Primrose Hill Primary School
 

Client: London Borough of Camden
Phase 1: New staff room and additional classroom

2010

Primrose Hill is one of the finest of the Victorian London Board schools. The grandeur of its architecture was intended to raise the aspirations of its users and the internal high-ceilinged spaces provide generous light-filled spaces in which to learn

We were appointed to create a new classroom and as a consequence a relocated staff room into a purpose-made space crafted from one of the main school halls.

This new staff space is defined by a full height timber screen which responds to the quality of the existing Victorian joinery and interior architecture and retains the sense of scale. The interior of this new room is organized around highly coloured new furniture pieces which respond to the generous scale of the hall to create smaller service areas to the beautiful proportions of the main space.

'(The staff) really appreciated your genuine engagement with their concerns and ideas.'

Paul Campbell, Head Teacher