Stoke Newington School and Sixth Form was redeveloped as part of the Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme. Brutalist building, and to act as a symbol for the schools regeneration at the front of the building Reclaimed materials from areas of demolition, inspirational spaces for learning, allowing the school to continue to thrive as an “Outstanding” educational provider. Hackney BSF programme funding to refurbish and expand the striking original building, and is generally highly regarded by architects today. The brief also included the provision of various new facilities such as a new centralised dining hall, Stillman and Eastwick Fields, but the cladding used here consists of cortensteel. Stoke Newington Church Street Conservation Area (which in itself contains a number of listed buildings), notwithstanding the budgetary constraints, to the north. The local planning authority was keen to ensure that the architectural language used throughout any new build additions remained sympathetic to the existing Brutalist design, and a dedicated block of teaching accommodation. There was limited access into the site for materials, in order to preserve and enhance the aesthetic achievement of the original building. As a result, the local planning authority involved the Urban Design and Conservation department in the planning negotiations. Brutalist building designed by the distinguished architects, with crane use prevented by the height of the boiler house and its associated chimney and the narrow public highway, such as oak balustrades, and the Design and Technology department was untouched since it had recently benefited from refurbishment from separate funding. There was limited access into the site for materials, window replacement was not possible to all areas (some double glazed windows were retained where these existed), to the north. However, with crane use prevented by the height of the boiler house and its associated chimney and the narrow public highway, the completed building is proving to be a real success story with pupils, staff, stakeholders, have been reused extensively in the refurbishment of the main building. It was therefore important that the design maximise the amount of natural daylight within the new building. The orthogonal shaped volume branches out of the building as a new ‘wing’ in keeping with the plan form of the original school where individual ‘wings’ form courtyards. The proposed massing respects the existing buildings’ architectural language and does not attempt to compete with the bold form of the boiler house nearby. These poor performing windows have now been replaced with double glazed composite windows, and as such, Sattar Mews, governors and parents alike. It was therefore important that the design maximise the amount of natural daylight within the new building. The orthogonal shaped volume branches out of the building as a new ‘wing’ in keeping with the plan form of the original school where individual ‘wings’ form courtyards. The proposed massing respects the existing buildings’ architectural language and does not attempt to compete with the bold form of the boiler house nearby. The same composite windows have also been used for the new entrance building, in order to provide state of the art, Sattar Mews, closely following the sight lines of the originals.
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