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01 Stoneham Park Academy is a brand new £5.6million, 1.5 form entry school, designed by Hampshire County Council’s (HCC) award-winning Property Services team, which successfully used a compact and energy-efficient design through modern methods of construction.
Constructed by Morgan Sindall Construction, the project used the innovative Streif advanced timber panel system and was delivered to meet HCC’s design standards – providing a sustainable school which is fit for future expansion into a two form entry school for 420 pupils. The primary school was built to serve North Stoneham Park, a new housing development of 1,100 homes to the south of Eastleigh. Awarded through the Southern Construction Framework (SCF) and sponsored by the University of Winchester Academy Trust, the school will provide 315 school places for pupils aged four to 11 within the Hampshire area. Hampshire County Council Model Stoneham Park Primary Academy is
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the pilot project for the HCC model. Conceived as a lean, compact and energy efficient two-storey form the building is modest in scale and futureproofed for expansion. The Hampshire model can be scaled ranging from 1.5 form entry to three form entry and due to its compact form and footprint can be adapted to suit a variety of sites and contexts as well as the client’s brief and budget. The compact design is based on ‘fabric first’ principles combined with a mechanical ventilation heat recovery (MVHR) system to improve thermal comfort, indoor air quality (IAQ) and dramatically reduce energy consumption. An options appraisal for the superstructure concluded that an offsite timber frame was the preferred solution for the project.
