South Devon College, Learning Resource Centre, Paignton
| Contact Details: | Karen Brazier, LRC Manager Karen.Brazier@southdevon.ac.uk Fiona Mills (responsible for IT and ILT across the College) Fiona.Mills@southdevon.ac.uk Stephen Criddle, Deputy Principal Stephen.Criddle@southdevon.ac.uk John Evans, Head of Technology Department John.Evans@southdevon.ac.uk |
| Type of Project: | The whole college moved to a three-year old building that was originally used as a factory so was a very big open space with few internal walls and limited natural light |
| Start/End Date: | The whole project took 3-4 years. The move took place in 2 phases: the technology department (construction and motor vehicle) moved in Sept 2005 and the rest of the College moved Dec 2005/Jan 2006. |
Lessons Learned
The College probably underestimated how much the student social side of things would grow in a new environment. Although the whole of the ground floor is a huge canteen area, the students also want other recreation areas so the College has grassed one of the areas outside the building as well for football etc and is looking into providing more TV facilities.
Sustainability issues weren't high on the agenda when the design was first planned. Various recycling and other initiatives are now ongoing but more thought could have gone into this aspect.
