Learning Environments
“gcp’s passion for sport and their determination to ensure that every detail was just right for the project was vital for delivery within a tight timescale and in a live school environment. Their co-ordination of different stakeholders and contractors through the process from specification to installation was indicative of their professional capability”
Keir Smith – Former Head Teacher of William Perkin School, now Head Teacher of Ada Lovelace CoE High School
“Working with gcp is great as they have a clear understanding of how to realise a project vision that involves a variety of different stakeholders and taking into account the various challenges involved, such as grant funding considerations. gcp work tirelessly in order to get the best outcome for the groups they work with and deliver over and above what is required to ensure a successful outcome”
Emma Harvey | Centre Director, Trinity Community Arts
Goblin Combe
Conversion of a listed Victorian primary school into a community environmental education centre, designed to respond to the needs of a large rural population.
Leadership Trust Foundation
gcp Chartered Architects worked with the Leadership Trust Foundation, a prestigious management training organisation, over a seven year period.
Projects have provided the Trust with new offices, seminar rooms and a 150 seat lecture theatre, a 24 bedroom residential course centre with conference facilities, and renewal of site services infrastructure including on-site power generation and reed-bed sewage treatment.
The Trusts rural location and the importance they place on quality of design and construction has enabled gcp to provide a range of buildings that integrate sensitively into the surrounding site. All new buildings have emphasised energy efficient design using sustainable materials with a particular emphasis on the use of local materials and timber for both structural and cladding elements.
Writhlington School | Somerset
Extension to create dual use sports facility at Writhlington School in Somerset.
gcp prepared designs and the construction package for this extension to the sports facilities at Writhlington School, a Bath and North East Somerset Council secondary school, comprising new indoor/outdoor changing rooms, a sports hall and fitness suite, a new entrance with reception, and club / social facilities. Works were brought to fruition through a successful grant application to the National Lottery by Writhlington School, with support from gcp.
Services: Feasibility Study, Planning Stage Design, Planning APplication, Funding Application Support, Detailed Design, Contract Administration
Aero Faculty | City of Bristol College
The steel framed structure is clad in a combination of masonry and steel sheeting to provide two-storey accommodation with the hangar area being double height and including a large access door. This major part of the building was designed around the requirement to house two aircraft used for engineering student training.
This aero faculty building is located on the engineering campus in Filton, and comprises classrooms, administration offices, workshops, and engine testing facilities.
