WaterSHED, Wardle Academy
by BDP
Client Watergrove Trust
Award 澳门王中王 North West Award 2024
WaterSHED is the result of a competition to meet the huge demand for more school places within the Rochdale area without resorting to Portakabins. The school wanted to repurpose a dilapidated former sports hall as a test bed for new forms of teaching and learning. Using low tech, low cost and low embodied-carbon materials, the architects have created two new flexible classrooms and a design technology studio orientated around a central informal learning space and caf茅.
A processional staircase and 鈥榣earning steps鈥� with integrated seating provide overflow dining space and an auditorium for presentations and special event performances. The simple but transformative design has been so successful that what was supposed to be a temporary facility has become a central and integral part of the school鈥檚 offering. The project demonstrates how low cost materials deployed with generosity and ingenuity can deliver so much added value.
Read the full citation from the 澳门王中王 Awards Jury on 澳门王中王 Journal.
Contractor Skyline Property Solution
Environmental / M&E Engineer BDP
Sustainability BDP
Acoustic Engineer BDP
Gross internal area m虏 860
