MARLEY ETERNIT CLADDING REJUVENATES ICONIC NATIONAL SCHOOL
 Two
types of cladding panels from Marley Eternit have helped
a national school move from a “grand institutional”
building that Queen Victoria once claimed outclassed
some of her palaces, to an equally iconic but modern
college.
Some 1,200m˛ of fibre cement Natura panels in Anthracite
colour dominate the main school building at Donaldson’s
College - Scotland’s national school for deaf and speech
impaired children - while the same amount of Lamina
External high-pressure laminate panels in Summer Apple
wood grain appear to sculpt a residential building out
of wood.
The complex shape of the building – with around 48
separate elevations – and the setting out of the panels
which were secret-fixed, meant the year-long contract
was a particularly challenging one for specialist
cladding installer Lakesmere for main contractor Sir
Robert McAlpine.
Home for Donaldson’s College is now in Linlithgow, while
the old, Grade A listed building in Edinburgh, which was
designed by William Playfair and had been a hospital as
well as home to the college for 70 years, is being
redeveloped into apartments and houses.
Set in three hectares of brownfield land that used to
house a factory, the new facilities include a gym,
swimming pool, fitness, dining and life skills rooms,
library, assembly hall and art studio. Customised
auditory technology is equipped throughout and all
classrooms feature state-of- the-art sound systems and
interactive whiteboards.
Adopting a “charette” process by working closely with
staff, pupils and governors, JM Architects’ concept was
to develop a 5,000m2 school building for up to 90
nursery, primary and secondary pupils and 100 staff, set
beside a 1,000m2 residential block for around 30
boarders.
Constructed traditionally using elements of steel frame,
blockwork walls and in-situ ground slabs, precast upper
floors, and timber- and metal-deck single ply membrane
roofs, the school’s design had to sympathise with the
site’s belts of protected mature trees.
The fibre-cement Natura rainscreen panels dominate the
facade of the main building and complement metal
cassette panels and facing brick. The Lamina Externals
panels wholly clad the residential block.
JM Architects, who have used Marley Eternit products
before, said: “The brief was to provide a modern design
solution, moving away from the ‘grand institutional’
style and feel of the old college.
“Local planners were keen to see an iconic modern
building on the site and the materials have contributed
to this appearance which the client considered a
prerequisite requirement for moving from their previous
building.
“The design intent required simple, hardwearing products
for the exterior which would be easy to maintain. The
Anthracite colour was selected to give a neutral
background to offset featured highlights on the school
building. In contrast, the wood veneer was specified for
the residential building where the design concept saw
the building sculptured out of a block of wood.
“Both the Natura and Lamina products interact well with
the aluminium systems used for windows and screens,
along with localised feature areas in metal cassette
panels. The cladding was a key element in achieving the
exterior design intent, both in form appearance and
colour, and so are key elements of the finished form of
both buildings.”
Cladding installer Lakesmere said: “The Marley Eternit
rainscreen with undercut anchor system is a high class
product. Given the complex shape of this building and
the complex setting out, this made the project about as
challenging as it can get from a cladding point of view.
“Special mention must be given to J Danskin & Co, the
panel fabricator, who cut the boards to size and
positioned the holes for the undercut anchors. This was
not easy and they did well.”
Email:
cladding@marleyeternit.co.uk
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