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Newlands School

Southwark

Project Details

New Build

Practice

Wright & Wright Architects LLP

89-91 Bayham Street , LONDON , NW1 0AG

This project is for a new build SEBD (Social Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties)school for 70 students. Inclusion is central to the school's ethos; which is committed to excellence in meeting the needs of SEBD students. The site is in a constrained urban setting in the London Borough of Southwark. The building is organised into two storey terrace like ranges in yellow brick set along the street line to adhere to the typology and urban grain of the area. Central to the plan there is a top lit internal street connecting the entrance at the north to the gardens to the south, from which all the key spaces are accessed. The school is set to achieve a BREEAM Excellent rating due to its use of energy efficient design. This has been done through both design for passive ventilation and natural light, as well as meeting 20% renewables targets using a biomass boiler and photovoltaics.