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future disassembly and reuse, and their manufacturing process is substantially less carbon-intensive than fired clay brick. These pale stone elevations establish a material dialogue with the school’s historic buildings while contributing to high thermal performance. Air-source heat pumps and mechanical ventilation with heat recovery further support long-term energy efficiency and environmental responsibility. The single-storey building occupies
a previously underused part of the campus, formerly home to temporary structures and parking. Its siting preserves the historic core of the school while rationalising and improving access across this part of the site. The scheme introduces level, wheelchair-accessible entry, clearer pedestrian routes and direct ambulance access, and keeps close proximity to the sports pitches. The practice has worked with the school since 2019, initially developing a feasibility study and campus masterplan. With St. Raphael’s, Adam Richards
Architects’ establishes a new sustainable design model for school health provision, showing how contemporary architecture can support student wellbeing. Adam Richards of Adam Richards
Architects, said: “Across the UK there is a growing need for spaces that support young people’s mental and physical wellbeing in an integrated way. With St. Raphael’s, our ambition was to create a building that is both technically progressive and deeply contextual, while responding to the historic setting while expressing a confident contemporary identity. “The project demonstrates how
architecture can support wellbeing. Natural materials and soft daylight create a calm atmosphere, while the plan balances privacy with openness and connects every room to light, air and garden space. Sustainability is embedded throughout: the CLT structure lowers embodied carbon, the limestone can be reused, and the building is fully electric. This is a building that speaks to people’s hearts; it’s open and welcoming, but also safe and consoling.” Richard Gordon, Bursar at Mayfield
School, said: “Pupil wellbeing has, for a number of years, emerged as a critical issue in education. Wellbeing was therefore at the heart of the school’s brief and ARA’s subsequent design proposals responded entirely to our needs. Adam Richard Architect’s deeply
thoughtful approach to Mayfield as a whole, and our wellbeing centre as a project, is a ‘game-changer’ and has raised the bar significantly for future projects.” Deborah Bligh, Headmistress at Mayfield
School, said: “It has been truly rewarding to witness the continued development of our wonderful St. Raphael’s Centre over the past year. This dedicated space has become an inclusive and welcoming environment where all our pupils can feel supported and valued.”
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