Cowley St Laurence

This project consisted of additional education facilities for this primary school in north west London. The new building infills an existing space between buildings and provides a new entrance space to the school. Cladding to the building includes a facade made entirely from Lego bricks.

To minimise disruption to existing live service routes, the steel and timber framed structure spans across the existing space.  At first floor level, a storey deep steel and timber truss spans behind the glazing as a structural stability element.

Throughout the project, the school was kept fully open requiring the careful phasing of works with minimal intrusion into the existing building fabric.

Client: London Borough of Hillingdon
Architect: WHAT_architecture
Value: £1.1m
Photography: Andy Spain

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Cowley St Lawrence