We have worked on many projects for local authorities and universities to develop new buildings and transform tired and problematic spaces. Our experience in education and social architecture brings first-hand information on school modifications and extensions, wheelchair access, ramps and lifts for disability, design for playground spaces.
We look at how people work and use space, an approach that has a positive influence on workplace communities. We seek to add value to people’s everyday experiences.
This project was completed in February 2014. The end result pretty much looks like what we drew – which is always very rewarding and now that the surrounding gardens have been planted up, the centre looks amazing. The building is really well used by the allotment holders and the wider …
The University of Nottingham asked us to extend what is one of the most used buildings on campus by staff; a place where academics and heads of department can meet and socialise and exchange ideas over lunch. The brief was to extend the existing building in a sympathetic manner; which …
Working with a budget of £50,000 including fees and equipment, the task was to build another health care outreach post With a free hand to design and manage the whole project we felt it important to make a simple design statement to mark this much needed facility and for it …
With a limited budget of £60,000 all in, the governors of Trowell C of E School approached us with a brief for a new extension to provide then with a multi-purpose teaching space as well as a quiet space for private study, one to one tutorials and a small space …
The school was invited to provide a room for an NHS outreach programme whereby the school could set aside some space so that a visiting nurse or health professional could base themselves in the community which would be easy for parents and children to get easy access to a health …
Rushcliffe School is typical of many 1960s-built comprehensives in that the demand on its spaces has changed. The initial brief was to extend the library but there was an opportunity to make greater improvements. Although extending the library was the main focus, the project offered an opportunity to solve other …
The Adult Education Centre is housed in two buildings, one of which is Grade II listed. They needed to be linked to create internal access and this link was to run across an enclosed courtyard formed by the existing buildings. Before devising the link we studied how pupils and staff …
The Elms School made a successful application to Sport England and the Arts Council to fund a stand-alone sports and arts facility for both school and local community. Boden Associates was chosen to design the scheme within an existing 1930s building. Our task was to maximise the potential of an …
