We are absolutely delighted that our Edith Neville Primary School for Camden Council is on the front page of the September issue of @architectsjournal that explores the theme of ‘neighbourhood’. Part of Camden Council’s Community Investment Programme (CIP), the school is featured alongside @adamkhanarch Community Facilities as part of a wider scheme masterplanned by @dsdha_architecture and in collaboration with @moco_arch and @drmm_architects
In her Editorial, AJ Editor Emily Booth, writes that “there is a careful opening-up of space, coupled with an understanding of the need for children and communities to feel secure – as Nick Hayhurst explains of the Edith Neville Primary School design: ‘It was developed around the idea of a family-scale courtyard, an “oasis” that welcomes families into the heart of the school site.’
A big thank you to Emily Booth and Rob Wilson for such a lovely write up. Today, it is has also been announced that the school is shortlisted for the 2023 AJ Awards: for the best education building in the UK.
The project has been a labour of love to work on since we were first appointed in 2014 – we all realised very soon that projects with this level of impact on a community and neighbourhood are rare. We are lucky to have worked on such with such a fantastic team of consultants and within our own studio.
We agree with Emily’s final statement: “Great neighbourhoods should indeed be a rock on which communities can build and grow – and architects should help them flourish” More investment and more commitment for schemes such as Central Somers Town is where local and central government funding needs to be placed.
A link to the full article is in our bio.
Client: @wemakecamden
Project Management: Urban Logik
Landscape: @mrhowardmiller
Structures: @priceandmyers
MEP & Sustainability: @maxfordhamllp
QS & CDM: Currie & Brown
Contractor: Neilcott Construction
Hayhurst & Co Team: (past & present)
Jamie Wakeford-Holder (Project Architect), Jonathan Nicholls, Bronya Meredith, Amy Waite, Mariko Whittaker, Rory Lean, Antonis Papamichael, Nick Hayhurst
Photo Credits: @kilianosullivan
Communications: @goodfellowcomms
