Christine Hartigan is an interior designer at S&P Architects. She has a BA in interior architecture and design and over 13 years of experience working on projects in various sectors including sports, retail, hotels, and hospitality. Currently, she is leading interior design teams for several projects including Alexander Stadium, St. Columba's High School, and Westminster Lodge Leisure Centre.

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Name Christine- Alice Hartigan
Company and S&P
Job Title Interior Designer
Qualifications BA Hons Interior Architecture and Design
Dip Foundation Art and Design
3 A-Levels Art, Design technology and Information Technology-1 AS l evel Biology
13 G.C.S.E
Career to date Christine works as Interior Designer with S&P Architects and was
responsible for a range of projects in the Nottingham Office
primarily in India.
Now part of the London team she is working on a numerous projects covering many
different areas, involved at varying levels. Main experience being in sport, retail,
hotel and hospitality.
Characteristics:
Good communication and hard working to ac hieve desired project goals. She brings
a fresh approach to Architecture and Interior Design with her artistic flare and ability
with her key attribute c reating the ‘Vision’. Always shows 100% dedicated to the
project in hand.

2. Main role: Westminster Lodge Leisure Centre
Interior
This project was initiated and developed by St Albans City and District
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Council to replace the outdated leisure centre and sports facilities in St
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Architectural Albans. The site for the new leisure centre is within the Verulamium Park
assistant in St Albans with Grade 1 listed Ab bey to the North. The new eisure
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centre is to become a hub and destination in the parkland with integrated
wet and dry sports facilities for public use.
The Project Includes:
25m x 17m x 2m Deep 8 Lane Pool (50 percent Moveable Floor),
250 Pool Spectator Seating,
17m x 10m x 2m Deep Learner Pool (100 percent Moveable Floor),
Confidence Water (For 0 to 4 year olds),
Pool Viewing Area,
Gym 200 Station,
Village Style Changing Room with Group Change for School Use,
Spinning Studio,
Enhanced Cafe and Bistro (75 Seat Capacity),
Youth Gym,
Creche and Soft Play with External Area,
Two Exercise Studios,
Male and Female Gym Change,
4 Court Sports Hall (33m x 18m),
Male and Female Sports Hall Dry Change,
Climbing Wall,
Enhanced Spa Facility including Sauna, Hot Rooms, Steam Rooms (Rasul and Hammam),
4 Treatment Rooms and Dedicated Changing Fac ilities.
Estimated project cost:£23m
The project is currently on site.

3. Main role: Scunthorpe Sports Academy
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work. S&P taken on the realisation of the design by Andrew Wright Associates in this RIBA
run architectu ral competition for a contemporary design pool in the central park of
the town centre. The sensitive site requires a ‘special’ building.
The new build innovative Sports Academy named the “PODS” will offer an eight lane
25m Swimming Pool and Learner pool with Spectator fac ilities for one hundred and
fifty persons. In addition, the complex has a six court Sports hall, dance studio and
a 90 station health/fitness facility. The overall design also includes ancillary public
areas such as wet and dry changing facilities, Café, Crèche, Meeting/function rooms
and management/business operation areas.
This is one of the first projects in the UK where this type of building technique has
been used for a major leisure project. The distinctive, organic and fluid building form
that comprises a series of linked timber geodesic domed structures emerge from the
landscape and integrates with the landscape in an innovative and gentle manner.
The structure combin es glulam timber members and galvanised steel nodes in a
novel and complex triangular geodesic organic domed shell structure, each timber
member is of a different length and links to the nodes at different angles. A
secondary timber triangular structure infills the primary structure.
A timber cassette system provides the envelope, acoustic and insulation properties.
A single ply membrane provides the basic waterproof surface and a rich patternation
of roof finishes has also been added providing a grass sedum green roof dome , two
timber shingle roof domes, a single ply membrane roof dome and a glazed and
metal roof dome which is formed to enhance and complement the surrounding

4. landscape.
The building has used the latest computer technologies from structural analysis
through to manufacture to enable the free form organic structure to be realised
without which the structural concept would not have been feasible.
A hall mark of this development is sustainability which includes a biomass boiler,
and grey water recycling plant to feed the green roofs and the water systems in the
park. The academy has120 car parking spaces set around the east side of the
academy and the entrance vista to the academy is complimented by a fresh water
lagoon to the South linked to a sw ale that surrounds the academy.
Also included in this project is the re-invigoration works to the existing wider Central
Park in Scunthorpe within which the Sports Academy will be integrated.
The Park will benefit from improved landscaping, enhancements to the fountain at
the centre, imaginative new wetland areas and public landscaped walkways to
interconnect the new habitats. The creation of a new east- west Boulevard link and
wildlife corridor through the park to provide direct access between the town cen tre
and railway station in the east and Brumby Wood and the Knowledge Campus in the
west and to link to the activities of the park including a new play area, performance
area and pavilion.
Overall, the Masterplan for the external and public realm around the academy puts
forward a unique and contemporary English landscape. The project draws from
tradition whilst incorporation high levels of innovative design. The whole landscape
will provide a truly enriching experience that will raise aspirations in the area and
provide an emblematic amenity for the region. This will be a challenging and
rewarding opportunity for all those involved in delivering this iconic project.
Estimated project cost:£24m
The building has now reached practical completion.

5. Main role: Corby East Midlands International Pool
Interior
Designer, The New flagship leisure center forms part of the regeneration of Corby. The
specifier and building houses a 50m 8-lane pool, a 20m 4-lane Training Pool, 5 Diving boards for
Architectural synchronized and individual diving and a fun pool with a flume, a fitness suite,
assistant crèche, café and Dance/Exercise Studio . The Project has won various awards
including ‘East- Midlands Public Building of the Year 2009’, was featured in the The
Times and The Independent listed it as 31 of the top 50 destinations to swim. The
Pool attracted 300,000 users in the first year (excluding spectators) and hosts a
range of national and regional competitions for Diving, Water Polo and Swimming.
The facilities will also be used as a London 2012 Pre-Games Training Camp.
Estimated project cost: Confidential
Project complete.

6. Main role:
Interior
Alexander Stadium
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specifier and Alexander Stadium in Birmingham is one of the UK’ premier athletics venues. It was for
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Architectural example the host of the AAA trails for the Beijing Olympics and it is to be the US and
assistant Jamaican team’s UK training base before the 2012 Olympics. S&P have been
commissioned to master plan the site to upgrade all the facilities and experience for both
spectators and athletes and to provi e a wide range of activities to enable the stadium to
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operate at a sustainable level. The first part of the upgrade is the brand new 5,000 seat
back straight stand which is to buit in time for the IAAF Diamond League meeting next
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year. The two tier stand is designed to reflect the summer aspect of athletics with its
fabric façade and roof together with the open aspect to the track f rom the concourse.
The stand will also contain two floors of ofice space below the main concourse level.
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Estimated project cost: £11.5m
The project is currently on site.

7. Current Role, Currently leading the Interior Design team on Alexander Stadium, St. Columba’s High
ethics and school and Westminster Lodge Leisure Centre. She combines exciting, innovative, and
outlook creative design ideas with her extensive product and material knowledge to create the
best solution for every project. Christine plays a key role within S & P Architects and
often works as a consultancy role within the company.
What special Christine brings an abundance of excitement, enthusiasm and passion to every
qualities you project. She has an extensive knowledge of material and products, s he has worked
bring to the on nu merous varied Sports and Leisure facilities. Her own personal experience of
project (50 working in a leisure centre has been an invaluable in designing not only aesthetical
words) but practical solutions. She likes to work closely with the Client, Contractors,
Consultants – communication is the key!
Christine thrives on creativity and loves to develop and push design and visionary!