DSDHA | Christ's College, Guildford

Por Guillermo Fdez.-Abascal

Fuente: dsdha

Fotografía: Helene Binet, Tim Soar

Christ's College Secondary School in Guildford replaces a failing 1960s secondary school, reconnects the local community through a new public route, and instils a sense of civic pride.A beautifully crafted brick exterior is punctuated with windows set deep into the façade, while the innovative ‘breathing wall' system provides each classroom with sustainable heating and ventilation through the perforated brick skin.Staff, pupils and visitors enter into a light-filled, three-story atrium clad in timber that radiates a generous theatricality, the focal point within a compact building footprint.

Proyect:

Christ's College

Author: 

DSDHA

Completion date: 
2009

Site:
Guildford,UK 

Client:
Christ's College Secondary School

Colaborators:
Structural Engineer: Adams Kara Taylor
Services Engineer: Atelier Ten
Landscape: Robert Townshend
Contractor: Wates Construction

Fotography: 
Hélene Binet / Tim Soar

Construction Sum: 

£14.4 million