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Headington School ICT Building, Oxfordshire
- ArchitectMorse Webb Solway Brown
- Structural EngineerScott White & Hookins
- Quantity SurveyorWilson Large
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The new three-story ICT building is located on the school's Headington campus and was part of a rolling programme of work, this follows the music block constructed by Kingerlee the previous year.
The load-bearing masonry structure was constructed of CFA-piled foundations and ground beams supporting a reinforced concrete ground floor slab. The upper floors are precast concrete and accessed by precast concrete staircases. A new passenger lift serves all three floors.
The external elevations match the existing building stock with double-glazed aluminium doors and windows. Internal walls are finished with painted plasterwork and pre-finished oak joinery.
The building’s design provides flexibility for the school's future needs, with classrooms designed to be subdivided by means of dummy doors and provision for alternative teaching positions.
The building was positioned into the slope of the existing ground and accommodated changes in levels with steps down to the lower areas along with hard landscaping and paving to its perimeter.