Under construction: Wellington Academy

With stunning views overlooking Salisbury Plain, the new academy in Tidworth currently under construction by Kier Education and designed by architects BDP for Wiltshire County Council, creates strong connections with the setting and microclimate of its surrounding landscape.

Incorporating natural ventilation and maximising the use of sustainable-engineered glulam columns and an X-LAM structural cross-laminated roof to form the central hub space, the project will provide a 350-seat theatre together with business and enterprise, science, design and technology for 1,150 students ranging from ages 11 to 18 years.

In addition a separate boarding house incorporates exposed cross-laminated structural walls, cross-laminated structural floors and ceilings to the first and second floors together with exposed glulam structural feature columns supporting cantilevered steel to a glazed roof.

The speed of construction possible with factory-assembled units will result in a shorter build time than could be achieved through conventional construction. In addition the environmental and aesthetic credentials of engineered timber will ensure that Wellington Academy is an exemplar for sustainability and design in the education sector.

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