Consultations

Hi,

It would be really helpful if any of the groups who have had their consultation meetings could post their findings on the blog so we can include them in that section of the vision doc.

Thanks,

Nick

Blog Poster

Hi

So this is the blog poster. I was just about to get Lyn to print it off, but then saw this post and thought I would just get it okayed before I do.
What does everyone think?
And also is anyone heading down on friday or monday, if so could they put these up around the school?
Adam

School Poster

Any sign of the school poster advertising the blog yet? - if so, please can you upload it on here?

Ta
Paul

Additional Survey Info

Hi All

Just to confirm that the additional survey info we asked you to collect last week should be incorporated into the shared 'existing condition' document being prepared by the editorial team.

These were:

A - Climate
B - Servicing
C - Transport
D - Classroom Study
E - Landscape

Cheers
Paul

Carbon Detectives Kit

Further to Joe's earlier post, please familiarise yourselves with the schools carbon detectives kit found here (log on to the 'demonstration school' section and then pick one of the 'dummy' schools).

As discussed last week, we intend to:

• Work with the school (and/or county council) to source the info needed for the toolkit.
• Organise a session to input the data with the school children.
• Establish the current carbon footprint of the school.
• Set carbon reduction targets with the school.
• Take action (through the individual design projects) to meet these targets.

Until we get some dates in the diary for the above it would be worth musing on the attached charts showing 'typical' school CO2 usage.

BRIEFING MEETINGS TODAY!!!!!

This is a copy of the email from Chilwell school. So TODAY can the student group and the headmaster group please go to the school to their meetings. Perhaps the head of departments group could go along with the headmaster group as well as some of your questions may be relevant.

The student group will be able to meet a group of pupils on Thursday 26th February at 11:30. I can also meet the headteacher group at this time. I will issue the questionnaire to the governing body prior to the Full Governors meeting on Monday 2nd March.
I will contact the Family of Schools to facilitate meetings. However, I am meeting with all the Family Heads on 11th March - would it still be convenient to distribute questionniares at this meeting.

Environmental Tutorial Contact Details

All,

My contact details are as follows: josephfraher@hotmail.com, please feel free to email me specific questions or post them on the blog if they are more general.

The carbon tool kit I think is worth a read can be found at:

https://segueuserfiles.middlebury.edu/midd_shift/Middshift%20Carbon%20Neutrality%20Toolkit.pdf

I would also urge you to visit http://www.ecobuild.co.uk/ which is at Earls Court next week.

Good luck

Joe

Consultation photos

Hi All,

Following my earlier request, do any of you have any photos of you at the school - engaged in discussion with staff-students etc or showing you in the process of studying the school?

I'd like some images to use in a presentation - about the role of 'live' projects in education.

Your help would be much appreciated.

Thanks

Graham

Hi all,
The extra topics we were given last Wednesday, are we just posting our findings on here? ie classroom study / transport etc..

Thanks

Jo

Wednesday Field Trip

Ok all,

This Wednesday 25th Feb its the day trip to London. We have got a very busy day programmed and a very early start!

So please be at the School of the Built Environment for 6.20am the coach will be leaving at 6.30am. Please be responsible for your own groups.

Please bring snacks because we wont have a chance to get lunch until 3.00pm. Also remember your cameras!

Myself, Paul and Mark will meet you this end in London, Ealing. If you cant make the trip please let me know. I will be in department teaching tomorrow in the EEC.

See you on Wednesday

lizzie

Thematic Problems

Group A is collecting thematic problems. The basic idea is to collect all the issues of the current school and then pick up 5 as agreed in the editor meeting.

Could everybody have a look at the list below and give some comments about what other issues exsit and what are the most key ones of the school, please.

Building performance

Circulation:
The one-way system runs inconveniently.
The library blocks one possible access to dining room from the first floor.
The circulation in Lakeview college is not clear.

Functionality & Space:
Corridors are too narrow.
There is not sufficient social space in the building.
There is not adequate storage space.
The number of toilets is not big enough.
The library is not large enough and not used effectively.
The dining room can not accommodate enough large amounts of students
No flexible teaching and learning spaces.
No attractive entrance.
The college lacks a proper transition with other buildings.

Poor building quality

External appearance:
Gloomy facade materials
The arrangement of windows is a bit disordered when seen from the elevation.

Environmental design

Natural light is not sufficient and balanced because of the single-side opening windows.
No shading structure or element on both side-windows and roof-windows.
Not enough consideration of sustainability in design

Landscape planning

The courtyard is not used efficiently.
The beautiful view of the south lake is not combined well with the existing materials.

Hey,

I had a quick look through my font library and picked out a few designey ones which could work well in the vision document, particular for use with titles and quotes. Follow the link below for the zip file containing these 8 fonts and just copy them into your font libraries. Hopefully they should work! Feel free to use them in your own work 

http://www.mediafire.com/?z2wyu2jjabq

Vision Doc

Hi Editors

Sorry, seem to have lost all your email addresses.

Shall we have a little progress meeting on the coach on wed morning? I've done an initial layout for the front, back and inside cover as a starting point to talk about, anyone had any genius graphic design ideas? We also need to arrange getting quotes for the printing.

See you Wednesday, Rachel.

orientation

Here is the orientation analyse from Group A. Not sure if this contains enough information. If not, please figure out then we can complete it.

Group A condition suvery

Sorry for the delay of presentation, we visited the music block and lakeview college on Thursday, here are photos and some measurements. Since Chilwell are in holiday, we can't evaculate the acoustic condition of the music one, probably well controlled for its isolation from main teaching blocks. The circulation in college is a bit confused for us strangers. Besides, its ventilation is very noisy especially in art study room and biology room. The space of college is 3m height, slightly lower than other teaching buildings. And the bay windows of upper floor seem designed without practical intentions. On the northwest corner of the block, it is the maintenance workshop for school. The overall impression of these two buildings is tense space for teaching and communication.

Nottingham Academy

Consultation document for an academy on th east of nottingham

http://www.nottinghamacademy.org/docs/NA-Full.pdf

Consultations

Hi all,

Group B are collating the info on the consultation process for the vision document. Although we haven't had a chance to brief yet it would be helpful if the other groups could let us know what sort of questions you intend to ask etc so that we can start to compose a section on the briefing process.
Also here are some images from The Community Planning Handbook which might be helpful.

Thanks,

Group B

Maps

Hi all,

Here are the maps with one way system and classrooms, sorry for the delay I totally forgot to post them.

Nick

School Plans

Hello

Could someone that has the plans for the school that were passed around during the presentations in Lenton Firs on Wednesday please upload them to the Blog please, i.e. the one's that contain the classroom layouts with the subject areas listed. Thanks

Editorial team

Hi Editors

I have spoken to Graham as he has said we can get the poster printed with Lyn so can only one of you act as the contact and get them printed with Lyn. Also before the school can approve costs for printing the vision document please could you get a quote from some printers in town. We need this before we can get approval,

Thanks

lizzie

Plans and Elevations, Group D

Hi guys

We're going to be putting together the drawings. It'd be a big help if everyone could have their drawings to the same scale and positioned correctly on the site map. We've uploaded a template for everyone to use and included our plans and elevations as an example. Please use the existing layers and ensure colours are set to 'by layer'. It should be fairly straight forward, there are seperate layers for walls, glazing etc for the plan drawings. For elevations we've kept it simple, thick, medium and thin lines. If we've missed any essential layers out just let us know. Please add notes for any materials/objects/lines that aren't imediately obvious so we all know what's what without going through photos. Cheers, Group D.

find the file at:
http://cid-cd695bd3c3fc7128.skydrive.live.com/self.aspx/Public/Group%20Survey.dwg

Elevation Drawings | group E

We have uploaded our elevations to the site below and plans are on the way for Group D. Would it be sensible if everyone followed one drawing style?

http://cid-b0d793fb00921aea.skydrive.live.com/self.aspx/.Public/Group%20E%20Elevations.dwg

About plans of the lakeview college

Hi all,

Has anybody got the plans of the 6 form center buildings? They are not included within the files from the Nottinghamshire County Council which tutors gave us. We sent email to the Broxstow Borough Council but they never reply.

We plan to measure all the parts of the building tomorrow if plans are not available. But this could meet difficulties such as we are not allowed to enter every room of the building.

Group A

Insulation Ideas

Hi All

I found this in Building, it might be of interest to some of you.

Joe

18th Feb Itinerary

Hi All

Tomorrow's provisional itinerary looks like this:

10.30am - Group presentation of survey findings (powerpoint preferred!)
12.00pm - Introduction to carbon toolkit
2.00pm - Group A design tutorial (LW), Group B design tutorial (PY), Group D+E Env tutorials (JF)
3.00pm- Group D design tutorial (LW), Group E design tutorial (PY), Group B+C Env tutorials (JF)
4.00pm- Group C design tutorial (PY), Group A Env tutorials (JF)

And over the coming weeks:

25th Feb - Site visit (set your alarms...)
4th March - Presentation: Group vision documents (inc. edited constraints info)
18th March - Interim crit: Individual design proposals

Obviously there are no tutorials next week, so please try to have as much information available as possible (design / vision / environment) for tomorrows sessions - this is 'it' prior to the vision presetations!

NB: It looks like the consultation info is unlikely to be ready by 4th March - we'll just try to feed it into the process as and when it becomes available...

Group C Survey Info.

All

Here is the edited version of the survey information from Chilwell School:-

Amsterdam Orphanage & Newcastle College

All

Just in case anyone wants info. on Amsterdam Orphanage or Newcastle College, here it is:-