ABSTRACT
Hillview School for Girls in Tonbridge, Kent was the first scheme to be delivered using Galliford Try’s and Scott Brownrigg’s design and construction concept Optimum Schools. The concept resulted from a two-year research and development programme with an integrated team of headteachers, architects, engineers and consultants. It employs a rigorous set of design and construction principles, component-based standardisation and a fully-integrated design and supply chain. The model’s efficiencies in design simplicity and standardisation can be applied on a variety of schemes, from a classroom extension to a whole new school. Designed as a series of pavilions, the approach provides flexibility and adaptability, allowing a school to grow gradually and be extended easily by adding extra pavilions. The model is responsive to different sites, planning constraints and the specific requirements and pedagogical approaches of each individual school.
