Beech Court Pavilion, Abingdon School
- Status
- Completed 2024
- Client
- Abingdon School
- Value
- £4 million (construction value)
- Procurement Method
- Two stage design and build
- Services
- Architect and Lead Consultant RIBA Stages 1-7
- Scale
- 980m²
Awards
- Finalist - Schüco Excellence Awards - Education Building Award
Beech Court Pavilion has created a new dining pavilion for Abingdon School in Oxfordshire that provides a flexible space for approximately 250 diners, with a new kitchen and servery, and a new foyer space for the connected Amey Theatre building.
- Status
- Completed 2024
- Client
- Abingdon School
- Value
- £4 million (construction value)
- Procurement Method
- Two stage design and build
- Services
- Architect and Lead Consultant RIBA Stages 1-7
- Scale
- 980m²
Awards
- Finalist - Schüco Excellence Awards - Education Building Award
Beech Court Pavilion has been designed to sit sensitively within a garden setting. The dynamic shaped roof of the new pavilion is designed to appear as lightweight as possible with its sculpted form complementing the strong geometry of the pitched roofs of the Amey Theatre. The external materials and colour palette have been selected to complement the adjacent Beech Court building and the rich mix of surrounding buildings. The Beech Court building, also designed by David Morley Architects, accommodates a library, sixth form centre and art studio, and was completed in 2018.
All photos by Richard Fraser Photography - Pavilion interior view
Exterior view
“A real hub for school life.”
Described as “a real hub for school life,” the pavilion is a fantastic new flexible space that can be used throughout the day for a variety of uses. In addition to its main purpose of providing a new dining facility for the senior three years of the school, students will also be able to use the pavilion as a space to study, and the theatre will optimise the space for use as additional foyer space in the evenings.
Interior view of detailed timber roof
Landscaping at pavilion entrance
The new pavilion has been designed to be low energy in use, with a highly insulated and air-tight building envelope, excellent daylight, and natural ventilation. The project utilises air source heat pumps for renewable energy, the overhanging roof for solar shading, and the new building enhances the biodiversity of the site with a green roof and new landscape planting.
Evening view of the pavilion entrance
