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Toy Museum, Puppet Theatre, Creative Learning Space

Rother

Project Details

£1m to £1.99M

Alteration to existing property, Sited in AONB

Practice

NCA Architects

11 Old Steine , Brighton , BN1 1EJ , United Kingdom

The Bright Foundation appointed NCA to convert and extend existing farm outbuildings to create a Toy Museum , Puppet Theatre and Creative Learning Centre. The scheme accommodates an extensive private collection of toys, puppets, dolls houses and miniature theatres within buildings in the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The design proposes a playful accumulation of dual pitch roofs whilst preserving the agricultural character of the existing structures. One of the new barns will offer a modular space to host performances as well as teaching spaces for toy-making workshops. The primary circulation route makes a virtue of a succession of ramps to allow full access throughout the site. A new build creative learning space to exemplary environmental performance is planned for completion in 2025.