The Project
Nine Elms School will provide a new facility for 420 pupils set within the Nine Elms Park Masterplan, one of the largest regeneration schemes underway in London. The four-storey, low-energy school will sit at the western end of the 4.5 hectare Nine Elms Park, with the prominent entrance facing onto the Village Green.
Project Details
The building incorporates a two-form primary school and standalone nursery as well as sport and amphitheatre facilities for wider community use.
The landscaped central courtyard is one of the many external spaces, which are provided alongside teaching areas, to encourage engagement with nature and wellbeing.
The materiality of the building’s façade is designed to suit it’s central location within the development, with reconstituted stone cladding, of various textures, and feature bronze panels, with laser cut patterned perforations.
Sustainable travel is encouraged, partly as a result of the Nine Elms ease of access to public transport and partly with the provision of cycle parking spaces.
Surrounded by courtyards on all four sides the new primary school will provide publicly accessible sports and recreation space for use by the local community and other schools in the borough.
The external facades will be made of textured reconstituted stone with bronze panels and laser cut coated panels at the entrances and upper levels. On the internal courtyard the facades will have a combination of brickwork and stone cladding with full height glazing at the entrance to provide an amphitheatre space.
The external facades will be made of textured reconstituted stone with bronze panels and laser cut coated panels at the entrances and upper levels. On the internal courtyard the facades will have a combination of brickwork and stone cladding with full height glazing at the entrance to provide an amphitheatre space.
“Nine Elms Mixed-Use Development includes low carbon and low energy building strategies. Our energy approach meets and exceeds the “be lean, clean and green” strategy referenced in the London Plan, achieving an overall savings of 35 per cent CO2, and the required energy credits to deliver the ambitious BREEAM ‘Outstanding’ rating. The building structure and systems also improve internal air quality, incorporating massing that maximises passive energy.”
Arcadis
IBI Group
Our Role
Veretec worked as Lead Designer alongside Morgan Sindall to deliver this exceptional new project, designed by Arcadis / IBI.
Veretec worked with Decomo, architectural precast concrete cladding specialist and the structural engineer, MNP, to resolve the highly complex external facades, comprising multi-faceted panels of varying finishes and textures.
Sustainability will be at the forefront as Veretec worked to help deliver the BREEAM Outstanding target of this project. Veretec continued with the engagement of the Access Consultant, to develop the high level of inclusion established in the design intent, for both the school and community facilities. The project started on site early 2024 with completion due in 2025.
