Issue
less comfortable and a suggestion for
The R5 classroom/hallway
The window ‘upgrade’ which means that
windows cannot be opened wide
The thin walls in the new build
The area leading to the M1 and M2 toilets is
narrow
Describe the issue and how it makes the area
improvement
As the floor plan above shows instead of
creating a hallway within the downstairs R
rooms, R5 was created in order to create a
space for learning with tables and chairs but
also as a hallway. However, this design hasn’t
worked as originally anticipated as the space
gets incredibly blocked up around the
doorways due to the fact that there is only a
small space available to walk through and large
amounts of students trying to enter and exit.
To improve, the classroom could be knocked
through and replaced with a wide hallway
allowing space for vast amounts of people to
enter and exit without hassle and congestion.
The windows now in many classrooms only
extend to an opening of about 5 cm. This
means that on a hot day it is difficult to let in
cool air to ventilate the room especially when
there are large amounts of students within the
rooms.
To improve, although some windows were
made this way as a safety precaution which is
understandable, windows on the lower level of
the new build could be opened up wider to
allow for better ventilation or other means of
ventilation could be explored.
Between classrooms in the new build various
moveable walls were implemented so that if
needs be classrooms could be opened up into
larger spaces to do a wide variety of lessons.
This feature of the build is not only under used
but also means that noise pollution occurs
between classrooms making it harder to
concentrate and do work but also harder to
hear what is going on in the classroom you are
in.
To improve the walls could either be replaced
or the different lessons could be spread out
depending on how noisy the class is.
The area within where the toilets are is a small
narrow hallway and the toilets only hold two
cubicles so queues can not only be long but can
also be uncomfortable to wait in when people
are trying to walk past.
A suggestion for an improvement could be to
create a larger space for students to use to
enter the building or move the toilets to a more
ideal location.
The door from the hallway between the old
building and the new building to get outside
isn’t correctly placed
When exiting the building from the door which
joins the old and new build together the door
always hits a light which is behind the door on
the outside. This has resulted in this light
getting repeatedly smashed and broken as it is
difficult to not hit the light when opening the
door.
The light however could be moved to allow for
more space for the door and a magnetic door
catch can be put in place in order to stop the
door from hitting the wall at the other side.