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The Proving House

101 Sevier Street, Bristol, BS2 9LB.

Company Registration Number - 3499053 (UK)

Rogiet Primary School

Rogiet

The proposed Rogiet Primary School scheme involves a new 210 place Primary School building, with community and playgroup facilities, on the site of the existing Rogiet Primary School. The proposed school is to be located on the playing fields adjacent to the existing building, enabling the school to remain operational during construction.

The layout of the site is divided into distinct zones, with more public areas at the front and private, secure spaces towards the rear of the site. This layout reflects the inclusion of additional facilities to allow the school to strengthen its roots in the community. A number of meetings with staff, parents and members of the public have ensured that the needs and wishes of the wider community have been included within the designs. The building will be accessible and welcoming but designed in such a way that allows security to be carefully and discretely managed.

The landscape proposals seek to create a distinctive, playful setting for the school.  The designs pay particular reference to local landscape character precedents such as pollarded Willow planting and traditionally laid hedges, whilst promoting a dramatic increase in the schools bio-diversity through extensive mixed native planting and habitat areas.

The building and landscape have been designed in tandem in order to give aspects such as the productive garden and outdoor performance a ‘centre-stage’ within the school and to provide a range of interactions between the buildings and the diverse external spaces.

The design intention is to have a school that is an exemplar of sustainable design and construction. This ethos informs every aspect of the design, from its orientation on the site, to the selection of natural materials and the use of natural ventilation and daylighting techniques and the landscaping concept.