University Academy of Engineering South Bank

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This home for a new academy secondary school retains, refurbishes and remodels a four-storey Victorian school building while adding new accommodation to maximise a tight urban site. A new metal-clad pavilion provides a welcoming entrance and a new four-storey brick building creates open and enclosed learning spaces grouped around a communal atrium. A flexible new performance space opens onto a linear play area which incorporates space for outdoor teaching, dining and stand-alone timber-clad sports hall. The well-being of students is a central concern with generous windows for natural light and ventilation throughout.

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Located in a south London neighbourhood, the school specialises in science, technology, engineering and mathematics

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Sports field and hall

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The new Academy repurposes and adds to an existing Victorian school building

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Break out space in central atrium

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Flexible performance space allows for many different uses

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A central atrium provides a focus for school life

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Context

City
London SE17
Use
Education
Client
Balfour Beatty Education
Status
Completed
Size
9,300 sqm
Environmental credentials
BREEAM Very Good
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Structure: Buro Happold

Services: Buro Happold

Cost: Rider Levett Bucknall

Contractor: Balfour Beatty Construction

Professional photography: Edmund Sumner