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Dartford Borough Council commissioned our team to replace the Dartford Judo club's existing premises with a brand new £3.5m state of the art facility.

The two-mat Judokwai is the new National Centre of Excellence for the sport and will also be used as an Olympic training facility. As well as providing space for coaching, training and competition events at local, national and international level the Dojo also accommodates between three and four hundred spectators, a gym and a seminar room.

The building has almost no windows and is exceptionally thermally efficient. Glare-free daylighting is provided to the mat area through translucent composite GRP panels. These panels also provide a backdrop externally for projections onto the elevations which advertise forthcoming events.

The project was completed under a two stage design-and-build contract and was opened by Her Royal Highness Princess Anne in March 2006.

Environmental initiatives:

• Low energy building
• All site waste recycled
• Sustainable source materials used

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Architect: Make Architects
http://www.makearchitects.com/

Structural Engineers: Hyder Consulting
http://www.hyderconsulting.com/

M&E: Hilson Moran
http://www.hilsonmoran.com/

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