sympathetic to that.”


While the objectives of the brief were clear from the outset, meeting them was not necessarily as straightforward. To minimise the impact of the school on the nearby residents, the height of the building was to be no higher than two storeys at any point which, says Mognini, was a challenge. Other challenges encountered early on in the design process included the requirement to ensure all pupils would have level outdoor access, and managing the shared vehicular access with the adjacent high school. “Proximity to the green belt required sensitive material choices and landscape integration,” adds Mognini. The designers made a virtue of this requirement, creating an external terrace on the fi rst fl oor, providing pupils access


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to the outdoors without having to use the stairs to get to the ground fl oor. “There’s quite a lot of communication between the inside and outside of the building, and the landscape is part of the design of the building,” Mognini says. This is an area where the AtkinsRéalis’ experience within the education sector proved fruitful as well. Work on previous projects “informed the approach,” explains Mognini, “particularly blending indoor and outdoor spaces and creating shared circulation areas.” Through their advisory work with the DfE and project experience, the practice had developed “extensive SEND design knowledge” which fed into the project, helping with the creation of features such as sensory rooms and physiotherapy spaces.


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