FIRST FLOOR PLAN
GROUND FLOOR PLAN also been future-proofed to allow for a trafficable roofscape in future .
Sustainability As part of the design brief , the client required building solutions to embody the ethos of the sciences subjects by employing tools for mitigating climate change . The goal was to set a precedent for the school to build environmentally friendly and sustainable projects .
To meet these requirements the STEM Centre employs passive sustainability principles to create a building of low energy and high comfort . The façade , and its passive shading design , responds to summer and winter sun angles to minimise direct sun penetration whilst maximising indirect sunlight , improving users ’ wellbeing and reducing internal artificial lighting requirements . The insulated concrete roof minimises heat loss in winter and heat gain in summer while the exposed concrete floors and coffered slab soffits use their thermal mass to provide a stable internal temperature that does not require air conditioning .
All internal spaces are naturally ventilated and vent , through stack effect principles , into a central passageway which has a raised roof level with clerestory windows . During summer months low velocity fans in the clerestory pull hot air from the classrooms to mechanically assist the ventilated stack effect .
Construction Due to the site ’ s location at the rear of the campus it was only accessible via a narrow single carriageway route that crossed various existing play areas . As a result , the contractor ’ s site , staging areas , and daily access required careful planning . Enablement and site establishment works entailed an extensive
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