Seashell’s Moulding Foundation Building, sensitively designed by architects, Faulknerbrowns, has won two high commendations at the Education Estates awards.
The awards recognise the best in design and construction of new education facilities across the country, including schools, colleges, and universities. The Moulding Foundation Building is the new home to Royal School Manchester and also offers shared spaces to Royal College Manchester and community users. The building was highly commended in both the ‘School’ and ‘Inclusive Design’ Project of the Year categories.
Seashell, also picked up the award for ‘Client of the Year’, recognising the impact of our unique specialist care and education for some of the country’s most profoundly disabled children and young adults.
“Parents were consulted in the planning process for the school, which was excellent. It just shows the thought that has gone into it. The Moulding Foundation Building provides an uplifting and inviting environment. There is just so much space. The wide corridors allow students to transition independently and safely from room to room”.
– Jonathan Battye, Seashell Parent
“To be shortlisted in three categories and to come away with one first place and two second place awards is a great result for the whole project team.
” For the Client of the Year award, the judges praised how the extensive stakeholder engagement showed through, so credit must go to the whole stakeholder team. For us though, one of the best things about the evening was meeting more of the Seashell staff and hearing first-hand about ways the new building is helping students and staff tackle some of their many challenges and increase their opportunities. This kind of feedback is really important to us”
– Chris Pugh, Senior Associate | Architect, FAULKNERBROWNS ARCHITECTS
The Moulding Foundation Building is the second major development to complete as part of Seashell’s Transformation Project. It follows the opening, in 2015, of Sir Norman Stoller Way, a close of 17 news homes for the children and young adults who live at Seashell. The next phase is to fundraise for and build a new college. Our school students are being educated in facilities that are gold standard. Our college students deserve the same.
