Sector
Education
Architect
Foster & Partners
Contractor
Wates Construction
Location
Kent
Client Folkestone Academy
After the closure of its port, and with its dwindling population, the coastal town of Folkestone had effectively been in decline since the 1960s. Folkestone Academy was one of several art-led initiatives aimed at supporting the town’s regeneration.
Foster & Partners asked Planet to assist with preparing a put together a specification for all the internal glazing for this high-profile project.
Folkestone Academy currently has an intake of around 1,600 pupils, aged from 11 to 19. The school has an academic focus on European culture, media and the arts.
For Planet, this set the trend for installing commercial partitioning in an educational environment.