THE BOLD NEW 6TH FORM CENTRE THAT CHALLENGES PRECONCEPTIONS
"We wanted a sixth form centre that would provide the girls with a new way of looking at their learning; a creative, ‘without bounds’ space where they develop their own way of looking at their personal development. We also wanted an environment that links them to life at university and the world of work.” Dawn Bellamy, Head of Sixth Form at Queen Anne’s School.
INSIDE THE SPACE
The Space combines red brick and steel to present a boldly contemporary building that is flooded with natural light, incorporating playful, innovative spaces and clever use of colour.
1) The Ground Floor
The ground floor is a vast, modern industrial space which houses the dining space (used by the whole school), a brand new digital library and café. With soft seating areas and witty, brightly coloured timber shed-style booths, dining tables and smaller individual tables this is a highly flexible space with partitions that can be opened to create a single large space for concerts, events or exhibitions.
2) Teaching Spaces
Upstairs the clean, white teaching spaces are a complete contrast to the industrial feel of the ground floor. Designed to facilitate collaborative learning, these adaptable spaces have dry wipe walls at both ends of each room and agile furniture, including smile tables, so that layouts can be changed to suit different learning styles. Partition walls further enhance the flexibility of these spaces which can be opened up to accommodate larger groups.
3) Breakout Rooms
The stylish teaching spaces are flanked by quirky breakout rooms, called Headspaces, designed by the students in an in-house competition featuring The Inside of Big Ben, Central Park and a West End Theatre. These Headspace breakout rooms are used by staff and students during their free periods and are there to be explored and interacted with as users see fit.
“The Space has enabled teachers and the girls to work in different ways, combining the versatility of the technology and furniture in the learning spaces with the quiet and reflective surroundings of the Headspaces to move towards an increasingly independent way of thinking and learning. There’s a real sense of Sixth Form identity within the building, giving the younger girls something to aspire to as they move up through the school.”
THE RESULT
The new sixth form building, called The Space, is sleek, modern and hi- tech, inspiring those who use it to ‘think big’. The Space is an exciting environment to learn in, it’s stimulating and inspiring and it enables students to develop their independence, helping them prepare for life after school. The social and teaching spaces are inherently flexible, they don’t dictate how they should be used; you have to make choices and decisions and this develops independent thinking. This visionary new building helped the school win a TES award for Outstanding Post-16 Innovation Provision, with judges praising the building’s capacity to liberate learners from traditional learning environments.
TTS Learning Spaces is proud to be working with SpaceOasis to create innovative and exciting learning environments for international schools. A special thank you to the team for supplying this case study.
THE BOLD NEW 6TH FORM CENTRE THAT
CHALLENGES PRECONCEPTIONS
"We wanted a sixth form centre that would provide the girls with a new way of looking at their learning; a creative, ‘without bounds’ space where they develop their own way of looking at their personal development. We also wanted an environment that links them to life at university and the world of work.” Dawn Bellamy, Head of Sixth Form at Queen Anne’s School.
INSIDE THE
SPACE
The Space combines red brick and steel to present a boldly contemporary building that is flooded with natural light, incorporating playful, innovative spaces and clever use of colour.
1) The Ground Floor
The ground floor is a vast, modern industrial space which houses the dining space (used by the whole school), a brand new digital library and café. With soft seating areas and witty, brightly coloured timber shed-style booths, dining tables and smaller individual tables this is a highly flexible space with partitions that can be opened to create a single large space for concerts, events or exhibitions.
2) Teaching Spaces
Upstairs the clean, white teaching spaces are a complete contrast to the industrial feel of the ground floor. Designed to facilitate collaborative learning, these adaptable spaces have dry wipe walls at both ends of each room and agile furniture, including smile tables, so that layouts can be changed to suit different learning styles. Partition walls further enhance the flexibility of these spaces which can be opened up to accommodate larger groups.
3) Breakout Rooms
The stylish teaching spaces are flanked by quirky breakout rooms, called Headspaces, designed by the students in an in-house competition featuring The Inside of Big Ben, Central Park and a West End Theatre. These Headspace breakout rooms are used by staff and students during their free periods and are there to be explored and interacted with as users see fit.
“The Space has enabled teachers and the girls to work in different ways, combining the versatility of the technology and furniture in the learning spaces with the quiet and reflective surroundings of the Headspaces to move towards an increasingly independent way of thinking and learning. There’s a real sense of Sixth Form identity within the building, giving the younger girls something to aspire to as they move up through the school.”
THE RESULT
The new sixth form building, called The Space, is sleek, modern and hi-
tech, inspiring those who use it to ‘think big’.
The Space is an exciting
environment to learn in, it’s stimulating and inspiring and it enables
students to develop their independence, helping them prepare for life
after school. The social and teaching spaces are inherently flexible, they
don’t dictate how they should be used; you have to make choices and
decisions and this develops independent thinking.
This visionary new
building helped the school win a TES award for Outstanding Post-16
Innovation Provision, with judges praising the building’s capacity to
liberate learners from traditional learning environments.
TTS Learning Spaces is proud to be working with SpaceOasis to create innovative and exciting learning environments for international schools. A special thank you to the team for supplying this case study.
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COMPANY
Foxidea | CEO : Park Sang Jin | Business Registration : [314-27-74636]
Address : 34158 #506, S9 Bldg. 125 Dongseo-daero, Yuseong-gu,
Daejeon (34158), Korea, Republic of Foxidea Corporate Research Institute, #507 | Call : 042-825-7722 | Fax : 042-825-7721
CS CENTER
042-825-7722 | 9:00 - 18:00 (LUNCH 12:00 - 13:00) SAT SUN HOLIDAY OFF
