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New Clore Learning Centre at the Royal Institute of British Architects 66 Portland Place, London New Clore Learning Centre at the Royal Institute of British Architects 66 Portland Place, London © Paul Cochrane Preliminary Briefing Paper June 2017 Contents 1. Introduction p3 1.1 Brief introduction to RIBA Learning and the Clore Duffield Foundation p3 2. Background to the Project p4 2.1 Context: A Brief History of 66 Portland Place p6 2.2 Project Vision and Objectives p6 3. Clore Learning Centre at 66 Portland Place p7 4. The Client and Project Governance p10 4.1 Stakeholder Consultation p10 4.2 Planning and Project History p10 5. Project Costs and Anticipated Project Programme p10 6. Eligibility p11 7. Honorarium p11 8. Post-Competition Commitment p11 9. Competition Timetable p13 10. Phase 1 Submission requirements p13 10.1 Unique Registration Number p13 10.2 Format of Expression of Interest document p14 10.2.1 Front cover p14 10.2.2 Declaration and Confirmation of Insurances Held form p14 10.2.3 Team composition p14 10.2.4 Projects of relevance to the Clore Learning Centre project p14 10.2.5 Details of past client contacts for reference projects p15 10.2.6 Initial ideas outlining proposed approach to the Clore Learning Centre project p15 10.3 Submission method p16 11. Phase 1 Selection Criteria p16 12. Phase 2 p17 13. Evaluation Panel p17 14. Design Concept Phase of the Award Process p17 15. Publicity p18 16. Enquiries p18 2 1. Introduction The Royal Institute of British Architects is seeking a lead architect and design team to design a dedicated space for the RIBA’s growing Learning programme at its Grade II* London headquarters 66 Portland Place. The Clore Duffield Foundation has awarded the RIBA a generous grant towards construction of the new centre on the 4th floor, to comprise a studio, display area, terrace and study space. The selection process is being managed by RIBA Competitions and will be held in two phases: Phase 1: Expressions of Interest with initial ideas outlining proposed approach to the project Phase 2: A shortlist of five practices will be selected and invited to submit and present design concepts to the Evaluation Panel. In the first instance, Expressions of Interest are invited in accordance with the requirements set out in this Preliminary Briefing Paper. 1.1. Brief introduction to RIBA Learning and the Clore Duffield Foundation The Learning team at the Royal Institute of British Architects delivers a programme of hands-on creative workshops and courses that support learners of all ages and experiences in understanding how the spaces and places in which they live, learn, work and play come to be. Investigating architecture through art, design, digital media and in real-world contexts, our programmes encourage learners to think critically about the world they inhabit and to test the bounds of their creativity. Activities include: . A National Schools Programme that supports creative partnerships between Architecture Ambassadors and teachers in primary and secondary schools across the country, pivotal to this are visits to 66 Portland Place; . Full-day workshops during the school holidays for children and young people ages 6-18; . A free-to-join Young People’s Forum for ages 16-24; . Drop-in events for families and children to play and explore architecture together; . Practical workshops and courses in architectural history, drawing, model-making, photography and more for students and adults; . Guided tours of 66 Portland Place and visits to the collection for students, specialist interest groups and RIBA guests. Programmes draw inspiration from the work of RIBA members, past and present, and the RIBA’s world- class archival collection of more than 4 million items. Learning currently delivers approximately 350 events each year, both on and offsite, engaging close to 10,000 people. The Clore Duffield Foundation has been driving initiatives in cultural leadership and learning for more than 50 years, building a body of research and best practices in learning across the arts and cultural sectors and giving rise to a generation of cultural leaders. Underlying the Foundation’s work is a driving belief that active learning sits at the heart of a successful cultural organisation and informs all aspects of its work. 3 The Foundation has funded more than 50 spaces for creative learning for arts, cultural and heritage sites across the UK since 2000. These range in size, scope and capacity, depending on the needs and means of the individual organisation and its visitors. The Clore publication Spaces for Learning (2015) provides clear guidance on how to create successful spaces for active learning, places for making, creating and sharing for formal and informal learning groups of diverse ages, abilities and interests. To Clore, an effective learning space is a vital, versatile and visible part of a thriving and busy cultural or historic site, a physical embodiment of an organisation's educational mandate and its commitment to learning audiences: www.cloreduffield.org.uk, www.spaceforlearning.org.uk 2. Background to the Project Participation in RIBA Learning programmes has been rising steadily since 2010, and growing rapidly since the opening of the Architecture Gallery at 66 Portland Place in 2014 and the launch of a National Schools Programme in 2015. The Learning team engaged 9411 children, young people, students and adults in 2016, 64% of these in activities at 66 Portland Place. Existing spaces are no longer sufficient to accommodate growing participation and are not suited to the range of activities the programme must deliver to meet the needs and expectations of audiences and stakeholders, existing and new. The building’s only dedicated teaching space was designed as a seminar room and cannot accommodate the average London class size of 30 children. During busier periods, the Learning team occupies venue-hire spaces that are not suitable for wet/dry activities, or large-scale model-making. Moreover, existing spaces do not currently reflect the RIBA’s own commitment to promoting best practices in good design for learning as stated in the RIBA’s 2016 publication Better Spaces for Learning and as evidenced in the work of so many of RIBA members who are creating beautiful and effective schools, nurseries and teaching studios. The new space will make possible the ongoing development of a vibrant and creative hands-on Learning programme that fulfils RIBA’s mission to engage school children and the wider public in understanding architecture and the role architects play in shaping the world in which we live. Together, the RIBA and the Clore Duffield Foundation will combine knowledge and expertise to create an exemplar space for learning at 66 Portland Place. 4 Representative images showing the range of activities and creative workshops currently undertaken as part of the RIBA’s Learning programme: Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios leads Clay workshop for ages 7-11 workshop with RIBA Young People’s Forum. Family Fun day in Florence Hall Explore & Draw workshop for ages 18+ RIBA National Schools programme in- Digital drawing workshop with Open Age school workshop 5 2.1. Context: A Brief History of 66 Portland Place 66 Portland Place was designed by George Grey Wornum. He was the winner of the competition to design the new headquarters for the RIBA, which attracted submissions from 284 entrants. Building work commenced in mid-1933 and completed in time for our 100th anniversary, enabling us to move out of the overcrowded conditions at our former headquarters, 9 Conduit Street, London. At a time of heated debate about what architectural style we should be using and during an economic downturn, Wornum’s building opened on time and on a reduced budget. The feedback was positive. He had successfully combined Classical and Modernist elements, and provided the Institute and our members a completed building fit for purpose and adaptable to our changing needs. Wornum worked with a range of artists and craftsmen to create the decoration in the interiors and on the façade. Many of these details carry symbolic significance, for example the main entrance is flanked by two bronze doors depicting ‘London’s river and its buildings’. There are also references to the British Empire, reflecting to the idea that in 1934 the RIBA was a focal point for architecture in the Empire. In 1970 the building was Grade II* listed, one of the first ‘modern’ buildings to be listed which recognised its unique architectural qualities. The six storey, steel-framed building faced in Portland stone (the two upper floors were added in 1958) contains a series of spaces that vary in size and function. Our headquarters survived World War II unscathed and has only experienced minor modifications since it was extended in 1958. The most recent change has been the creation of the Architecture Gallery on the ground floor, opened in 2014. Wornum’s skilful use of space has meant that this building has served the Institute, RIBA members and the public for over 80 years without need for major alterations. It is essential that the new space reflects Wornum’s creative use of space and his artistic celebration of architecture and the architect. Equally important, the new space must feel an active part of the whole of 66 Portland Place. 2.2. Project Vision and Objectives This project supports RIBA’s mission to engage school-age children in a lifelong interest in architecture and to deliver engaging learning and cultural programmes for all ages that celebrate the value of architecture and architects. The new space will accommodate a mixed programme of free, fee-based and funded activities, allowing the RIBA to meet its charitable purpose while generating income needed for ongoing development and delivery of the Learning programme. The aim is to create new learning facilities that meet the expectations and needs of core users, as well as RIBA members and key stakeholders, most notably those of the funder, the Clore Duffield Foundation.
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