The Hays Library, Sheering Primary School
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North Facade
Andrew Paine Download Original
Extension to the existing building incorporating a new library, Food Technology, staff prep room, storage areas and disabled WC.
The architect was asked by the governors at Sheering Primary School to help with the design and construction of a new library, which was to replace an existing 30-year-old portacabin that had long outlived its acceptable working life.
The new building incorporates a new library, a Food Technology room and a staff office alongside various ancillary spaces, within a total floor area of less than 100 sqm.
The pupils were invited to engage with the architect in the design process as much as possible in order to promote ownership and care for the new building. Each of the four classes at the school was asked to measure and calculate average age group heights, the data from which was used to set out the four circular, coloured windows on the North façade. Planting areas were also provided in order to promote an understanding of natural systems and their relevance to sustainable food production.
Data
- Begun: Jul 2010
- Completed: Feb 2011
- Floor area: 93m2
- Sector: Education
- Total cost: £164,000
- Funding: Capital Funding / County Council Joint Funding Initiative
- Tender date: May 2010
- Procurement: JCT Minor Works 2005 Rev. 2 (2009) Traditional procurement, administrated by architect
- Address: Sheering Church of England Primary School, The Street, Sheering, Bishop's Stortford, Herts., CM22 7LU, United Kingdom
Professional Team 
- Architect: Andrew Paine Architecture
- Project architect: Andrew Paine
- Client: Sheering Church of England Primary School
- Structural engineer: Scott Wilson
- CDM coordinator: Cambridge Architectural Research
- Drainage Engineer: Scott Wilson
- Structural engineer: Scott Wilson
- M&E engineer: Scott Wilson
- Contract administrator: Andrew Paine Architecture
Suppliers
- Doors and Ironmongery: Leaderflush Shapland
- Food Technology worktop: Smile Recycled Plastics
- Safety Flooring: Altro
