Serlby Park Academy
Design and Access Statement August 2014 Contents
1.0 Background Security strategy DesignTeam 2.05 Ecological assessment 1.01 Introduction 2.06 Tree survey / arboricultural implications Main Contractor: Kier Education 1.02 The school 1.03 The brief Estate, Nottingham NG7 2SZ. 1.04 The site 3.0 Access statement t +44 (0)115 986 8856 1.05 Consultation Local Planning Authority 3.01 Introduction and policy approach Architects: Nicholas Hare Architects Client 3.02 Policies, legislation and guidance 3 Barnsbury Square, London N1 1JL. Local community, Academy community 3.03 External areas, pedestrian access t +44 (0)20 7619 1670 1.06 Planning policy 3.04 Vehicle access and parking Drop off Landscape Architect: Plincke 3.05 Entrances and reception Tuscany Wharf, 4A Orsman Road , London N1 5QJ . 2.0 Design statement 3.06 Circulation t +44 (0)20 7739 3330 Horizontal movement 2.01 The Control Scheme Vertical movement Structural Engineers: Cundall 2.02 Design evolution 3.07 Means of escape Saffron House, 6-10 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS. Site strategy 3.08 Sanitary accommodation t +44 (0)20 7438 1600 Rights of way 3.09 Finishes Scale and form 3.10 Acoustic design Mechanical and Electrical Engineers: Cundall The main building plan 3.11 Lighting Saffron House, 6-10 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS. The primary building plan 3.12 Information / signage t +44 (0)20 7438 1600 The secondary phase 3.13 Access statement development Circulation Acoustic Consultant: MACH Acoustics Zoning Trelawney House, Surrey Street, Bristol, BS2 8PS Departments 4.0 Appendix A t +44 (0)117 944 1388 2.03 Materials and elevations Letter of comfort Fire Consultant: Cundall 2.04 Landscape, security and access Landscape masterplan Saffron House, 6-10 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS. Entrance and approach, visitors t +44 (0)20 7438 1600 Entrance and approach, primary pupils Entrance and approach, secondary pupils Informal and social spaces Saffron House, 6-10 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS. Hard PE and aider sport strategy t +44 (0)20 7438 1600 Hard materiials palette Planting proposals
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1.01 Introduction 1.02 The school 1.03 The brief
The proposed Serlby Park Academy is part of the Government’s Serlby Park Academy, sponsored by the Schools Partnership Trust, The Academy has been designed in response to the written The whole Academy is to be accommodated within a single Priority Schools Building Programme (PSBP). The PSBP was will be a through school with pupils aged 3 to 18. The primary brief provided by the EFA, and a control option scheme that was building (notwithstanding the sports facilities in the Leisure launched in July 2011 and is procured by the Education Funding phase will have a capacity for 420 pupils (two form of entry) produced as part of a feasibility study by Jacobs Architecture. The Centre adjacent). The primary and secondary phases are to be Agency (EFA) on behalf of the Department for Education. together with 39 FTE place nursery. The secondary phase will have written brief is made up of a number of documents that collectively largely separated to ensure child safeguarding of the younger pupils. There will however be opportunities to share facilities The PSBP aims to raise standards in education, through a combina- sixth form pupils. The existing school is split between two sites. and take advantage of being located in a single building. tion of investment in buildings and ICT, so that young people can The primary phase, currently located at Shrewsbury Road, Bircotes, general design information and criteria that all schools across the Ensure a smooth transition between phases. Doncaster, DN11 8DD will be relocated on to the existing site of The new building should support the paired classrooms the secondary phase off the Whitehouse Road, Bircotes, Doncaster, structure of the primary phase. This is the Design and Access Statement for the proposed Serlby DN11 8EF. precedence over the former. In addition the Academy has provided The new building should support the departmental structure Park Academy. The Statement aims to explain the design concepts a vision statement that communicates the ethos and aims of the of the secondary phase and facilitate cross-departmental work. and principles that have been applied to the proposed develop- The Academy uses the adjacent Bircotes Leisure Centre for sports school. The new school building aims continue the Academy’s The school is to facilitate extra-curricular teaching and activities, ment and demonstrate how context has informed the scheme. provision. This is facilitated under a Joint-User Agreement (JUA) recent trend of improvement, to deliver its aspirations, and become and encourage community involvement through: It also explains the approach to access that has been developed between Serlby Park Academy and Newark and Bassetlaw District a hub for the local community. - Study support: suitable spaces open before and after and describes the consultation we have undertaken to date and Council (BDC). school to support personalised learning, with access to planned future consultations. The Academy has been designed in response to the vision state- resources and staff support, help and guidance. ment, within the overall framework set by the EFA’s written brief - Clubs and activities: using the specialist facilities particu and feasibility study. The following educational drivers are key to larly in modern and foreign languages and business/ICT, enabling the school to deliver its aims and curriculum, and have with appropriate facilities to accommodate children, and shaped the development of the design: adults of all ages. - The community using and sharing specialist facilities and expertise. The safety and security of all users is paramount; zoning off areas during the day and in the evening must be possible, as well as ensuring one point of entry and exit for all during school hours to meet safeguarding requirements. One central staff social room for the entire Academy should be provided supported by department based staff work rooms management dispersed across the school in highly visible areas to provide passive supervision. The teaching areas will be supported by interactive and technology rich areas. It is important that the design allows advances in technology. The school will cater for students and visitors with a wide range of additional needs, whether learning, behavioural, emotional or physical. Teaching support for those with special educational needs (SEN) will be given within a whole-class setting, in small groups, or individually away from the classroom. Existing Serlby Park artwork Bircotes Leisure Centre View towards the existing senior school main entrance EFA brief: adjacencies diagram
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The existing Serlby Park Academy is located on two sites in Local Planning Authority Local community, Academy community Bircotes. The intention is to decant the primary phase out of its The current proposals have been developed in response to the A public consultation event is to be held at the Academy on current location at Shrewsbury Road and co-locate it with and EFA’s written brief, and the control option scheme that was 4th Sept 2014, hosted by the Academy, the EFA and the Kier secondary phase on the the existing secondary phase site, in an produced as part of the feasibility study by Jacobs Architecture. Education team. all-through school building. The local planning authority’s informal written response to the submitted control scheme, dated 19th March 2014, is included It is hoped that local parents, neighbours and the local press, as The existing school buildings on the secondary phase site are single storey, originally constructed in the 1960s or 1970s using the commence the development of detailed design proposals through out about the proposals and record their opinions and comments CLASP building system. Other accommodation has been added the PSPB ITT (Invitation To Tender) process. on these. over subsequent years. The buildings and external landscaping is in a poor state of repair and considered in the feasibility study to be in The feasibility study established the likely scale, massing and location need of complete replacement. of the new Academy. It also established the requirements of the highways design, with regard to pupil drop off and pedestrian The existing buildings are well set back from the Whitehouse Road. access. In addition, Sport England was consulted, alongside the There is a single point of access from Whitehouse Road with a local planning authority, to establish an agreed approach to sports narrow two-way roadway which serves not only the Academy but provision and community access in the new development. The also an adjacent primary school and the Bircotes Leisure Centre. - On-site car parking for staff and visitors within the school site is tations to date, and the building locations proposed are very similar currently limited and shared with the Leisure Centre car parking to those proposed in the feasibility study. 1.06 Planning policy leading to an unsatisfactory arrangement. Residential properties lie to the south and east of the site. The site has a number of mature The Development Plan documents relevant to the consideration of David Marsh of Nottinghamshire County Council on 16th July this application comprise of: 2014 to discuss the scheme as it developed. The scheme had not deviated greatly from the control scheme so broadly the proposals The Bassetlaw Core Strategy and Development Management were well received in principle. Policies DPD (Adopted December 2011)
Client The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) provides the The detailed proposals for the new Academy have been developed overarching planning guidance to which all Development Plan through a series of weekly client engagement meetings with the documents should comply. EFA and the Academy’s head teacher, Lady Edwards. These meet- ings have been fundamental to understanding the vision of the The proposed development has been designed in accordance with Academy, how they intend to use the spaces, and how best to meet the policies and principles set out within the Development Plan. the EFA’s brief. For full details of the policies relevant to the consideration of this planning application please refer to the Planning Statement. Each week the design evolved in response to the Academy’s Public consultation event held at The Newark Academy, June 2014. feedback to the satisfaction of the Client team. Similar to that proposed for Selby Park on 4th September 2014.
Existing CLASP buildings Existing site plan (north up the page)
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2.01 The Control Scheme 2.02 Design evolution
The feasibility study undertaken by the EFA recommended Site strategy roads, parking areas, and paths wherever possible. This a complete re-build of the existing Academy. A three-storey We have worked closely with the EFA, the Academy, and the Reduced planning risks. The layout is roughly similar to the substantial retention of existing hard surfaces has enabled us wider technical team to test the site strategy for the new Serlby feasibility study design and has delivered all of the parking and to propose new landscaped areas that are cost-effective and The new building would have a Gross Internal Floor Area of Park Academy. In doing so we have concluded by endorsing many distance to the neighbour requirements set out in early con- appropriate for a new academy of this size. These principles of 8,708 m². A drop off area for cars within the site was agreed with of the assumptions made in the feasibility study. In particular we sultations with the planners. The proposed design has aimed maximising site assets whilst minimising risks are applicable to Nottinghamshire County Council (NCC). have explored how the superblock school model, close to the to clarify and simplify the overall site organisation to mitigate the approach that we will adopt across the Nottinghamshire sample scheme design for Serlby Park Academy, can be accom- planning risk. PSBP schools. The control option located the new Academy between the existing modated on the site with minimal planning risks and maximum Sport England compliance. The proposals require amendments tennis courts to the north of the existing school buildings, at a organisational advantages. to the existing tennis court areas not envisioned in the feasibil- distance of 82 metres from the nearest residential property to the ity study design. The new tennis court area to the west of the east.. In developing the site strategy with the EFA and the Academy, we building has been rotated through 90 degrees and increased Rights of Way recognised the importance of eight key site planning drivers: in length to offer 4 Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) compliant There are no existing pedestrian rights of way within the applica- The following advantages of using this site were suggested as follows: courts, a betterment on existing. The courts to the east of tion area. The access road into the site off Whitehouse Road is A functional environment. Whilst there is no way to increase the proposed Academy building are retained in their current shared with the neighbouring St. Patrick’s Catholic Primary School. The construction of the new facilities would be able to take the width of the entry roadway the proposed solution does form. The proposed design disposes storm water by the use provide increased staff parking provision and a new car drop of below ground soakaways. This, in addition to proposing As mentioned in the letter of comfort, should land to the north of off for the primary phase as briefed. In addition the Leisure a shorter but wider superblock, frees up space around the - the Contractor. Centre is given its own dedicated parking thus avoiding shared building allowing the same extent of three grass pitches to be ment, pedestrian access to the school from the north would be Following demolition of the existing school buildings and positioned within the school’s secure grounds in comparison acceptable and can be accommodated by the proposed scheme in reinstatement of the site the area formed between London service and emergency vehicle access. Both primary and to the feasibility study design. Refer 1.2.6.4. The area currently the future. Road and the new buildings could create a welcoming secondary phases each have their own approach towards the occupied by the existing school buildings will be returned to a environment to the new school. Academy Building. Where possible the separation of vehicles level grassed area allowing the Academy to develop as ad- The proposed site plan indicates a potential route for this pedes- from pedestrians and cyclists creates a highly functional site trian access, which could be implemented if and when the land is organisation with clear legibility. The clarity of site zoning, the developed as housing. The Leisure Centre car park could be amended to be used as location of the Academy entrances relative to the approaches, Sport England. a primary school drop off facility. and separate Leisure Centre access makes this an accessible Storm water attenuation. The ability to utilize innovative The existing electrical substation could be retained solution that encourages wider community use without SUDS has been explored and integrated into the scheme in Improved segregated pedestrian access will be provided to compromising the Academy’s secure line. a cost-effective and practical way. We have departed from the school. A safe and secure environment. The logical secure lines and the control option by locating the SUDS closer to the new buildings, and proposing the use of crushed material from the and would be situated in an area to the North of the site. eliminating road crossing within the site has not been possible demolition. for the secondary pupils’ pedestrian route, the primary pedes- Ecology. The site is currently of low ecological interest, with Our assessment of the control scheme concluded that the pro- the broad leaved woodland and tall ruderal grassland to the posed location for the new buildings seemed broadly correct but forms part of the secure line thus avoiding gates and barriers west of the existing All Weather Pitch the only habitats of that the approach to the buildings in terms of legibility, separation of on approach to the visitors and secondary phase entrances. note. These areas have been integrated and protected. The pedestrian and vehicular access, and creating an appropriate sense A strong identity and mature environment. The location of site planning affords opportunities for the Academy to further of arrival and frontage could be improved. the new building is intended to create a sense of destination enhance the ecological value in the future by proposing native with clear points of arrival for visitors and secondary pupils into the main building. Arrival to the primary will be clearly sign- seeds to the periphery of amenity grassed areas. posted. Opportunities for branding and logo placement on Creative re-use. We have evolved a scheme that maximises the approach façade are important components in projecting a the retention of existing hard surfaces including entrances, Feasibility study: proposed site plan (north up the page)
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Scale and form - cantly from the feasibility study. The feasibility study included a 2014 setting out policies that relate to the development. The proposals have been tested to ensure they respond thoroughly to the issues raised in relation to town planning considerations.
Primarily, the site layout and the design have responded to the July 2014 with the result that the scheme was considered to meet the planning objectives. Our proposals place the new three storey Academy main building centrally within the site, thus minimising the impact of it on neigh- bouring properties. The boundary of the residential properties to the east is 82m away.
04 STAGE 3: RED AND BLUE LINES RW MG 14/08/14 04 STAGE 3: RED AND BLUE LINES UPDATED. RW MG 14/08/14 UPDATED. 03 STAGE 3: FUTURE FOOTPATH ROUTE RW MG 13/08/14 AMENDED 03 STAGE 3: FUTURE FOOTPATH ROUTE RW MG 13/08/14 AMENDED 02 STAGE 3: RED AND BLUE LINES RW MG 12/08/14 UPDATED. CP CORRECTED. SCALE 02 STAGE 3: RED AND BLUE LINES RW MG 12/08/14 AMENDED TO 1-1250.. UPDATED. CP CORRECTED. SCALE AMENDED TO 1-1250.. 01 STAGE 3: DRAFT ISSUE RW MG 11/08/14 FOR PLANNING 01 STAGE 3: DRAFT ISSUE RW MG 11/08/14 FOR PLANNING
04 STAGE 3: RED AND BLUE LINES RW MG 14/08/14 UPDATED. 03 STAGE 3: FUTURE FOOTPATH ROUTE RW MG 13/08/14 AMENDED 02 STAGE 3: RED AND BLUE LINES RW MG 12/08/14 UPDATED. CP CORRECTED. SCALE AMENDED TO 1-1250.. 01 STAGE 3: DRAFT ISSUE RW MG 11/08/14 FOR PLANNING View on site looking east towards the nearest residential property Serlby Park Academy PSBP Serlby Park Academy PSBP
Landscape Site Plan Landscape Site Plan
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Serlby Park Academy PSBP
Landscape Site Plan
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7425 6 1.2.4.1 0-029 Classrooms are paired in year groupings each with shared toilet and Infant 7 0-068 Cafe Classroom 7425 7a hand washing facilities. Cloaks spaces are provided for all classes 0-094 0-091 0-090 Store AP office Infant 0-089 0-088 0-030 ?? 0-093 0-092 primary Small VP office Class Hygiene Messy 2663 4763 0-097 Chair/table Group primary store 0-098 0-095 facilities monsters WF 0-096 Acc/staff store 7b Store WCs (M) (primary) 0-031 7425 Cl. StoreWC Riser 0-065 0-066 Acc/staff UP and reception spaces have direct access doors and lobbied access, WC Lobby Waiting Circulation WF Stairs area enabling the use of external play areas in winter whilst minimising Riser 0-050 0-049 0-047 0-040 0-038 0-055 Store Class Class Class Class 8 0-064 0-063 0-032 0-062 Hygiene store store store store Interview Acc/staff Class Room Reception 0-059
heat loss. The infant classrooms do not require lobbies as it is WC facilities 0-054 Sick room PA to 0-058 store head VP Office expected that the external doors are closed whilst lessons are 0-051 0-048 0-046 0-041 0-037 0-033 WCs Nursery Reception 0-044 Reception Junior Junior
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Dining and sports for the primary take place within the main hall, 1 1 SPA -PL-20-102 SPA -PL-20-102 which is completely segregated from the secondary pupils. The Low wall to messy monsters area
double-height main hall and small hall (single storey) are placed Reception hatch to secure lobby external courtyard. Aerial view of proposed building
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Circulation General Teaching Large spaces Learning Resources 1 2 Non-net Area SPA -PL-20-100 SPA -PL-20-100 Staff & Administration Storage
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The secondary phase expand onto the western side of the building which is hard paving TECHNOLOGY The secondary phase occupies the bulk of the superblock and and seating. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O KEY STAGE 1 8100 2090 5335 7425 7425 7425 7425 1350 6075 7425 4500 2863 7538 3213 phase, the use of the superblock strategy limits space for the parts The design provides a rich mix of learning opportunities to all 2 2 SPA -PL-20-101 SPA -PL-20-101 of the secondary phase accommodation which would normally go students. A range of learning activities will inspire them as they move 1 PE around the Academy. Our proposals will enable the Academy to 2425 2 changing facilities (which would normally be located in an external take advantage of the close proximity of the primary and secondary 7200 1-003 UP 1-004 1-005 1-006 1-007 1-008 1-009 1-010 1-011 phases. Notwithstanding the safeguarding issues, the Academy is keen Drama Seminar Gen. Gen. Gen. Gen. Gen. Gen. LRC 7538 Studio to promote shared facilities between the two phases and experiment Class Class Class Class Class Class 2a
The Academy brief was to structure the layouts primarily around in future with the potential for overlaps academically and socially. Riser STAFF / ADMIN NURSERY & RECEPTION KEY STAGE 2 3 Circulation Circulation department groupings. These are broadly arts, science, maths and The LRC is shared between both phases. It is placed strategically 7425 1-002 3a
4295 1-050 1-001 Riser HOY 1 Acc/staff Drama office Riser WC 1-066 Store 1-051 1-056 4 1-049 1-053 Sixth form Exam HO 6th 1-058 1-059 4a Staff WCs (F) social them. There may also be an opportunity for the MFL classrooms office form office ICT rich ICT rich Room 1-052 1-054 1-073 classroom classroom Secure Lighting/audio (social) Cl. store 4275 archive control UP 1-048 HOY 2 1-012 4b 1-057 office SEN 5 Store (although somewhat mitigated by being close to vertical circulation). opportunities to display student’s work both in the central areas and small 7425 CREATIVE ENGLISH SHARED group 5a ARTS LRC Similarly the DT department is split, with Resistant materials on the also within each faculty. Opportunities to link this with the Academy’s 1-013 Class store 5b
intranet will be explored in due course. 7425 1-014 Cloaks 1-015 6th FORM BUSINESS & IT Junior Classroom 6 The layouts have been developed to encourage good behaviour. 7425 2200 2335 2890 2440 4985 Void over Void over Void over Void over Void over activity hall dining area main hall primary main hall external courtyard The Academy will be provided with a locker for every secondary The circulation both in corridors and staircases is easy to use and 1-016 1-017 Store WCs 6a pupil (in some cases this will be legacy provision). Lockers for each supervised by staff whose work rooms are strategically located 7425 year grouping to be located together as requested by the Academy. nearby. The Academy will have a grown-up feel due to the good 1-019 7 Cloaks 1-018 quality acoustic environment. This will be provided to central spaces Junior 7425 1-069 7a 1-065 1-061 Classroom Store 1-067 1-055 1-063 1-062 1-060 1-020 1-068 ICT SEN Riser HOY 3 Staff 1-064 TRL SEN Staff Class The interior design provides students, staff and visitors with a variety and circulation as well as to all teaching spaces in accordance with the AP office technician therapy/MI office work Junior office small work store 2663 4763 1-070 room CREATIVE UP 1-072 room small behaviour group room 1-046 1-047 WF 1-071 Acc/staff (primary) 7b ARTS WCs (M) WC group (primary) 1-021 7425 1-045 Music Music Cl. store EFA’s requirements. Storage has been carefully arranged to ensure room Acc/staff Riser UP MFL KEY STAGE 2 Large practice practice Circulation WC music room room Circulation Circulation WF excellent education as well as a safe and caring environment for that each department has what it requires. group 116 lockers 20 lockers 36 lockers 72 lockers room Circulation Riser 1-036 1-033 1-031 1-029 1-027 Cloaks Cloaks Cloaks Cloaks 8 1-037 Store 1-030 1-028 1-024 1-022 every individual student. Our proposals respond to this design chal- 1-042 Class Class Class Store Class Lobby store store store store lenge with the use of natural daylight to illuminate well-proportioned The strategy for the use of colour and texture is to present a 1-044 1-041 1-040 1-039 1-038 1-035 1-032 1-026 1-023 Gen. Gen. Gen. Staff work Junior 1-034 Junior Music WCs Junior 1-025 Junior Class Class Class room Classroom Classroom Classroom WCs Classroom and pleasant spaces. In particular, the courtyard and the dining atrium uniform and collegiate appearance externally, but slowly open up a 7418 Classroom 1-043 Inst. & music offer variety and interest within the scheme. richer and more varied mix of colours to the interiors. We proposed store 9 to adopt the blue and yellow colours in the Academy’s brand as TECHNOLOGY MATHS CREATIVE 1 1 ARTS We recognise that the social spaces are critical to the life of the the principle colours which apply to the whole Academy but use SPA -PL-20-101 SPA -PL-20-101 1 1 school and key to welcoming community use. The primary hall additional colours which give identity to each of the two phases and 6th FORM SPA -PL-20-102 SPA -PL-20-102 BUSINESS & IT is visually and directly connected to the courtyard. Together they if considered appropriate individual department areas. provide an identifying centre that can cater for a wide range of social events as well as a place for outdoor dining. The secondary phase GEN. dining space is perhaps the most important social space and acts as TEACHING a foyer to the main hall. It is overlooked by circulation and teaching accommodation on all sides. Two serveries are provided on opposite sides creating a food court setting. This offers choice and minimizes SCIENCE HUMANITIES queuing. In the warmer periods of the year dining and teaching can 1 2 SPA -PL-20-100 SPA -PL-20-100 GA plan (Level 01) 1 Scale 1 : 200 By Area Category Legend Serlby Park Academy - Design and Access Statement August 2014 14 Circulation Serlby Park Academy - Design and Access Statement August 2014 15 General Teaching Learning Resources Non-net Area Staff & Administration Storage
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Circulation To ensure that the circulation is functionally adequate, modelling has - ways. The modelling has tested arrival, class change over, lunchtime A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O 8100 2090 5335 7425 7425 7425 7425 1350 6075 7425 4500 2863 7538 3213 (on dry and rainy days) and going home times. It has assumed a ‘no 2 2 SPA -PL-20-101 SPA -PL-20-101 bells’ strategy to signify time for classes to end, as reviewed at the 1 engagement meetings. The product of this process is a design where
2425 congestion and potential clashes (eg between lunch queuing and 2 2-013 store Art 2-014 General 7200 general circulation) have been minimised. The modelling process has 2-004 2-005 2-006 2-007 2-008 2-009 2-010 Art/
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7538 2-003 room Class Class Class Class Class Class products Food 2a prep. & store Riser 2-011 store Art 2-015 3 Art store 2-001 Circulation Circulation Staff 7425 To provide secure links to the grounds, separate entrances have been work 3a
4295 room 2-032 Acc/staff 2-002 Riser WC 2-040 provided to the west side for the secondary pupils and to all primary Roof 2-034 4 access 2-031 Science 2-041 2-042 WCs (F) 4a Sixth form 2-033 Prep ICT rich ICT rich 2-016 study Plant classroom classroom Art Room 4275 104 lockers 4b secondary dining atrium with the playground and garden areas. 2-039 5 Chem. store 7425 2-035 Void 5a 2-030 Seminar Gen. The admin suite including visitor reception and medical facilities Class 5 5b
7425 2-050 1.2.4.1 are located next to the main visitor entrance. A traditional lobbied 32 lockers Science studio arrangement which enables the receptionist to talk to visitors via a 2-017 6 2-037 HOY 4 Gen. 7425 2200 2335 2890 2440 4985 office Class hatch but control access at the inner screen of the lobby is provided. Void over 2-036 Void over 2-029 dining area Specialist 2-038 external courtyard Gen. HOY 5 Science Class office 2-049 6a 7425 Science the need to enter into the remainder of the building. Further access studio Void 2-018 is restricted here by a third glazed screen (which also limits noise 7 Gen. Class 7425 7a coming from the dining space into the reception space). On passing 2-045 2-048 2-046 SEN 2-044 2-043 2-028 Riser SEN Office Staff Server therapy/MI 2663 4763 this screen the generous central stair (1800mm wide) and lift facility 28 lockers Gen. UP 2-052 2-047 SEN store resource room (SENco) work WF 2-051 room base (secondary) room 7b Class WCs (M) 2-019 7425 Cl. store UP Acc/staff Riser Circulation Circulation Circulation WC 68 lockers 72 lockers 36 lockers 112 lockers 204 lockers overlooking the dining space. This arrangement not only helps with Riser 8 2-027 2-026 2-025 2-024 2-023 2-022 2-021 2-020 General General General General Specialist Gen. Gen. Gen. 7418 Science Science Science Science Science Class Class Class have the option to use a non-enclosed stair.
9 1 1 The three enclosed stairs have been placed in the three remaining SPA -PL-20-101 SPA -PL-20-101
1 1 corners of the superblock to optimise movement around the SPA -PL-20-102 SPA -PL-20-102 academy, minimise congestion and avoid dead ends. The doors into the stairs are held open (but automatically closed when the allowing partial passive supervision between the stairs and corridors
GA plan (Level 02) and also of bringing daylight and ventilation into the corridors. 1 Scale 1 : 200 By Area Category Legend
Circulation General Teaching Learning Resources Non-net Area Staff & Administration
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0 10m Second floor General Arrangement Plan SPA -PL-20-002 1:200@ A1 1:400@ A3 The stair on the north side of the building has been given exclusively to the primary phase to gain access to the remainder of their accom- patterns of use in the future.
Zoning Both primary and secondary phases can be zoned to enable community use throughout the year. It is also possible, should the Academy wish it, to open up the entire building to community use. The access and security plan shown here illustrates how the separate primary and secondary facilities provide this. Within the secondary phase the core spaces including the hall, activity studio and learning to open up the remainder of the Academy to public use. The dining areas, café point, lavatories, accommodation stairs and lift facilities are accessible to the areas open for community use. In a similar way community access can be provided to the main hall, small hall and catering facilities within the primary phase whilst keeping other rooms locked.
Cross section through dining atrium
Sectional perspective through main dining area atrium
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The interior design will use robust materials that are easy to main- complements the character of the local area. The predominant tain. Walls within the main building will be formed of robust rated material is brickwork, which offers very long life and low main- plasterboard partitions. Doors and ironmongery will be of school tenance. The textured multi–red brick colour proposed for the grade to meet the EFA’s robustness requirements. New furniture will exterior relates well to the local architectural character. For the courtyard elevations a buff/beige brick colour is proposed as this
Secondary Classroom internal/external spaces.
The modular window design is fully integrated with the environ- mental strategy. Typically there are two windows to each typical secondary classroom, three to each science lab or large classroom, Level 03 Parapet FFL +44,250 and four windows to very large teaching rooms. Should the Acad- East elevation bay detail planning emy wish to change the internal arrangement in the future they are 1 Scale 1 : 50 free to do so as the windows will still provide adequate daylight Junior Classroom
The height of the window head is 3.05m, so that it will provide 4350 excellent daylight to the 7.5m deep classrooms in accordance with PPC aluminium louvres the briefed requirements. For Serlby Park Academy, there are two window cill levels; the standard cill remains at approx. 1050mm External Courtyard 1050 Level 02 rooms of the primary the cill has been dropped to 750mm approx. PPC aluminium windows FFL +39,900 AFFL so that younger pupils can have a view out. The second element is an external louvre. Behind the louvre there is an inward Infant Classroom opening window vent and at high level, the intake to a mechanically
assisted air mixing unit which provides natural ventilation to the 3450 majority of the Academy’s teaching spaces.
Facing brickwork: Red Multi 1050 The external weather louvre affords security, prevents accidental rev A 1:200@ A1 Level 01 1:400@ A3 falls and protects the opened window panel from rain. On the FFL +36,450 external elevations they will be a neutral silver grey, whereas on Typical classroom cross section and courtyard elevation study Typical Section Through Classroom & external doors have been tested by software modelling to ensure Adjacent Circulation Space
Serlby Park Academy 3450 they have the correct width to provide adequate circulation and Ground floor primary school window Typical Section Through Classroom emergency egress suitable for school use. cills lowered by 300mm 1.2.4.2 750 All external window frames, louvres and doors will be made of Level 00 External doors giving direct FFL +33,000 robust, low maintenance fabric. access to infant classrooms
East elevation and zoomed in typical bay detail Serlby Park Academy
0 2.5m Part elevation SPA -PL-20-102 00 1:50 at A3
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