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Client |
Torbay Council |
Location |
Shiphay Road, Torquay, Devon |
Budget |
Phase 1: £475,000
Phase 2: £130,000
Phase 3: £1,185,000 |
Completion |
Phase 1: January 2003
Phase 2: December 2003
Phase 3: September 2005 |
Phase 1: New Dining Hall and Kitchen
Phase 2: New Science Classroom
Phase 3: Learning Resource Centre and two storey Classroom Building
The new dining hall serves as an assembly space for the entire school population of 800 girls. The building has been designed with a steel frame, exposed internally, a low pitched profiled metal roof and fairfaced block walls to match surrounding buildings. The kitchen and servery can be separated from the dining hall and are serviced from a plantroom located in the roof void.
The science classroom is located in a triangular courtyard, and has been designed with rendered walls and a flat roof to match the existing building. Solar control louvres were provided over windows to minimise glare. The classroom is equipped with the latest technological aids.
The Learning Resource Centre and new Language Classroom replace obsolete mobile classrooms. Classrooms are planned on two storeys on a steeply sloping site. The Learning Resource Centre is a single storey steel frame structure with clerestory glazing. |
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