Hampden Guerney School, London
Year of Completion 2001
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Thu, 03 Feb 2011
This groundbreaking city centre school comprises of a ground floor nursery, three floors of classrooms and a rooftop teaching room.
To ‘reclaim’ land lost to housing, there are covered play areas on every level of the school — each open to the air and separated from teaching zones by a bridge across a light well.
Macalloy 460 tension bars support the steel frame and arched truss to create a large column-free space on the fourth floor. The outer envelope is made from brick and glass, while balustrading forms the curve of the playdecks.