Brentwood School Sixth Form Centre and Assembly Hall
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Refurbishment of a Victorian vicarage to house a study and social centre with two additional buildings, a 16 classroom teaching block and a 420 seat assembly hall with a conservation area
The teaching block and auditorium are sited on either side of the former Victorian vicarage, Otway House, and together constitute the new sixth form centre.
The restored and remodelled Otway House’s first floor ceiling has been removed, revealing the original roof structure and improving acoustic conditions. New timber linings establish new incisions and openings between rooms.
Constructed in load-bearing brick, the classroom block employs a traditional brickwork diaper pattern found elsewhere within the school site.
The gabled facades on all four sides of the assembly hall develop the diaper pattern into a three dimensional bas-relief. Inside the assembly hall, a steel structural frame creates a single interior space with the pitched roofs becoming a folded plane overhead.
Externally, the three buildings are connected by a series of terraces and sunken courtyards.
Data
- Begun: Jun 2009
- Completed: Mar 2011
- Floor area: 2,375m2
- Sector: Education
- Total cost: £6.9M
- Procurement: JCT/SBC with Quantities 2005
- Address: Brentwood School, Ingrave Road , Brentwood, Essex, CM15 8AS, United Kingdom
Tags 
Assembly Hall, Essex, Renovation, RIBA Award, RIBA Award 2012, School, Secondary School, Sixth form, Vicarage, Victorian
Materials
Professional Team
- Architect: Cottrell and Vermeulen Architecture
- Client: Brentwood School
- Main contractor: Hutton Construction
- Quantity surveyor: Stockdale
- Structural engineer: Haskins Robinson Waters
- Services engineer: Max Fordham
