CASE STUDY

GROUP MEMBERS KANIKA SAUMYA ARJUN HARSHIT

LOCATION:
Rutland Road, South Hackney, London

LAURISTON PRIMARY SCHOOL

Stairs to 1st floor Library

Court yard
Officer chamber Kitchen Lobby with art floyer Covered play area

Main hall

storage classroom

Reception

Enviromental garden
WC

WC

Cloak room

Play space

Stairs to 1st floor

Play desk Activity space

Way to second floor

Lobb y
Terrace garden

Cloak room

Classroo m

WC

SECON D FLOOR
Cloak room

Group room

Shaded resource space

WC

Lobby
Atrium

Admin room
Staff terrace

Staffroom Classroo m
WC

MEADOWCROFT GRIFFIN ARCHITECTS, London, UK

TREETOP SCHOOL: The three storey 'tree house' solution achieved this by raising the classroom block as a linear bridge structure relating to the canopies of the existing trees

SAUMYA WALA COLOURED PLAN

Surrounded by Rutland Road (to the north) and Morpeth Road (to the south), the backs of buildings on morpeth grove (to the west) and lauriston road (to the east). The area is mainly residential, with commercial uses on the ground floor of buildings on Lauriston Road.

Gross internal floor area : 2,672m2 Number of Storeys: 2

LAND USE DETAILS:

Use Description

Floor space

Existing

Education

1440 sqm

Residential Proposed Education

97 sqm 3415 sqm

WEST ELEVATION

EAST ELEVATION

NORTH ELEVATION

Floors

Adopted scheme 117mm thick floor spanning 2.9m with two intermediate 460x 240mm glulam beams

Walls

Single Storey = 95mm thick Double/Triple Storey 117mm thick

Flexibility with mix of solid wall + glulam frame Use of Timber as an exposed Finish Panelised Timber Framing Panelised solid cross-laminated timber Combination of concrete frame and timber panels

PHASE 1 RE-BUILDING OF SCHOOL-KEEPERS HOUSE

PHASE 2 PART DEMOLITION OF SITE FOR BUILDING WORK TO COMMENCE

PHASE 3 FIRST PHASE OF MAIN SCHOOL BUILD. ON COMPLETION PUPILS AND STAFF DECANTED FROM EXISTING SCHOOL TO NEW BUILDING

PHASE 4 - DEMOLITION OF EXISTING SCHOOL AND SECOND PHASE OF MAIN SCHOOL BUILDING

CREATION OF A FUTURE SCHOOL THAT IS COHESIVE, EXEMPLARY INNOVATIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT. FLEXIBILITY OF LEARNING SPACES.

FOCUS OF DESIGN APPROACH TO CREATE AN INSPIRING BUILDING THAT GENERATES ENTHUSIASM FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS ALIKE.

ALL CLASSROOMS ARE NATURALLY VENTILATED VIA ACOUSTIC LOUVRES AT THE FAADE AND DISCREET CHIMNEYS TO THE REAR.

DIVERSE OUTDOOR PLAYSPACE YOUNGER CLASSES ARE LOCATED ON GROUND LEVEL FOR FREE FLOW ACCESS TO OUTSIDE PLAY.

COMFORTABLE SEATING PROVIDED.

A LOT OF FREE SPACES PROVIDED FOR OTHER ACTIVITIES.

THIS HAS RECENTLY BEEN RECOGNISED BY THREE PRESTIGIOUS AWARDS FROM THE BRITISH COUNCIL FOR: SCHOOL ENVIRONMENTS BEST OF BRITISH SCHOOLS 2011 WINNING THE BEST PRIMARY SCHOOL OF THE YEAR AWARD AND THE HEALTHY SCHOOLS AWARD, AND SUSTAINABLE SCHOOL OF THE YEAR AWARD.