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Left:The arrangement of
cascading terraces created
2825m 2 of external learning and
play areas, including productive
garden areas for the school’s
‘growing club’.
Left, lower:Classrooms at each
level have sliding doors which
open directly onto the external
learning and play areas.
With its expanded replacement building,
Marlborough Primary School has increased its
primary school intake, as well as now accom-
modating a full time nursery and an autism centre
– providing for a total of 458 pupils. In addition, the
cascading terraces have increased the external play
area from 1585m 2 in the old site plan to 2825m 2
with the new school building.
“Also, in contrast to the old school which stood behind foreboding brick boundary walls, the new
building engages with the community with a wel-
coming entrance and playground gates,” says Jolly.
“The school supports a range of extra-curricular
activities to help families with working parents.
It’s also designed to have a range of out-of-hours
community uses, including meeting facilities, ballet
classes and a 5-a-side football club which extend
the building’s use beyond the normal school day.”
Project:Marlborough Primary School
Location:Chelsea, London
Architect:Dixon Jones
Client:Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Design and build contractor:Mace
Project manager:Lendlease
Quantity surveyor:Gleeds
Structural engineer:Waterman Structures
Mechanical & electrical:Arup
Sustainability:Arup
Acoustic consultant:Sandy Brown Associates
Fire engineering:Exova Warrington Fire
Access consultant:David Bonnett Associates
BREEAM Consultant:ADP Architecture
Landscape architect:MacGregor Smith
Brickwork, cast stone:Lesterose Roofing system:Axter Wilotekt-Plus
Play surfaces:Specialist Sports Products
Windows, doors, curtain wall, rooflights:Schueco
Rainscreen cladding:Trespa Meteon
Bricks:School – Freshfield Lane Danehill Yellow;
Commercial building – Ibstock Ashdown Bexhill Dark
Acoustic ceilings, rafts, baffles:Rockfon
Movable acoustic wall partition:London Wall
Rubber flooring:Nora
Carpets:Milliken
Section and ground floor
plan:1 Main reception, 2
Entrance hall, 3 Multi-use space,
4 Main hall, 5 Classroom (3-5y),
6 Community room, 7 Special
Education Needs support, 8
School kitchen, 9 External play
and outdoor learning; A Retail, B
office reception, C Pedestrian link
Story by Paul Taylor
Photography by Paul Riddle
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