Community & Leisure

Ripley L(6)
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Ripley Village Hall

Surrey
Client:
Ripley Village Hall Development Committee
Project value:
circa £1m
Brief:
Replacement of existing village hall with a larger facility on the same site.
Sustainability Initiatives:
Project will focus on the use of natural materials to construct a high mass, thermally efficient structure and envelope, coupled with a managed natural ventilation strategy. Heating will be provided by a GSHP connected to underfloor heating. The scheme assumes a range of water conservation measures including sedum roofing, porous paving, low flush appliances and rainwater harvesting. Opportunities for low energy lighting and photovoltaics will also be exploited en route to achieving a high BREEAM rating.

Ripley Village Hall Committee plan to replace their 34 year old building with a larger multi-purpose venue on the same site to the west of this close-knit Surrey village. The new building will provide a large capacity hall suitable for a range of activities from drama to music to sports, together with a range of smaller facilities. These will include a range of facilities for use by the local community including a 65m2 village hub venue fronting the High Street, the Parish Clerk’s office and a suite of smaller meeting rooms flanking the entrance foyer. The hub room can operate as a coffee shop during the morning and a leisure facility/function room at other times, whilst the flexible meeting rooms double as changing rooms, IT suites and or even a cloakroom.

ECD have proposed a building design that exploits winter solar gains and uses fired clay honeycomb blocks for thermal mass within the main structure. Windcatcher roof cowls will drive a managed, natural ventilation system and a ground source heat pump will supply low carbon underfloor heating from underground boreholes. Natural materials feature throughout including a living sedum roof and the building will incorporate nest boxes and bat roosts into the design to encourage local wildlife. Water conservation measures include rainwater harvesting, low flush wc’s and porous external paving. The design hopes to achieve a high BREEAM rating and provide a 21st Century environmentally-friendly venue of which the village can be proud.