Brighton College Sports and Sciences Building, East Sussex Development, English Architecture Images
Brighton College Sports and Sciences Building, East Sussex
New Health Facility in East Sussex, South East England – by OMA / Ellen Van Loon
15 Jan 2020
School of Science and Sports at Brighton College
Architects: OMA / Ellen Van Loon
Location: Brighton, East Sussex, Southern England, UK

The School of Science and Sports at Brighton College defies the conventional character of educational buildings ? one of endless empty hallways and imposed silence ? and instead combines the two departments to create a vibrant building with lively spaces where activities are not necessarily dictated by a school timetable. Observing that processes of learning take place outside as much as inside of the classroom, the design articulates a new idea of educational space bolstering interaction and exchange.
Why isolate the department of Science from the department of Sports" Instead, the two are merged into one linear volume, situated at the edge of the playing field. Primary sporting spaces are on level with the field, and the sports hall opens directly onto it. The Science department, which include classrooms, laboratories and a green house, spans over the sporting spaces like a skeletal bridge. The façades are inspired in part by the regular rhythm of the terraced housing opposite the new building. The rooftop provides a sweeping view of the North Sea.

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