grammar school fit for the 21st Century. The project involves extensive refurbishment to much of the existing building; providing the necessary infrastructure for modern computer-based learning.


Project FeaturesRefurbishment of Maths, Humanities & Languages departmentsNew-build English, Science, Art & Technology blocksSports Hall

Andrew Marvell Businessand Enterprise CollegeHull, United Kingdom Date 2013 Size 11,400sqm

Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council Grouped Schools

> Change

In today’s global and fast-paced marketplace, academic and educational services must not only anticipate change, but drive it. HKS helps our clients see beyond the obvious, explore unknown opportunities and identify relevant patterns in complex phenomenon. Through the application of future-oriented principles in the built environment, institutions can leverage their competitive qualities. Beyond aesthetics and intuition, research and analysis must inform decisions that bridge learning and enterprise. This translates to sustainability, growth and success of our higher education clients. Motivated to achieve value from the client’s perspective, we help campus leaders connect the dots and reduce costs.

Andrew Marvell Business and Enterprise College

This is a PFI project and the school has funding for replacement of 90% of the existing facilities to a total construction value of £17 million. Our proposal for AMBEC exploits an opportunity to build in open spaces close to the road whilst affording a stronger link to the existing community farm. This also means that the construction works can be completed in a single phase of new build using available funding to the greatest long-term effect.

ServicesArchitectureFF&EEnvironmental Graphics

Project FeaturesHighly sustainable design approachExtended community facilityVocational learningFlexible & reconfigurable teaching space

Malet Lambert SchoolHull, United Kingdom Date 2012 Size 6,805sqm

Kent County Council

Malet Lambert SchoolHull, United Kingdom Date 2012 Size 6,805sqm

Malet Lambert School

Our design proposal successfully balanced the schools strong desire to retain the existing heritage and character of the school with the modern needs of transformational learning and cross-curriculum learning areas. This was accomplished by refurbishing and adapting the existing facilities and complementing these with specialist new-build teaching facilities aligned with a robust review of their existing teaching curriculum.

ServicesLead ConsultantArchitectureInterior Design

Project FeaturesRefurbishment of existing 1930’s building and original architectural featuresNew-build two-storey school extensionNew-build Sports Centre and playing fieldsETFE covered “Forum Space” over existing courtyard

Archbishop Sentamu AcademySalford, United Kingdom Date 2011 Size 36,682sqm

Hull County Council

Archbishop Sentamu AcademySalford, United Kingdom Date 2011 Size 36,682sqm

In today’s global and fast-paced marketplace, academic and educational services must not only anticipate change, but drive it. HKS helps our clients see beyond the obvious, explore unknown opportunities and identify relevant patterns in complex phenomenon. Through the application of future-oriented principles in the built environment, institutions can leverage their competitive qualities. Beyond aesthetics and intuition, research and analysis must inform decisions that bridge learning and enterprise. This translates to sustainability, growth and success of our higher education clients. Motivated to achieve value from the client’s perspective, we help campus leaders connect the dots and reduce costs

Archbishop Sentamu Academy

In early dialogue with the Academy and its advisors, we set out to create general teaching spaces in deep plan deliberately to allow maximum opportunity for future change. This means that the space in each zone is not limited to the ‘conventional’ central corridor with classroom space either side. Within the central space of each of the five zones is a circulation area with lockers grouped around a generous lightwell or atrium space.

ServicesArchitectureMaster planningInterior design

Project FeaturesFlexible ‘Home Base’ structureVocational teaching2 environmental atrias5-Storey education facilityBREEAM Very Good accreditation

Brighton & Hove City Council / The Aldridge Foundation

Portslade AldridgeCommunity AcademyBrighton, United Kingdom Date 2013 Size 15,200sqm

Portslade Aldridge Community Academy

We took the Academy’s aspiration to operate four ‘Schools of Learning’ as a generator for the design concept. On studying the existing building stock, we realised that we could effectively re-group each school of learning tocreate four compact school ‘spokes’ (one being a new building), each with a ‘feature’ learning space, oriented around a new-build ‘hub’, with each of the feature spaces within the schools connected by a new thread of circulation routes culminating in the hub.

ServicesLead ConsultantArchitectureInterior DesignGraphic Design Services

Project FeaturesNew HubNew build science & community facility4 new external teaching/garden spaces

Ark Charter AcademyPortsmouth, United Kingdom Date 2014 Size 7,200sqm

Ark Charter Academy

Ark Charter AcademyPortsmouth, United Kingdom Date 2014 Size 7,200sqm

Ark Charter Academy

HKS Architects has won the Academies Framework contract for ARK Charter Academy by providing the right educational spaces to foster a sense of pride and learning in students, and raise the aspirations of the surrounding community. Our scheme transformed a congested and crumbling existing site into an open-plan, accessible, legible and modern campus through the addition of new buildings, demolition of buildings no longer fit for purpose, and comprehensive refurbishment of the remaining building stock.

ServicesLead ConsultantArchitectureFF&EInterior Design

Project FeaturesNew Build teaching facilityNew laboratories.New entrance and link bridge

Whitefriars Community SchoolHarrow, London, United Kingdom Date 2014 Size 9.586sqm

Heathland Whitefriars Federation

Whitefriars Community SchoolHarrow, London, United Kingdom Date 2014 Size 9.586sqm

Whitefriars Community School

The proposed design solution seeks to respect the retained structure through sensitive reference, association and inclusion into the new campus of WCS; the ‘Green Heart’ tasked with the latter. The Edwardian building will continue to house the Primary School of Whitefriars Community School and its inclusion into this new campus will provide for the desired ‘through school’ ethos

ServicesLead ConsultantArchitectureFF&EInterior Design

Project FeaturesFirst ‘All Through’ school in Harrow1481 student capacity

Park Community Free SchoolMeron, London United Kingdom Date 2004 Size 2,226sqm

The Scheme for Chapel Street Community Schools Trust involves the extensive refurbishment of Tyndale Housefor a new free primary school. The GIFA of Tyndale house is 2,226m2 and needs to accommodate a total of up to 420 plus staff at full capacity

ServicesArichitectureInterior Design

Project FeaturesNew staircase to rationalise circulationRe-use of existing building

Silverstone University Technical CollegeSilverstone Motor Racing Circuit, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom Date 2013 Size 5,300sqm

Silverstone University Technical College

Silverstone University Technical CollegeSilverstone Motor Racing Circuit, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom Date 2013 Size 5,300sqm

Silverstone University Technical College

The striking UTC building will sit within a dedicated, landscaped trackside site, to the north of the National Pit Straight and will be one of the first developments to be realised from the approved Silverstone Circuit Masterplan. Silverstone UTC will offer courses in both Technical Events Management and High Performance Engineering laboratories, taking advantage of its geographic location, not only at the circuit, but in the heart of England’s ‘Motorsport Valley’.

ServicesLead DesignerArchitectureInterior Design

Project FeaturesOne of the first University Technical Colleges in the UKHigher & Vocational Teaching programme developed around acoustic site constraintsVocational WorkshopsEnvironmental AtriumModular section design

Newhaven University Technical CollegeNewhaven, East Sussex, United Kingdom Date 2015 Size 4,870sqm

Newhaven at Harbourside University Technical College

Newhaven University Technical CollegeNewhaven, East Sussex, United Kingdom Date 2015 Size 4,870sqm

Higher education campuses are living and learning environments that frame student experiences, fulfil generational expectations and shape student outcomes. In the face of increasing enrolment, reduced funding, advancing technology, new social norms and global competition, higher education institutions around the world are positioning themselves to better attract their customers: the brightest students, faculty and research partners.

Newhaven University Technical College

With the site area constrained by the adjacent site and the river, and space at a premium, one of the key challenges with this project has been how to reconcile the brief with the space available, and this has involved a detailed analysis of the UTC area requirements and curriculum plan during the Client Engagement process to ensure that the refurbishment is planned in a sensitive manner to create a sympathetic intervention to these grade 2 listed buildings.

ServicesArchitecture

Project FeaturesExtensive refurbishment of two grade 2 listed buildings.Sympathetic extension to link the two buildings and provide additional floor area at the existing roof level.A new river-front boardwalk with teaching space and pontoon.

Wembley Park CentreWembley, London, United Kingdom Date 2007 Size 9,290sqm

The design solution features a transparent atrium space that showcases the activity within and acts as an advertisement for the College in the community. A twin skin facade will help reduce noise levels and allow classrooms to open windows without the spaces being severely compromised. In the winter months, this second skin will provide extra thermal insulation.

ServicesArchitectureInterior Design

Project FeaturesFurther Education FacilitySite Adjacent to Wembly Stadium

CNWL Edison BuildingBrent Park, London, United Kingdom Date 2015 Size 5,240sqm

College of North West London

The new Edison Building will house the majority of functions currently housed within the Existing Edison Building. However, to match the evolving approach to teaching at the College and the College’s ethos to provide open plan and informal spaces for learning, the layouts and accommodation provisions have been developed with close consultation with the College staff and Department Heads.

ServicesArchitectureInterior Design

Masterplanning

Project FeaturesVocational CirrclumUrban SitePart of site wide masterplan

CNWL Edison BuildingBrent Park, London, United Kingdom Date 2015 Size 5,240sqm

Hitchin CentreHitchin, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom Date On Hold Size 14,050sqm

North Hertfordshire College

HKS has developed an ‘organic spaces’ model with the College to balance the use of space between open plan and cellular. A rich and mature natural context has informed the creation of a series of simple yet strong pavilion forms ‘within’ the landscape, knitted together by a light weight ‘C’ shaped atrium. This atrium not only provides for the necessary social, public hub and circulation but also the platform to experience the college within the pavilion buildings

ServicesArchitectureInterior DesignFF&E

Project FeaturesNew Build Further Education CollegeAuthentic vocational facilitiesAtrium acting as central hub

Hitchin CentreHitchin, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom Date On Hold Size 14,050sqm

Daventry Learning Partnership AcademyDaventry Kent, United Kingdom Date On Hold Size 8,000 sqm

North Hertfordshire College

The proposed redevelopment of the Daventry Campus is both ambitious and innovative in that it brings together four seperate education partners in an environment designed to accommodate both vocational learning and recreational facilities of which the whole partnership as well as the community can use.

ServicesArchitectureInterior DesignFF&E

Project FeaturesNew Build Further Education CollegeAuthentic vocational facilitiesAtrium acting as central hub

Daventry Learning Partnership AcademyDaventry Kent, United Kingdom Date On Hold Size 8,000 sqm

Thames Valley University Brentwood, London, United Kingdom Date 2007 Size 9,290sqm

Thames Valley University Faculty of Health and Human Sciences

Thames Valley University Brentwood, London, United Kingdom Date 2007 Size 9,290sqm

Collaboration. To save lives, it’s necessary. Individuals working together for a greater purpose. Each with their own integral part of the process. Teamwork starts in the classroom, where students contribute to the whole by working with future industry colleagues. It’s here where they’re instilled with the sense of commitment to the team.

Thames Valley University Faculty of Health and Human Sciences

Thames Valley University is one of the largest providers of nursing and midwifery training in the UK and the new accommodation provides state of the art facilities including mock-up teaching wards, a learning resource centre, café and refectory dining, a gymnasium and a Harvard lecture theatre. There is extensive provision for new open plan workplaces and a suite of teaching rooms. The new 14 storey building in Brentford will be situated on a campus which also provides student and key worker accommodation.

ServicesInterior Design

Project FeaturesHealthcare Teaching facilitiesMock-up wardsLecture Theatre

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