Council rang to say that “animals are not permissible in school buildings”: belated thanks to Australia Design Review…

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Open to all UK projects with a budget value of up to £10m that achieved practical completion, or equivalent, between November 2009 and March 2011. Entrants are construction teams who deserve recognition for the high standard of work, adherence to budget and client satisfaction in a healthy and safe working environment (WHAT_architecture’s Cowley St Laurence Church of England Primary School and Children Centre) |
As part of the public participation in the design process, each child attending the school was given a 1000 piece take-home kit in which to develop their contribution to the Every Child Matters cladding system with their parents, siblings, grandparents…
The project asked: how is it possible to engage the building’s users, that is children, in the design and build process.
WHAT_architecture and an array of community volunteers lay a million plus Lego bricks whilst it’s snowing and minus 10 degrees celcius! Every morning the studs had to be de-iced using a kettle: naturally a cup-of-tea was the way to start the day!
The Every Child Matters Lego façade design requiring the determination of: 1. brick length (1-10 stud) 2. brick width (1-2 stud) 3. brick colour 4. building function icons 5. a consented representation of Christ 6. Every Child Matters contributory designs 7. ventilation details 8. expansion joints 9. adjacent building interface details 10. Royal Mail postbox 11. the schools’ core values inscribed as a text wall