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Building strategy, remodeling and extension to primary school allowing a 'bulge' class to be accomodated while improving general orientation, environment and and access
The governors of the Dulwich Village CofE Infants' School, South East London, instructed Cazenove to develop a strategy that would allow the school to accommodate an extra class, which is housed in a building the originally from 1860s.
The building has been extended over the years creating a conglomerate of volumes lacking a clear spatial organization. The original hall had been subdivided without finesse and with a lack of sound insulation.
Our brief was to at once free up space, rearrange existing space so that classroom sizes would be better suited to the current curriculum, and extend creating an additional classroom. The works were carried out with no temporary accomodation available necessitating a phased development. External spaces were made more directly accessible.
Data
- Begun: Jul 2011
- Completed: Jul 2012
- Floor area: 34m2
- Sector: Education
- Total cost: £230,000
- Funding: DfES
- Tender date: May 2011
- Procurement: JCT Minor Works
- Address: Dulwich Village, London, SE21 7AL, United Kingdom
Professional Team 
- Architect: Cazenove Architects
- Client: Dulwich Village C of E Infants' School
- Structural engineer: Built Engineers
- Building & Environmental Services : SGA Consulting Ltd
- Quantity surveyor: Synergy
Suppliers
- Zinc cladding: VM Zinc Pre-weathered Quartz-zinc Standing-Seam
- Roof tiles: Sandtoft
