The Lancaster School Leicester, UK
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Redeveloping original buildings enabled a substantial increase in students.
Lancaster School is an existing non-selective secondary school for boys aged 11 to 16. BSF funding allowed for it to be redeveloped to increase its roll from 940 to 1,200 pupils.
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The main school building now sits on the site of the old gymnasium and in front of the original 3-storey section of the school building. A glazed link between the building and the original hall forms a double-height entrance and reception.
The building is arranged in a simple L shape, with the main teaching spaces on the outer perimeter on all 3 floors.
The central area is designed to accommodate a triple-height dining space, which forms the heart of the main school building.
The main entrance is signified by an over-sailing canopy at high level, and the new teaching spaces are organised into clear faculty groups for easy wayfinding. Existing spaces are also re-distributed to reinforce this strategy.
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Throughout the project, we carefully distributed new and existing spaces to encourage quick navigation between educational units.
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