ADP Shortlisted for Two Education Estates Awards

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2^ND September 2021

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News

This week, Education Estates announced that we’ve been shortlisted in two award categories.

ADP is up for the Architectural Practice of the Year Award. This award recognises excellence in delivering value and functionality with projects, while also promoting best practice in innovative design in the education sector.

Our recent education projects have ranged from a LETI Pioneer project – a new secondary school which will demonstrate best practice in designing for a net zero-carbon future – through to developing a Higher Education Third Space concept, which explores the blended boundary between living and learning. Last year we also launched our bespoke Sustainability Belonging and Engagement (SBE) assessment tool, which helps us plan and measure the social and environmental impact of projects.

In addition, the Swan School in Oxford has been shortlisted for the Schools Project of the Year Award. Our design for this new secondary school responds sensitively to its setting, and to the needs and interest of the local community. We engaged with the key stakeholders to ensure the core aspects such as sustainability and a sense of belonging were reflected in the spaces we created.

The winners will be announced on the 12^th October at the Kimpton Clocktower Hotel in Manchester. Good luck to everyone who’s been shortlisted!

Written by:

Schools Sector Director
Claire Mantle

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Schools Sector Director

- Studio
Birmingham

Claire Mantle

As ADP’s school sector lead, Claire leads the practice’s school strategy. She shares lessons learned, best practice and specialist knowledge across our studios and the sector more widely.

Claire believes that the only way to create responsive, inspiring learning environments is to put pupils at the centre of the design process, consulting closely with user working groups to understand staff requirements.

This year, she has been working to incorporate ‘design for wellbeing’ into all of our school briefs and designs, using an evidence-based approach. She is also leading post occupancy evaluations of our schools to appraise their performance and gain feedback from pupils and staff.

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