Design team releases photos of new facilities under construction
Buro Happold and Swanke Hayden Connell architects have released photos of a new sports hall being built using prefabricated timber panels as part of the development of Islington Green School to deliver the new City of London Academy
Islington which is being constructed at a cost of £25 million.
Work on the construction of the hall started in April as part of the first phase of the scheme which is sponsored by the Department of Children, Schools and Families, the City of London Corporation, City University and the London Borough of Islington.
The hall was designed with low carbon and sustainable prefabricated timber panels and a timber frame to enable the facilities to be completed in a short timeframe and the hall to open to students in January.
The second phase of the scheme involves work on a new main teaching block, due to start in October and complete in 2010, followed by the construction of a new special needs school on the same site for the London Borough of Islington, due to start in 2010 and complete in 2011.
City of London Academy Islington is the first academy designed to achieve a 20 per cent renewable energy target, through the inclusion of photovoltaic cells and a biomass boiler, and is believed to be the first Academy on course to receive a BREEAM ‘Excellent’ rating.
The Academy will provide education for 14 – 19 year olds and will cater for 805 pupils.
Project partners include Swanke Hayden Connell (Architect), Buro Happold (Structural and Building Services Engineer), Galliford Try (Contractor) and KLH (timber construction specialist).
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