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Work Experience Design Brief The Park Community Centre

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Contents Introduction ................................................. 4 The brief

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The Site ......................................................... 6 Whole Site Plan..............................................7 Focus Site........................................................8 Summary of Accommodation for Site.9

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Plan of Work.................................................10 Day 01...............................................................11 Day 02.............................................................12 Day 03.............................................................13 Day 04.............................................................14 Day 05.............................................................15 Support Team .............................................16

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We hope you enjoy your time with us!

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I’ve had such a fun time working here and been made to feel very welcome within the team. AWW is an exciting firm with a fantastic front-line approach to relevant industry innovations... I’d love to stay involved with AWW’s projects and I hope that they would consider me again for a future placement.”

Thank you so much for this week I’ve really enjoyed it. It’s also helped me a lot with figuring it out what I would like to continue doing in the future.”

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Welcome to your work experience with AWW. AWW is an established, architectural practice with 80 staff and offices in Bristol and London. We are driven to create beautiful places to enhance people’s lives through all of our architecture, interior design and masterplanning designs.

We hope your time with us will provide you with a valuable insight into the workings of an architectural practice, the life of an architect / technologist / interior designer and offer you the opportunity to explore the roles and responsibilities as well as discovering your talents and where you interests lie.

We’re here to help so please ask questions along the way.

Ok here we go...

Routes to Architecture

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You can get into this role via an architecture degree apprenticeship. This is a mix of workplace learning and academic study at an approved university.

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Site Plan: The Park Community Centre, BS4 1DQ

The site: The Park Community Centre, Daventry Road, Knowle, Bristol, BS4 1DQ The client: The Park Centre The sector: Education & Community RIBA Work Stages: 0-7 Background: The Park Centre is a charitable organisation located in Knowle, Bristol.

The Centre supports the community providing rentable space to deliver an

education and community support programme. The Centre is housed in old buildings, previously used by a school, which are scattered across the site. These buildings are in a poor state of repair and are costly to maintain and run.

Project aim: The Centre’s aspiration is to build on their current success and continue to grow in a new purpose built home.

Your brief: We would like you to develop a new build design concept for the site that will accommodate The Centre’s current needs and allow the Centre to grow in the future.

The new build component for The Centre, will include the sports hall and surrounding facilities (listed on page 9).

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Site context: The site is on Daventry Road. It sits in a mainly residential area, but there are also; schools, local amenities, business and retail parks, community centres, religious buildings and sports clubs nearby.

There was once a school on the site, it is now closed and the buildings are used by The Centre.

It is difficult to spot the current entrance to The Centre from Daventry Road to know that it is there.

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This drawing may be scaled for the purposes of Planning Applications, Land Registry and for Legal plans where the scale bar is used, and where it verifi the drawing is an original or an accurate copy. It may not be scaled for construction purposes.

Always refer to figured dimensions. All dimensions are to be checked on site Discrepancies and/or ambiguities between this drawing and information give elsewhere must be reported immediately to this office for clarification before proceeding. All drawings are to be read in conjunction with the specification all works to be carried out in accordance with latest British Standards / Code Practice.

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In your concept for the site you will need to accommodate the following: • A large sports hall/ multifunctional space big enough for small sports such as badminton, table tennis as well as dining for 150 people and theatre performances • A secondary space suitable for small fitness classes, nursery groups etc.

• 3 small meeting rooms for 1 to 1 consultation • Reception desk and office • Toilet provision • Kitchen/café/bar space with seating • Flexible rentable office space suitable for small businesses/start-ups • Storage • 6 car parking spaces for use by visitors • Outdoor space with café style seating

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Day 01

Day 02

Step 1: Research different styles of architecture that appeal to you.

• How could you bring this to your design?

• What do you like about the style/s or architecture you’ve chosen?

• Why do you think this style will work for this brief?

Step 4: Moving your sketches into Revit • Open the base site plan in Revit and start to try out what Revit can do • Now take your concept sketch and using Revit start to model it

Step 2: Look at the site that you will be working on and the space available to you.

• How could you fit the sports hall and surrounding facilities onto your site?

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You have some site plans available to you, trace some options over the top.

You may find you have to try several options before you find the one you like the best.

How will people move between your buildings? Do you have clear pathways between / connecting your buildings?

Step 3: What colour palette would you like to apply to your design?

• Where will you place your outdoor seating?

• Where will you place your trees / planting? » »

What else could you add to your design to encourage people to interact?

Use colour to bring your sketch to life

Leave Day 1 with a concept design drawn up for your site.

Leave Day 2 with a Revit model of your concept.

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Step 8: Select an area within your design i.e. the reception to build up an interiors concept • What do you need to include in your area?

• What do you want to happen in your area? i.e. welcome / relax / eat / drink / study • Consider: » Colour » Lighting » Furniture » Flooring •

Step 5: Sustainability • Learn about best practice in sustainability • Learn how we measure / analyse a project’s sustainable credentials • How can your improve the sustainability of your design?

Leave Day 3 with a design that meets sustainability criteria and a basic understanding of these.

Day 04 Step 6: Visit the samples library and explore the differing materials you can incorporate into your design • What will you choose?

• Do you use one colour / material throughout or do you use differing ones to make elements of your design stand out or to help people identify buildings?

• Why have you made these choices?

Step 7: Apply the samples to your site • Layout a sample board in Photoshop / InDesign

Scan in your concept sketches and mark up where the materials will be applied to your design

Collate some images that appeal to you and layout a page of ideas for your space

Leave Day 4 with a materials palette developed and a clear idea for your interior space.

Day 05 Step 9: Put together a presentation to share that explores your ideas for this site • The architecture that inspired you • Your positioning of buildings within the site • How you’ve developed connectivity and connection on the site • Your choice of colours • Your choice of materials Leave Day 5 with a final concept presentation.

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Concept Design Sketch Scheme at 1.100 plans and elevations Medium: Handrawn

Initial Sketches

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Output: concept scheme, reflecting context, answering stakeholder needs and fulfilling brief.

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Sketchup / Revit Bringing concept design to life in a 3D environment Medium: 3D CAD (Sketchup / Revit)

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Output: Concept modelled

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Sustainability Consider sustainability; fabric first then sustainable technology.

Adapt design accordingly.

Medium: Enscape Output: Sustainability incorporated into design concept.

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ESG TOOLKIT Mission Statement

UoB adopts Climate Action Framework:

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Pledge

Human‐Centric Buildings

We pledge to place people at the heart of our design process so that the buildings we design become a means of enhancing quality of life for all

Mission # Pledge #

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‘The University of Bath was the first UK university to have a Carbon Management Plan. Despite significant growth in its estate, investing in new teaching, research and residential facilities, it has reduced its carbon emissions by 35% (against 2005 levels) and cut energy and water use by £1m. The University now sources 100% of its purchased electricity from renewable energy suppliers as well as generating 10% itself on campus. Building on these achievements the Climate Action Framework will provide strategies for further improvements.’ UoB Press Release May 2020

Health & Wellbeing

Social & Community

We pledge to prioritise wellbeing and inspire connection, through providing empowering and inclusive environments that stimulate physical and mental health

We pledge to work collaboratively with community partners to understand and design for the whole life cycle of a building to develop resilient communities

We support our clients and partners to deliver their ESG targets. We do this through good design and leadership that enables positive social and environmental outcomes.

Our goal is to deliver quality architecture and interior design, achieving this through:

(S) Enhancing people's quality of life.

(G) Building relationships and developing partnerships for delivery that support our core values and improve our ability as designers and advocators to effect positive change.

RIBA 2030 Targets vs Project Achievements

Environment

Project Metrics Education & Skills

225 kWh/ m2/y

(Ofgem benchmark)

2020 Target 2021 Completion

2025 Target

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Operational Energy kWh/m2/y

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Embodied Carbon kgCO2e/m2

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Potable Water use Litres/person/day

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Current benchmarks

1100 kgCO2e/m2

(M4i benchmark)

kWh/m2/y

kgCO2e/m2

Litres/p/d

Design Targets (RIBA 2030 Challenge) OPERATIONAL ENERGY kWh/m /y : 2024 Target reached

We pledge to build a sustainable future by embedding a circular economy into our design and build processes.

Biodiversity impact - Planning requirement

Designing out Crime

We pledge to continually develop our thinking, invest in our team and inspire the next generation of innovators to always raise the standards of the industry

We pledge to design and create built

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Key Value Indicators (KVI)

We will conduct five sensory audits using the Sensory Environment Checklist (BBC UX&D, or similar), to enhance cognitive inclusion in and around the built environments that we design.

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Evidence base /record

60% of AWW projects to incorporate social value criteria that will provide enhanced quality of life for the Tickbox on Project Plan resident/occupier/community.

Design Reveiws

We will target 25% of building users surveyed identifying an improvement in wellbeing

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% consulted and relevant outcomes effecting design

Project Teams

Tickbox on Project Plan (some projects won't be No of builds and what senses appropriate, reason to be provided) 4541‐A‐50‐Post Occupancy Evaluation

No of people reporting improved wellbeing

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Promote staff engagement in AWW wellbeing scheme per quarter

4541‐A‐02‐06 Staff Wellbeing Engagement Annual staff survey

No of employees provided access and no. hours recorded of people accessing wellbeing activities

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90% of our employees to live locally (within 20 miles) to AWW offices

Staff database

Number of local residents employed (directly) over the total number of employees on the contract ‐ (%)

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Appraisal Forms

% satisfied of overall staff ‐ scoring 5 or more

4541‐A‐02‐03‐Charitable and Social Enterprise Engagement 4541‐A‐02‐03‐AWW Volunteering Feedback Questionnaire

No of staff volunteering hours No of people attended

We will achieve 80% of staff satisfied in their role per year

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45 voluntary hours donated to support VCSEs

Marketing

Marketing

Marketing

Marketing

No of hours

Increase business conducted with VCSEs to 5% of annual turnover by 2023

Rapport

% of overall turnover

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Record increased positive social engagement by building users. 50% of those who complete a Post Occupancy Evaluation.

4541‐A‐50‐Post Occupancy Evaluation

% stating increased social interactions as a result of new building/design No scoring 5 or more on POE stating that the building supports social engagement

Social Value Team

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We will carry out a minimum of 20 post occupancy consultations per year to assess our wider impact on building occupants

4541‐A‐50‐Post Occupancy Evaluation

No of POE completed each year

Social Value Team

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4541‐A‐03‐Charitable and Social Enterprise Engagement

£ donated and to who

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We will maintain our ISO14001 environmental standard via an external audit

4541‐A‐02‐06 ISO14001

Three‐yearly certification audit

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Create a Circular Economy project action plan as part of the AWW ESG strategy and commit to applying the action plan to 3 new projects in '22‐'23 financial year.

Part of ESG Policy and strategy documents (to be Completion of CE action plan created) No. of projects where plan is being applied

We will fundraise and donate at least £2000 per year to support local and national community projects

Maintain the net zero carbon action plan and achieve net zero carbon as a business annually (scope 1 and Carbon Report including action plan 2) and improve upon this to include scope 3.

Tons of carbon and % offset % carbon reduction % of projects

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Target net zero carbon in all projects by 2025

RIBA 2030 Climate Challenge spreadsheet

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Corporate sustainable travel scheme available to all employees

Employee Handbook Finance team record of salary reduction for cycle ££ spent and XX take up on cycle scheme scheme. % travelled through sustainable methods Annual staff survey

E

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Minimum £600 donation towards expert designed sustainable reforestation or afforestation iniatives (TEWMA).

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We will create opportunities by offering mentoring to 5 young people per year to share our knowledge, NT8 / NT12 enhance their learning experience, with a focus on diversifying the future generation of construction professionals

4541‐A‐03‐03‐School_University_Work Experience Engagement

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Reduction in the number of (disruptive) incidents happening in SEN builds surveyed post completion by May 2023.

4541‐A‐50‐Post Occupancy Evaluation

NT19 / We pledge to carry out an annual ethical purchase audit on our office supply chain, against the NT22/ benchmarks of good practice that we have set ourselves. We will target a 4% conversion each year of NT35/ NT49 underperforming suppliers to alternative ethical providers.

TEMWA

4541‐A‐02‐07‐Supplier Audit

We will invest 12 hours mandatory training and 4 hours non‐mandatory training per member of staff per RIBA CPD Tracker year to develop our workforce CPD Calendar

££ invested No of suppliers audited Total amount (£) spent through contract with LOCAL micro, small and medium enterprises) Number of contracts that include commitments to ethical employment practices Number that include sustainable procurements commitments

Volume achieved

Social Value Team

Master R&D finance tracker.

4541‐A‐03‐03‐CSR and Pro Bono Contribution

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Project Teams

50 voluntary hours provision of expert business advice to VCSEs per year

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(E) Creating a net gain environmental impact.

National TOMs

ESG Director

Finance

Finance

ESG Director SustHub Office Manager / Finance

1st May 2022 ‐ 30th April 2023

ESG Director

Marketing / Finance

Finance

AWW ESG Tool kit

We will host 3 whole‐group pin up workshops per month to improve collaboration, increase peer support Design Reviews Group (Teams)‐Files‐Thursday and promote staff wellbeing Pin Ups

No hours training £ invested No of workshops

No of students engaged No of weeks on work placements No of staff hours No rating agree or strongly agree to a reduction in incidents

Office Manager

CPD Coordinators Duncan Taylor

Marketing

Social Value Team

AWW Sustainability Handbook

10% On site renewables - Planning policy - Additional client commitment to use 100% Occupant health assessment BREEAM (Client Bespoke)

AWW Embodied Carbon Design Tool

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Target 158

Designed 123

Actual (TBC)

EMBODIED CARBON kgCO e/m : < Current benchmark 2

Target 570

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Lifecycle assessment - IstructE Methodology - Assessment completed

Assessed 881

POTABLE WATER USE l/s/d : 2030 Target exceeded Target 15

Designed 9

Community & Social Value BREEAM (Client Bespoke)

Actual (TBC)

Post Occupancy Evaluation - AWW POE working group notified - BIM CPD

In-house Passivhaus team: Operational Carbon design studies for early stage design value-assessment

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Materiality & Façade Consider materials, thinking about sustainability Medium: Photoshop / InDesign / Samples Board Output: Materials palette sample board.

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Disperse Retreat Reflect Unique

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Presentation Pull all you’ve produced together to present to your mentor and other students.

Medium: PowerPoint

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Output: Overview of concept; design and development.

Support Team

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Gemma Coe-Tucker

Irene de Miguel Lopez

Martin Clark

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