Hampden Gurney
- Location
- Marylebone, London, UK
- Client
- Jarvis, Holloway White Allom Ltd
- Expertise
- Architecture
- Building Services Engineering
- Civil & Structural Engineering
- Landscape Architecture
- Lighting
- Completion
- 2002
- Cost
- £18m
A groundbreaking city centre school and residential scheme. We created a new school over six levels — comprising a ground floor nursery, three floors of classrooms and a rooftop teaching room.
A groundbreaking city centre school and residential scheme. We created a new school over six levels — comprising a ground floor nursery, three floors of classrooms and a rooftop teaching room. Meanwhile, our 6000 sq m (64 500 sq ft) residential scheme delivered 52 apartments. To ‘reclaim’ land lost to housing, we created 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. A steel frame and an arched truss covered by a tensile roof 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.