Coleshill Heath Primary School, North Solihull
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CLIENT Soilhull Metropolitan Borough Council
LOCATION Chelmsley Wood, Birmingham
CONSTRUCTION VALUE £8,000,000
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Civic Trust Regional Award 2017 - Winner
A new community-focused 2.5 form entry primary school
The school is located in Chelmsley Wood and forms part of a regeneration programme for North Solihull.
The new school brings together primary teaching facilities, a private nursery and community facilities.
The teaching accommodation is arranged into three distinct phases - each set within a ‘pavilion’. Between the teaching pavilions are external teaching courts with canopies and projecting roofs providing sheltered external areas around the edge of the building for outside teaching and play.
At the heart of the building is an enquiry hub. The school halls, the administration suite, the staff room and the teaching accommodation all connect back to this central area – which also serves as the main entrance foyer.
The building is single storey with low pitched roofs and overhanging eaves to provide shade to the extensively glazed classrooms. Constructed in masonry, the building has high thermal mass to regulate internal temperatures with natural ventilation throughout.
