The New Building

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The new Richard Rose Central Academy is one of a pair, which sits alongside the Richard Rose Morton Academy as flagship educational establishments in Cumbria. It is a three storey building set in the beautiful Eastern side of Carlisle city centre surrounded by quality streetscapes and mature trees. The materiality choices for the new Academy denote the local vernacular; pale red sandstone and mixed red brickwork feature predominantly.

It is a crisp and compact design catering for 1500 students, on a tight urban site of 2.6 Hectares.

The proposed design replaces very dated and poorly maintained group of buildings. It is a compact design solution and will revitalise the site and offer a larger and more diverse range of activities, functionality and landscaping solutions.

The buildings consists of a main atrium space which is bounded on both sides by teaching accommodation. The atrium has capacity to house activities including dining, music recitals, individual breakaway environments, lead lessons, house, pastoral or whole school events, lectures and presentations, including third party users. It provides an awe-inspiring arena for learning. Two multifunctional halls sit within the atrium and offer a range of interfaces with the teaching accommodation. These learning spaces provide the modern and visionary pedagogical approaches defined by the Academy. The spatiality is highly flexible and offers diverse learning environments to meet a range of teaching methods.

The main learning accommodation sits either side of the atrium, and is traversed by wide feature staircases and bridge links.

The transparent nature of the atrium is delineated by curtain walling facades to the entry points of the building. The multi-functional halls which pass through these facades are clad in laminate panelling which is reflective of local countryside colouration.

To conclude, the Richard Rose Central Academy will provide wide ranging, modern, fit-for-purpose facilities which will revolutionise the way education is delivered, and give the student of Carlisle the best opportunities to earn available.