Art & Design Building
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Review completed of all buildings on the estate, with Art and Design identified as the most in need of investment.
Student Design Committee established.
Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios are chosen as the architects to create the new creative hub of Bedales. They had previously designed the Olivier Theatre in 1996.
Student Design Committee established.
Consultation Starts with the Bedalian community.
The school was grateful for feedback on the Art & Design Centre plans from parents, students and Old Bedalians; and as a result many aspects of the original design were changed. The new building was to be more compact, to maximise teaching space, have lighter cladding and be set further from Steephurst.
The Facilities Yard, which originally was going to remain in part adjacent to the new Art & Design Building, was moved in its entirety to a new location behind Steephurst.
September 2013
Fundraising campaign launched.
Events included:
Launch Dinner hosted by David Linley
‘Talking Design’ with Sir Terence Conran
Cocktail Party at Wellington Arch
Bedales Parents’ Association Summer Party 2014
Drinks Party at The Goring
Auction Preview Show
Online Auction with Paddle8
Rock Show Fundraising Night
John Barker’s Song Recital
Ladies Lunch with Emma Bridgewater and Sophie Conran
Bedales Parents’ Association Quiz Night
Party at Annabel’s in Mayfair
March 2014
Planning permission granted.
A celebratory event was held in the Olivier Theatre and the new student video about the project was launched.
Turf cutting ceremony.
The first turf for the new Art & Design building was cut. Students from the Senior School joined those from Bedales Prep, Dunhurst and Pre-prep, Dunannie to help cut the first turf in a ceremony on Monday 23 February.
Students also celebrated Bedales founder, John Badley’s 150th birthday by raising funds for the new building through a cake sale and raffle.
Opening Ceremony on Parents’ Day, Saturday 25 June 2016
The opening of the new Art & Design building signalled the start of Parents’ Day 2016, with speeches from Matthew Rice, Chairman of Governors, and Headmaster Keith Budge. Bedales musicians performed a piece of music composed especially for the occasion by Director of Music Nick Gleed, using the words of the poem Expectans Expectavi by Charles Hamilton Sorley. Watch the opening ceremony below.
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Many of the donors names and the special quotations they chose, are displayed on the 'A&D' sign.
A huge Bedalian thank you to everyone who supported the fundraising efforts.
As well as running a lettings programme used by local and international organisations, Bedales lets its facilities for residential conferences during
the school holidays and for non-residential events at any time of year.
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