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Sumit Singhal
Sumit Singhal loves modern architecture. He comes from a family of builders who have built more than 20 projects in the last ten years near Delhi in India. He has recently started writing about the architectural projects that catch his imagination. Creasey Park Community Football Centre in Dunstable, England by AndArchitectsJuly 26th, 2017 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: AndArchitects AndArchitects successfully completed the development of Creasey Park Community Football Centre in Dunstable, Bedfordshire. Employed by Central Bedfordshire Council, AndArchitects were appointed as the lead consultant and worked with a group of stakeholders consisting of Central Bedfordshire Council, Dunstable Town Council, Dunstable Town Football Club, AFC Dunstable, Brewers Hill Middle School, the Football Association (FA), Bedfordshire FA and the Football Foundation.  Image Courtesy © Morley Von Sternberg
 Image Courtesy © Morley Von Sternberg Central Bedfordshire Council’s brief was for a sports ground that encompasses several existing sites and provide a FC Category C sports facility. The complexity of this project was not only that the site was in use for lower league matches, but also that the proposed multi-use pavilion involved a number of stakeholders in the project.  Image Courtesy © Morley Von Sternberg  Image Courtesy © Morley Von Sternberg Acting as RIBA Client Advisors, AndArchitects’ role was vital in understanding and implementing this complex brief and developing the detail of the project to be able to allow for this single building to meet all the stakeholders’ needs.  Image Courtesy © Morley Von Sternberg  Image Courtesy © Morley Von Sternberg Workshops with the neighbouring Brewers Hill Middle School and Dunstable Town FC had been programmed to take place throughout the design development stages to engage the Local Authority and the other key community organisations with the project and to develop a vision and long-term strategy. These workshops allowed the stakeholders to propose how and when they would use the facility, allowing us to design out conflicts. Designing the facility to be shared allowed an efficient and economic use of space, reducing the size of the building and its carbon footprint.  Image Courtesy © Morley Von Sternberg The new sports pavilion comprises of hospitality and recreational facilities for local schools as well as the wider community which was a key requirement for the long-term success of Dunstable’s learning, social and recreational development.  Image Courtesy © Morley Von Sternberg The building was designed to offer fully flexible space, using huge sliding partitions it can be one large hall or divided into three separate rooms accommodating all uses and serving all users. Whilst being on a tight budget this project used simple techniques to achieve an innovative design and unique identity to the building.  Image Courtesy © Morley Von Sternberg The external cladding features a mixture of western red cedar and an anti-vandal aluminium sinusoidal profile to the front and sides, with cedar to the rear facing the main pitch. The aluminium cladding has been installed at 45 degrees as it breaks up the long elevation and picks up changing reflections of light.  Image Courtesy © Morley Von Sternberg
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