Eltham College

Dining Hall Extension

Background

The existing 21 x 8m dining room urgently needed to be doubled in size to comply with an Ofsted requirement. The dining room had to remain in action with minimal interruption. The College desired maximum clear space.

The site for the extension was bounded on four sides by the existing dining room with art studio above, science classrooms, library and IT unit.

Our Involment

As a result of a novel design by Adrian Cox Associates the reinforced concrete extension was built and then connected to the existing so as to fully support the structure above. The separating wall was removed once the new extension was completed during the course of a single weekend. Interruption to use of the dining room was minimal.

The completed dining room has two 350 square columns and measures 21m x 15m.

For state of the art new build steel frame design, see Harbour Ridge.

Client

The Trustees of Eltham College

Architect

Thomas Ford and Partners

Contractor

Astral Ltd

Project value

£643,000

Completed

Completed May 2008