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Post Occupancy Evaluation: Braes High School, Falkirk, June 2005

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BEST AND WORST ASPECTS

The following table summarises participants' views of the best and worst aspects of the built environment at Braes High School.

Best Aspects

Worst Aspects

Project Team
Condition of classrooms
Quality of light
Volume of space

Project Team
Social room
Dining room
Exposed plant

Council
Sports facilities
Practical rooms
Feeling of light

Council
Social area size
Dual use of assembly hall
Front entrance

Environmental Sustainability Designers
Sports facilities
Strategic location of the building on site

Environmental Sustainability Designers
Lighting and daylighting
Sacrificing sustainability
High environmental footprint

Support Staff
Fabulous drama, fitness and gym facilities
Classrooms
Light

Support Staff
Entrance and stairways
Lack of ventilation
Staff car park

Managers
Sports facilities inside and outside
Teaching rooms
Bus bay

Managers
Entrance and stairways
Combined dining and assembly
Heating and air conditioning

Community Group
Pool
Variety of rooms
Brand new facilities

Community Group
Gyms not being available
Condition and quantity of exercise machines
Lack of secure storage

Teachers Group 1
PE facilities
View
Having a staff workbase

Teachers Group 1
Voids
Level of finish
Lack of school control over facilities

Teachers Group 2
Sports facilities
Departments close together
Being clean and fresh

Teachers Group 2
Heat, cold and ventilation
Staff car park being too small

Teachers Group 3
Very good sports facilities
Everything new
Phones in class

Teachers Group 3
Lack of space

S2
Pool
PE equipment and facilities
Being big

S2
Open balconies
Crowding
Bus bay

S3
PE facilities
Good location
Amount of space

S3
Narrow stairs and doors
Heat

S4
Space in the sports pitches
Computer, PE and music facilities
Being nice and bright

S4
Lockers
Crowding
Ventilation

S5
Pool
Design ( CDT) department
Music room

S5
Social area
Stairs
Corridors too narrow

S6
Sports facilities
Pitches
So many sports facilities
Library

S6
Lack of student recreation space
Lack of air conditioning

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