Haileybury SciTech

Project Info

SciTech is a new Science and Technology campus for Haileybury that reimagines the way science can be taught in schools in the future.

The design integrates a new CLT and Glulam framed extension with existing buildings, arranged around a central courtyard and cloister. The school’s existing 1934 Grade II listed Herbert Baker building has been carefully opened up at the rear to create an axial connection between one side of the cloister and the more recent 1990s Design Technology building opposite. This architectural move not only showcases SciTech but also consolidates the existing buildings to create a coherent overall campus.

The new elements of the project comprise a three-storey Teaching Building arranged in a linear block, and a two-storey Research Building, which is already home to several pioneering research projects, including the prestigious Stan-X project.

Haileybury SciTech fully embraces the aesthetics of timber, with CLT slabs left exposed throughout, utilising its structural and thermal properties. In addition, the use of CLT has substantially reduced the project’s embodied carbon by up to 56% per square metre compared to conventional structural methods

Other Services: 

CLT Subcontractor: B&K Structures

CLT Engineer: Engenuiti