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Barking and Dagenham Skills Centre
Building Facility in East London / Essex area, UK – design by Rick Mather Architects
25 Mar 2011
Barking Skills Centre
BARKING SKILLS CENTRE STARTS ON SITE
Rick Mather Architects’ scheme for the Barking and Dagenham Skills Centre starts on site at the end of March, due for completion in July 2012.
image © Rick Mather Architects
Situated in Barking town centre, the £14 million new Skills Centre will be a purpose-built exemplar facility providing 14-19 year olds with vocational education and training in Hospitality, Hair and Beauty, Construction and IT. In addition to high quality training facilities for each of the vocational sectors, the Skills Centre will also host a Bistro on the ground floor, giving a commercial face to the facility which allows the students a chance to train in a real working environment.
Utilising the site to the rear of Barking Methodist Church, the Church is also provided with a new entrance onto the square, meeting rooms and community function spaces.
“We are delighted to be involved with the Barking Skills Centre project which will be a fantastic education asset for the community and also a key part of the civic regeneration of Barking Town Centre” said Gavin Miller, Partner at Rick Mather Architects.
The project is funded by the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham and the Department for Education in partnership with Barking and Dagenham College.
This is the first phase of Rick Mather Architects’ London Road masterplan to redevelop Barking as a major centre within the London Thames Gateway. This has been developed around the creation of the Market Square which incorporates residential, retail, and community uses and re-establishes the links between Barking station and Abbey Green.
Rick Mather Architects
Rick Mather leads a busy architectural, masterplanning and urban design practice. Founded in 1973, completed work spans both new build and renovation with a special interest in the cultural and education sectors. This is combined with a recognised and innovative expertise in the intelligent re-interpretation of existing, often listed structures and in sustainable low energy building.
Current projects include the Ashmolean Egyptian Galleries, a Skills Centre in Barking, an extension to the Lyric Theatre Hammersmith, an Integrated Front Office for LB Newham and an extensive masterplan for North Harlow. We are working on several projects in Oxford and Cambridge including a new library for Christ’s College Cambridge, student accommodation for Mansfield College, a new quad for Keble College in Oxford and several sustainable residential developments in London for the Boroughs of Camden, Brent and Barnet.
Rick Mather is the creative force behind the recent £61 million award-winning transformation of the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. Other recently completed projects include the $150 million extension of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond VA, a £24 million new Art and Design Academy for Liverpool John Moores University, the Towner Art Gallery in Eastbourne, the first phase of the Southbank Centre masterplan, London, the renovation of Stowe Art School and a new music auditorium for Corpus Christi College.
Barking Skills Centre image / information from Rick Mather Architects
Location: Barking, London, England, UK
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