Hayesfield is an all-girl secondary school with a co-educational sixth
form, located in the Oldfield Park area of Bath. Looking to replace wholly
inadequate and deteriorating sports and performing arts facilities the school
commissioned an architectural competition for the provision of new facilities
including a 4 court sports hall, gymnasium, multi gym, performing arts
facilities a new refectory and auditorium.
AWW
worked closely with the school to create these new facilities and introduce a
new reception ‘heart’ to enhance its role as both a high achieving Academy
School and an integral part of the local community. The school grounds fall
some 12m across the site and the design took advantage of this site topography
by partially burying larger elements of the scheme in the hillside, resulting
in a scheme that cascades across the site, allowing wide ranging views of the
city