The Jarman School of Art
The new School of Arts brought together drama, film and visual arts into one facility for the first time at the centre of the campus.
The architect's concept for the building was conceived as a flexible loose fit container within which the department could change the spaces and adapt over the years as required. The landscape provides the same flexibility with a single paved shared surface in front of the building and controllable lighting to provide outdoor teaching, rehearsal and performance spaces. To the side of the building is a sculpture yard for students to work on, and display their work.
The site is surrounded by beautiful native woodland, and so the design concept was for the native trees to drift through the paved plane.
Farrer Huxley Associates were appointed from inception through to submitting the planning application, and I was the project lead for the project.
After planning the project was built as a design and build contract, and despite slight changes to the design (due to cost cuts) the original concept was retained.
Whilst at Farrer Huxley Associates - 2008 - Canterbury, Kent - Client: University of Kent - Size: 1.2ha - Value: £800k - Architect: Hawkins Brown