Colerne Primary School Bike Shelter, Wiltshire by Mitchell Taylor Workshop

Colerne Primary School Bike Shelter, Wiltshire by Mitchell Taylor Workshop

Colerne Primary School Bike Shelter

Piers Taylor’s site specific bike shelter was designed as an educational vehicle in collaboration with Colerne Primary School.

Colerne Primary School Bike Shelter

A number of schemes were developed by the architects and students in a series of participatory workshops and after a school-wide vote this design was chosen.

Colerne Primary School Bike Shelter

The hyperbolic parabaloid shape was generated by the desire to create a self shading structure to protect bikes and students from the sun and driving rain.

Colerne Primary School Bike Shelter

The structure was funded entirely through a green travel grant. All the timber used was donated by a local land owner and of course there are no C02 emissions.

Colerne Primary School Bike Shelter

Colerne Primary School Bike Shelter


Project Details

Architects: Mitchell Taylor Workshop
Location: Colerne, Wiltshire
Type of Project: Bike Shelter
Project Architect: Piers Taylor
Design Team: Piers Taylor/Charley Brentnall/Luke Holcombe
Client: Colerne Primary School
Funding: Green Travel grant
Start on site date: March 2010
Construction duration: 6 Weeks
Gross internal floor area: 25m2
Form of contract and/or procurement: Direct procurement to Charley Brentnall (builder)
Total cost: £5k
Main contractor: Charley Brentnall
Annual CO2 emissions: None

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