Winterhill media centre,

Rotherham, South Yorkshire

Client: Winterhill City Learning Centre
Contractor: to be confirmed
Status: planning stage

Following the huge interest for our project at Rawmarsh College we were commissioned to design a similar facility for a nearby college.

The centre had to be carefully designed to provide a visual identity from

the road yet connect to the existing buildings, and provide access from

the front for visitors and from the side for staff and students.

... the translucent cladding will allow the building to glow at night, thus transforming it into a local landmark.

The building houses a reception area, seminar rooms, exhibition space, a café, offices, and a large flexible community / lecture meeting space.

The form of the design mimics the existing roof of the college but in a more contemporary fashion. The use of translucent cladding will allow the building to ‘glow’ at night, thus transforming it into a local landmark.

The massing of the building uses a central atrium as the principal circulation

route but also to facilitate natural ventilation.

In terms of the detail, it has been designed to give the impression that many of the pieces float and no not touch each other, further adding to the sense of lightness despite the size of the building.