Bontnewydd Community Campus – a project win for Land Studio

We’re really pleased on the new approach Gwynedd Council has taken on procurement of their consultants for a project which has a focus on Building with Nature and Sustainability at its heart.

A green and environmentally friendly ethos will be at the heart of the brand new £12m school in Bontnewydd, one of only three schools in Wales to win the Welsh Government’s Sustainable Schools Challenge competition.

The school will have first class active travel links to encourage children to walk or cycle in, the building will use renewable and sustainable energy and there are plans to reuse as much of the school’s original materials as possible, reducing the carbon life cycle of the new building.

It’s the first time we have seen sustainable surface water drainage design being within the Landscape Architects package and, not as traditionally procured, with the structural engineer.

Along with the Building with Nature Assessor role, Land Studio are perfectly aligned to this approach and look forward to driving the design with TACP Architects to bring a more holistic approach to the site design and integration of the building with the landscape and the wider community.

Watch this space as the project progresses for future updates.