# Hawes Down Centre. Multicoloured facade panel cladding. West Wickham, Bromley BR4. > Multicoloured facade panel cladding for T&B Contractors at Hawes Down Centre, West Wickham, delivered through a four-week package in 2012. > HTML version: https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/projects/hawes-down-centre-west-wickham/ The team behind Dmitro Development delivered a four-week package of multicoloured facade panel cladding at Hawes Down Centre, a community centre for youth and disability services in West Wickham. ![Close view of the graded amber-to-red multicoloured cladding panels at Hawes Down Centre, with expressed dark joints and mechanical face fixings](https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/assets/projects/hawes-down-centre-west-wickham/hawes-down-centre-west-wickham-graded-amber-red-multicoloured-cladding-panels-fallback.jpg) 01 · Graded amber-to-red panels, expressed joints and mechanical face fixings. Community centre Multicoloured flat facade panels at Hawes Down Centre, West Wickham, graded from amber through to red up the elevation. The panels are mechanically face-fixed with expressed dark joints between them, part of the four-week cladding package the team behind Dmitro Development delivered for T&B Contractors in 2011-12. ## At a glance - **Package**: Multicoloured facade panel cladding - **Duration**: Four-week package - **Location**: West Wickham · Bromley BR4 9AE - **Completed**: 2012 The team behind Dmitro Development delivered a four-week cladding package for T&B Contractors at Hawes Down Centre, Hawes Lane, West Wickham. Bromley Council developed the building as a co-located base for its Youth Service, Extended School Services and Specialist Support and Disability Service, and the multicoloured flat panels, mechanically face-fixed with expressed joints, gave the existing low-rise building a clear public identity. [Part of: Cladding packages](https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/facade-cladding/) ## 02 · Orange, red, bronze and green panels gave the centre its own identity. An inclusive centre for disabled children, young people and their families. ![Hawes Down Centre's entrance canopy in olive-green and orange cladding panels, with the building's name above the glazed doors](https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/assets/projects/hawes-down-centre-west-wickham/hawes-down-centre-west-wickham-entrance-canopy-olive-green-orange-cladding-fallback.jpg) The entrance to Hawes Down Centre in West Wickham, its olive-green and orange cladding panels carrying the building's name above the glazed doors. Short-break services for disabled children and young people began operating from the centre during summer 2011, and Bromley's Outreach Service for children with disabilities was registered there from May 2012. ## 03 · The new entrance canopy's steelwork, erected against the existing brickwork. ![Red-oxide primed steel frame and canopy structure erected against the existing brick elevation at Hawes Down Centre during the 2011 refurbishment](https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/assets/projects/hawes-down-centre-west-wickham/hawes-down-centre-west-wickham-steel-frame-and-canopy-fallback.jpg) Structural steelwork for a new entrance canopy erected against Hawes Down Centre's existing brick elevation, during the wider 2011 refurbishment that the team's four-week cladding package formed part of. Scaffolding covers the roofline behind, where further works were under way. ## 04 · A canopy support column and its cross-bracing, set on a base plate. ![Steel column and diagonal cross-bracing on a base plate beside the existing brick elevation at Hawes Down Centre](https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/assets/projects/hawes-down-centre-west-wickham/hawes-down-centre-west-wickham-steel-column-base-detail-fallback.jpg) A canopy support column and its diagonal cross-bracing, set on a base plate at ground level beside Hawes Down Centre's existing brick and pebbledash elevation, during the same 2011 works. ## Elevation details Three views of the completed panel elevations: meeting a window reveal, turning the building's corner past a fire alarm bellbox, and where the orange run meets the olive-green return. ![Cladding panels meeting a window reveal at Hawes Down Centre, graded from soft rose to deep orange with visible rivets](https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/assets/projects/hawes-down-centre-west-wickham/hawes-down-centre-west-wickham-cladding-panels-meeting-window-reveal-graded-fallback.jpg) 05 · Panels meeting a window reveal, graded from soft rose to deep orange. The multicoloured panel run at a window opening, showing the coordinated treatment given to reveals across the elevation, with mechanical fixings visible at each panel edge. ![Orange cladding panels turning the corner of Hawes Down Centre past a window and a fire alarm bellbox, with grass and paving in the foreground](https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/assets/projects/hawes-down-centre-west-wickham/hawes-down-centre-west-wickham-orange-cladding-panels-turning-corner-fallback.jpg) 06 · The building's corner, past a window and a fire alarm bellbox. Cladding panels turning the corner of Hawes Down Centre, past a first-floor window and a fire alarm bellbox, with the building's grounds and cycle stands at ground level. ![The corner where orange cladding panels meet the olive-green return at Hawes Down Centre, seen from below against the sky](https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/assets/projects/hawes-down-centre-west-wickham/hawes-down-centre-west-wickham-corner-orange-cladding-panels-meet-olive-fallback.jpg) 07 · Where the orange run meets the olive-green return, seen from below. The junction where the orange-panel elevation meets the olive-green return at Hawes Down Centre, one of the coordinated colour changes that gave the building its multicoloured identity. History ## From Hawes Down Centre to Riverside School. Hawes Down Centre supported specialist community services, inclusive youth activities, family support and short-break provision for disabled children, young people and their families. Bromley Council registered its Outreach Service for children with disabilities at the centre from May 2012. In 2020, Bromley Council expanded Riverside School onto the Hawes Down Centre site. Riverside is a community special school for pupils with severe and complex learning needs; the West Wickham campus increased the school's planned capacity from 259 to 319 pupils, adding 60 places together with specialist sensory and soft-play facilities. Riverside West Wickham opened at Hawes Down Centre during the 2020-21 academic year. The building continues to support early years provision through Rainbow Day Nursery, alongside its role as Riverside School's West Wickham campus. - Then: Hawes Down Centre, 2011-2020 - Now: Riverside School, West Wickham, from 2020 ## 08 · The panel run above the centre's outdoor play area. ![Amber and rose cladding panels above a garden ornament and play equipment in Hawes Down Centre's outdoor play area](https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/assets/projects/hawes-down-centre-west-wickham/hawes-down-centre-west-wickham-amber-rose-cladding-panels-garden-ornament-fallback.jpg) The graded panel elevation continues down to ground level above Hawes Down Centre's outdoor play area, part of the grounds supporting the centre's inclusive youth and disability services. ## Hawes Down Centre, clad by the team. 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