Challenge

City Heights Academy, Lambeth will be opening its doors to students in September 2014 with a brand new purpose-built campus featuring uniquely designed fencing. The Academy will be a non-denominational co-education school for young people aged between 11 and 19, and will share a site with Fenstanton Primary School which is already based there.

Solution

Fencing specialist CLD Fencing Systems purpose-made decorative fencing to add an aesthetic affirmation of the connection between the primary school and academy, as well as to provide safety and security for the students.

Working alongside architects at Place Design & Planning and the team at Carillion plc, CLD Fencing Systems manufactured the unique boundary fencing to a creative specification, to separate the schools and car parks and produce a visual impact.

A spokesperson at CLD Fencing Systems explains, “The 1.8 metre high fencing was specially produced to create a unique effect around the schools, affirm the connection between the two, and divide the playground from the car park to ensure safety for the students.

“As well as the aesthetic perimeter fencing for the development, we also supplied the Dulok Sports System for the sports pitches and other boundaries.”

The Dulok range of wire panel systems is always specified for football grounds and similar sports facilities where a secure, high performance fence is required.

Outcome

Nick Willmore, architect at Place Design & Planning, explains: “Although City Heights is a completely new academy, it is sharing a site and services with Fenstanton Primary School.

“Our design concept for the fencing incorporated the colour scheme used on the building and brise-soleil by the architects, ranging from yellows for the primary school to darker reds and oranges for the academy.

“We asked CLD Fencing Systems to create unusual proportions for the fencing posts, and highlight the colour elements on the outside of the posts, to make them the main decorative feature, rather than the eye focusing on the mesh between the posts.”

CLD Fencing Systems expands, “Our Dulok range has recently been specified by another school in Derby as perimeter security fencing for multi-games areas (MUGA’s) and ball courts. We supplied 1,500 metres of Dulok sports fencing with retractable pitch dividing net systems which allow the full pitch to be divided up into smaller pitches by net curtains.

“The Dulok multi-use games area fencing is modular and holds many advantages during the layout and planning stage. Panels, goals, gates and accessories can be incorporated in any position within the modular layout – an effective solution for planners, architects and installers alike.”