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steel entrance building, the junction with the original school abuting the sixth-form centre is made via a full-height glazed link. This link allows natural light to penetrate deep into the common room from each side while simultaneously forming a clear and expressed separation between new and old. Due to the constrained nature
“THE SIXTH-FORM BLOCK HAS PROVIDED A HIGH-QUALITY SPACE WHICH IS BOTH BEAUTIFUL AND FUNCTIONAL” HEADTEACHER ANNIE GAMMON
ALL PICS: the shape of the new sixth- form building echoes that of the existing brutalist school structure
of a site located directly behind the existing boiler house, the construction of the new sixth- form centre was not a simple task and the design had to respond to several challenges. There was limited access into the site for materials, with crane use prevented by the height of the boiler house and its associated chimney and the narrow public highway Satar Mews to the north. The size and nature of the materials selected therefore had to be given increased consideration, with one notable example being the in-situ concrete stairs which were used in lieu of pre-cast concrete, as the later couldn’t have been craned in. The sixth-form centre
building may only just have been completed, but it has already become a lively and indispensable resource for the campus and wider school community. B4E
Project data
Contract value: £1.4m Contract type: design and build Area (GIA): 589 sqm (excluding 110 sqm refurbishment of previous sixth-form area in existing building) Client: Stoke Newington School & Sixth Form Local authority: London Borough of Hackney Architect and lead consultant: Jestico + Whiles Structural engineer: Price & Myers Services engineer: Max Fordham (pre-
stage E) Services engineer: Blackmoor Knight (post-stage E) Acoustic engineer: Max Fordham Acoustics Employer’s agent: Appleyards Cost consultant: Appleyards CDM co-ordinator: Appleyards Rights of light surveyor: GVA Schatonowski Brooks Approved inspector: Butler & Young Main contractor: Mansell/Balfour Beatty
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