Eleanor Palmer Science Lab is a learning environment that aims ‘to foster enquiring minds, curiosity and wonder in the world’. It is conceived as a “wonder room”; a cabinet of curiosities and a place for discovery and experimentation. The Lab accommodates classes and after school clubs for up to 31 pupils and is designed to be a shared resource for the school, neighbouring community and other schools. The new building replaces an under-used canopy built against a Victorian boundary wall in the school playground. It responds to complex site and boundary conditions, a noisy road and disjointed play areas. The building is entirely made of timber with an exposed spruce frame, plywood linings and furniture and larch external cladding. It is flood with natural light and the smell of wood. “The building is a carefully crafted, environmentally minded, sensitive addition to the local urban fabric. Much care and detailed consideration were evident in the way the brief was developed. An empathetic client/architect relationship has resulted in the creation of a delightful, multi layered, beguilingly fresh new building typology for primary school children to engage their curiosity and enjoyment of the sciences”. RIBA Awards 2019 Judges Citation.