Belvue学校是一所为有中度至重度学习困难和一系列其他额外需求的男孩和女孩提供的中学。学校的场地毗邻一片未被充分利用的林地,学校将其作为教育性自然保护区进行管理。2014年,学校已经筹集了足够的资金来安装两个集装箱,作为林地的存储和支持空间,但他们找到了Studio Weave,询问是否有可能用类似的预算来实现一些更灵活、更大的课外空间。

Belvue School is a secondary school for boys and girls with moderate to severe learning difficulties and a range of other additional needs. The school site sits adjacent to an under-utilized woodland which the school is managing as an educational nature reserve. In 2014 the school had already raised enough money to install two shipping containers to act as storage and support spaces for the woodland but approached Studio Weave to enquire whether it would be possible to achieve some more flexible, larger extracurricular spaces with a similar budget.

Studio Weave与学校合作,设计了两个新的林地房间,与学校主楼分开,提供150平方米的独特设施,具有更多的家庭品质和亲密的规模。我们对这个项目的设计方法不仅仅是为学校设计一个新的建筑,而是要为林地创造一个叙事,为这个新获得的自然资产开辟富有想象力的参与方式。

Studio Weave worked with the school to develop the design of two new woodland rooms that sit separately from the main school building and provide 150sqm of unique facilities, with a more domestic quality and intimate scale. Our approach to this project was about more than just designing a new building for the school, it was about creating a narrative for the woodland that would open up imaginative ways of engaging with this newly acquired natural asset.

我们发现,操场和树林之间的边界标志着熟悉的学校领地和神奇的、神秘的世界之间的边界。 在这个非常重要的门槛上,林地的房间就像一个 “门房”,象征着通往另一个世界/秘密花园的入口。设计过程包括与学生们的故事写作研讨会,为林地开发一个集体叙事,并确定这个 “门房 “如何与之互动。教室需要提供三种亟需的学习空间。

We identified that the boundary between the playground and woods marks the border between familiar school territory and the magical, mysterious world beyond. At this very important threshold, the woodland rooms act as a ‘gatehouse’ and symbolize the entrance to another world/secret garden. The design process included story writing workshops with the students to develop a collective narrative for the woodland and identify how this ‘gatehouse’ could interact with it. The classrooms were required to provide three types of much-needed learning spaces.

舒适的休息室 “用于教学和与林地接触,提供许多学生没有的与野生动物的联系,同时也是一个可以平静下来的私人感官空间。交际厨房 “包括一个咖啡馆,有一个食物准备区和供小团体用餐的地方。混乱的谷仓 “允许户外学习,无论天气如何。这些功能使学生能够学习基本的生活技能,以过渡到成为一个包容性社会中的全面发展的公民。通过鼓励和启发学生承担额外的责任和更加自主,学校培养了他们的社会、情感和个人发展,引导他们走向就业机会。

The ‘Cosy Lounge’ is used for teaching and engaging with the woodland, offering a connection to wildlife that many students don’t otherwise have, as well as being a private sensory space in which to calm down. The ‘Sociable Kitchen’ includes a café, with a food preparation area and dining for small groups. The ‘Messy Barn’ allows outdoor learning, whatever the weather. These functions enable students to learn essential life skills in their transition to becoming well-rounded citizens in an inclusive society. Through encouraging and inspiring students to adopt extra responsibilities and be more autonomous the school nurtures their social, emotional, and personal development, leading them towards employment opportunities.

凹陷的天花板使我们能够在你进入空间时创造一个较低的头部高度,创造一个亲密的家庭规模,当你向房间中心移动时,就会打开。弯曲的檐口也使来自夹层窗的光线洒满整个表面,使空间充满自然光。这种形式所产生的堆叠效应使空间完全自然通风。

The concave ceiling allowed us to create a lower head height as you enter the space creating an intimate domestic scale that opens up as you move towards the center of the room. The curved soffit also enables light from the clerestory windows to spill across its entire surface, filling the space with natural light. The stack effect created by this form allows for the spaces to be entirely naturally ventilated.

在设计和交付林地教室建筑的同时,Studio Weave与森林管理专家合作,制定了林地战略,以确保林地的良好维护和敏感保养。该林地战略旨在通过改善该地区的生物多样性和解决沿林地背面的繁忙A型公路的影响,为广大社区带来好处。

In parallel to the design and delivery of the woodland classrooms building, Studio Weave worked with a forest management specialist on developing a woodland strategy to ensure good maintenance and sensitive upkeep of the woods. The woodland strategy seeks to bring benefits to the wider community, by improving biodiversity in the area and addressing the effects of the busy A-road that runs along the back of the woodlands.

Architects: Studio Weave
Area : 91 m²
Year : 2017
Photographs :Jim Stephenson
Manufacturers : VMZINC
Structural Engineer : Timberwright
M&E Consultant : Arup
Main Contractor : IMS Building Solutions
Project Management : Jackson Coles
Building Inspector : Assent
City : Northolt
Country : United Kingdom