Liverpool City Council appointed Mouchel to replace existing mobile classrooms with a stunning 5,500 m”, three-storey building comprising varied teaching and activity areas including dining facilities, performance studios and communal social areas.
A complete revamp of the external environment was also undertaken, replacing the tarmac surfacing with landscaped courtyards, a variety of footpaths and materials, podium seating, raised planting beds and new trees and shrubbery. Now students can relax or play in a variety of bio-diverse spaces designed to promote health and wellbeing.
For the immediate community, recurring development of the school site has had an impact since 1953, when the school began their expansion plans to cope with increasing student numbers. Over the years this resulted in a gradual decline in the provision of green playing fields, trees, shrubs, natural ecology and overall aesthetics. The new revamped site addresses these points and returns the school to being a visually pleasing place to not only study at, but also live near.
The new building incorporates good design principles and innovative approaches to Building Management System (BMS), natural ventilation and overall energy consumption which led to an Energy Performance Certificate rating of ‘A’ and a BREEAM rating of ‘Very Good’. Improved facilities also now make it possible to integrate pupils with special educational needs and disabilities into the life of the school.
The new building at Alsop High School was completed and handed over to the client in April 2010. The final elements of landscaping and backlog maintenance were completed in May 2011.
