NEW CAMPUS UPDATE
Issue 3 Spring 2015
WINNERS OF SCHOOL DESIGN COMPETITION ’INTERACTION’ DECIDED
Cumnock Academy demonstrated thinking
in a wide variety of areas including furniture,
lighting, acoustics and fabrics.
The team presented a comprehensive
solution that showed a significant amount of
background research which included testing
the durability of materials, the flow of traffic
in the college and accessibility of the space.
The team also showed several skills by using
video content and modelling software in their
presentation
The winning design will form the basis of the
solution which the college team will implement,
with the winning team, the remaining part of
the process.
• Ryan Sylvester
David Ross, design director from Keppie
Design, who developed INTERACTION, said:
“The project is a great way to develop skills
and to help create the open, interactive and
collaborative learning environment the new
college is aspiring to be.
Chair of the judging panel and TV personality
and broadcaster, Hardeep Singh Kohli, said:
“I’ve been blown away by the quality of the
presentations and the fantastic design solutions
put forward by the teams. Some of the ideas
wouldn’t be out of place in the most wellknown buildings in the world.”
“It has been fantastic to see all of the teams’
incredible design ideas. The judging panel of
design professionals, educators and leading
business people were genuinely speechless at
the quality of the ideas and the polished way
in which they were presented. The teams from
all of the participating schools are an absolute
credit to East Ayrshire and exemplify the
mature and innovative way in which learning
is delivered in the area.”
The winning team from Cumnock Academy, along with teachers and judges.
Cumnock Academy was announced as the
winners of the school enterprise challenge
“INTERACTION”, run by Keppie Design in
partnership with East Ayrshire Council and
Ayrshire College.
The pupils were challenged to design an
inspirational, flexible and open learning space
for the new Ayrshire College campus. Using the
construction project as the basis for the brief,
the college has been acting as a client for the
students.
Seven East Ayrshire secondary schools
participated in the final. The judging panel
consisted of:
• Hardeep Singh Kohli
TV personality and broadcaster (chair)
• Professor Christopher Platt
Head of Mackintosh School of Architecture
• Marie Macklin CBE
Ayrshire College Board of Management and CEO of
the Klin Group.
Raising Aspirations
• Eileen Mackin
Ayrshire College New Campus Project Director
Divisional Director at Keppie Design and Project
Architect for the new Ayrshire College campus
Eileen Mackin, one of the judges and project
director for the new Ayrshire College campus,
commented: “The presentations were of an
amazing standard and truly inspired myself and
the other judges.
There was definitely a futuristic vibe to the
ideas and I am looking forward to working with
the winning team, Cumnock Academy, to take
the design forward.”
Inspiring Achievement
Winners present their ideas to Ayrshire College
New Campus Project Board
Increasing Opportunities