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YES!!!!! We've just been named AJ100 SW Practice of the Year for the second time running!
Education : Merchants’ Academy
Winner of the ‘British Council for School Environments Awards’ 2009
Merchants’ Academy is a new secondary school in Withywood, South Bristol which accommodates approximately 1000 pupils from ages 11 to 18. The school has been designed and built under the Governments Academies programme. The private sponsor is the 450 year old Society of Merchant Venturer’s. AWW was appointed by the winning contractor to take the design from Stage D to completion.
The school uses has six separate pavilions opening on to a cloister around a secure courtyard play area. The ’heart’ building at he main entrance contains office functions of the school, the music and drama departments and the dining and assembly halls. Sports and technology are catered for in two of the pavilions which can be isolated from the rest of the school for use out of hours as community facilities. The design has a strong sustainable focus; using natural ventilation, daylighting and passive heat sinks to keep the energy usage of the building low, achieving a ‘very good ‘ BREEAM rating.
Value: £20m
Completed: 2007 - 2008
Location: Bristol
Project Director: Ian Jenkins