The Deaf Academy
An award-winning, landmark redevelopment of an educational campus, delivering a state-of-the-art facility tailored to the unique needs of deaf students.
The design focused on low-carbon energy systems, energy-efficient lighting, reduced water consumption, and minimised waste output.
SDS supported the redevelopment of an educational campus, delivering a new 2,160m² two-storey teaching academy and remodelling a 1,490m² facility to retain theatre and seminar spaces while converting the entrance to offices. A 150m² DT/FM building was upgraded for facilities management, and a three-storey accommodation block added 48 bedrooms in nine cluster flats with communal areas and parent ensuites.
The project also included site-wide infrastructure, such as roads, parking, pathways, landscaping, and associated works.
Involvement
- Daylight analysis to demonstrate compliance
- Reviewed the calculations of re-lamping the existing luminaries with LED lamps
- Design of new internal and external emergency lighting to the assembly point
- External lighting including the muga pitch lighting to minimise impact on sensitive receptors like local residents, ecological receptors, night-time amenity, and road users
- Full production of detailed design information in Revit MEP to inform the BIM, thermal model, daylight model and low and zero carbon study
Benefits delivered
- Low carbon expertise for design and ongoing operation
- Cost-effective lighting design to meet client specifications
- Lighting designs complied with the British Standards and relevant CIBSE guides for each internal room
- Energy-efficient performance on all selected luminaires and lighting controls reduced energy consumption
- Produced a fully-coordinated Building Information Model for coordination with architectural and structural proposals
- Incorporated accessibility and audio-visual aids as a core design element, and specialist infrastructure to therapy and sensory rooms
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