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Park Mains High School
Erskine, United Kingdom
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Park Mains High School
Erskine, United Kingdom
Type
STATUS
Built
YEAR
2012
SIZE
5000 sqft - 10,000 sqft
BUDGET
$10M - 50M
Brief :
The brief for Park Mains High School, which has a pupil population of 1,400 and 136 staff, was to provide a new school on the site of the existing school playing fields to provide:
• a school design that enables educational transformation towards Curriculum for Excellence
• a safe, secure and accessible environment for all users
• for the enhanced health and well being of all users
• enhanced facilities and opportunities for use by the local community for lifelong learning
• environmentally sustainable facilities with a lower carbon footprint
Location :
The new school is to be built as a tandem build, on the site of the existing Park Mains High School site, located adjacent to the Centreholm Roundabout in the centre of Erskine; a semirural suburb of Glasgow.
Erskine is located adjacent to the River Clyde approximately 8 miles west of Glasgow City Centre with Glasgow Airport 5 miles south of the site.
Site :
In its current state, the site includes two distinct land parcels; the existing Park Mains High School and its grounds, and an adjacent disused riding school with associated pasture land. The site extends to approximately 14 ha.
A mosaic of mature woodland and open land borders the site to the west, south and north while the eastern boundary is largely formed by existing infrastructure associated with the A726 and a petrol station.
Design :
The innovative new building, has been designed
through extensive consultation with the Education
department and the School to provide a platform
for the Curriculum for Excellence to flourish
whilst creating a fantastic new hub for the Erskine
Community.
The strong order of the warm orange brickwork grid
unifies the building, with raking parapets creating
dramatic perspective at key corners.
A zinc clad two storey management and administration building slots into the three storey teaching accommodation and encourages pedestrian movement into the central social space. The School entrance and Community entrance are unified by the entrance
concourse which creates a civic approach to the
building.
The building is defined by 3 main parts; 1. teaching accommodation arranged around a central atrium, 2. management and shared resource accommodation which slots into the teaching accommodation, and 3. a Physical Education block which doubles as a community resource outwith school hours.
One of the most dramatic aspects of the design is a
central atrium defined by a strong grid of timber to
compliment the rhythm of the external brickwork.
Flooded with natural light from rooflights and
glazing that overlook the external courtyard area,
this central space is the thriving heart of the school.
Informed by the Curriculum for Excellence in school
design, the plans include a series of ‘break-out’
spaces outside classrooms that will help to facilitate
different kinds of learning environments. Greater
flexibility within classrooms spaces has also been created to enable teachers to deliver different types
of learning, thereby allowing an emphasis on topic rather than subject based learning.
The brief for Park Mains High School, which has a pupil population of 1,400 and 136 staff, was to provide a new school on the site of the existing school playing fields to provide:
• a school design that enables educational transformation towards Curriculum for Excellence
• a safe, secure and accessible environment for all users
• for the enhanced health and well being of all users
• enhanced facilities and opportunities for use by the local community for lifelong learning
• environmentally sustainable facilities with a lower carbon footprint
Location :
The new school is to be built as a tandem build, on the site of the existing Park Mains High School site, located adjacent to the Centreholm Roundabout in the centre of Erskine; a semirural suburb of Glasgow.
Erskine is located adjacent to the River Clyde approximately 8 miles west of Glasgow City Centre with Glasgow Airport 5 miles south of the site.
Site :
In its current state, the site includes two distinct land parcels; the existing Park Mains High School and its grounds, and an adjacent disused riding school with associated pasture land. The site extends to approximately 14 ha.
A mosaic of mature woodland and open land borders the site to the west, south and north while the eastern boundary is largely formed by existing infrastructure associated with the A726 and a petrol station.
Design :
The innovative new building, has been designed
through extensive consultation with the Education
department and the School to provide a platform
for the Curriculum for Excellence to flourish
whilst creating a fantastic new hub for the Erskine
Community.
The strong order of the warm orange brickwork grid
unifies the building, with raking parapets creating
dramatic perspective at key corners.
A zinc clad two storey management and administration building slots into the three storey teaching accommodation and encourages pedestrian movement into the central social space. The School entrance and Community entrance are unified by the entrance
concourse which creates a civic approach to the
building.
The building is defined by 3 main parts; 1. teaching accommodation arranged around a central atrium, 2. management and shared resource accommodation which slots into the teaching accommodation, and 3. a Physical Education block which doubles as a community resource outwith school hours.
One of the most dramatic aspects of the design is a
central atrium defined by a strong grid of timber to
compliment the rhythm of the external brickwork.
Flooded with natural light from rooflights and
glazing that overlook the external courtyard area,
this central space is the thriving heart of the school.
Informed by the Curriculum for Excellence in school
design, the plans include a series of ‘break-out’
spaces outside classrooms that will help to facilitate
different kinds of learning environments. Greater
flexibility within classrooms spaces has also been created to enable teachers to deliver different types
of learning, thereby allowing an emphasis on topic rather than subject based learning.
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