Educo UK - Hanson School

Educo UK - Hanson School

Progress on site has been going well.   The subframe for the building (steel frame and floors) are now complete and the envelope and roof are near completion.   

There have been numerous visits to the site from local students and teachers as they prepare for life in their new school.  Their feedback has been very encouraging for all involved.

This is a building, not just for the children, but for the local community aswell.  With a huge Goals facilities in place and with sports pitches, Multi-use-games-areas and sports hall to be made available to all the locality.  The building’s facilities will be available to the local community once complete.

Here are some figures of the new school.  

• BREEAM rating: very good (55.6)
• Basic building cost (£/m2): £766.5
• Services cost (£/m2): £289
• External works (£/m2): £288.74
• Gross floor area: 18195.8m2
• Total area of site: 9.52ha
• Area of teaching spaces: 7408m2
• Area of circulation: 3918.9m2
• Area of storage: 808.2m2
• Area of school grounds to be used by community: 70%
• Area of school building to be used by community: 29.6%
• Predicted electricity consumption: 106kWh/m2
• Predicted fossil fuel consumption: 155kWh/m2
• Predicted renewable energy generation: 0kWh
• Predicted water use: 3.9m3/pupil/yr
• Water to be provided by rainwater or grey water: 0%

The new build W shape form creates 2 heart spaces from accommodation looking over the valley towards Bradford and closed by retained accommodation.

The design is compact to minimise the footprint whilst the W form creates heart spaces which form as a social hub. A second entrance will be formed for the majority of pedestrian traffic from the south and the circulation is clear and legible. Passive supervision is achieved by the open nature of the design with north lights in the art spaces provide constant good quality natural light without solar gains.      

The key steps taken during the construction process to reduce environmental impacts: Retention of soil on site, reducing waste to landfill. Plasterboard cut to size and material management through Educo’s ‘Save It’ scheme. Recycled aggregate is utilised in preference to quarried materials.

There have been school site visits to learn about the construction process, community use of facilities, use of natural light and ventilation where possible to reduce energy impact.