A school courtyard with children playing and walking, surrounded by trees and school buildings.

St David’s Prep, West Wickham

A Seamless Extension to an Existing School Hall and State of the Art, Sustainable New Teaching Block

Architect: Kennedy Woods Architecture
Budget: Confidential
On Site

Renders: Kennedy Woods Architecture

Located in an unusual part-forested part-gravel pit site, this project extends the existing prominent road side building and builds a new teaching block amongst the trees.

The Hall extension provides new teaching space at ground level with new kitchens below.  The hall was previously rebuilt following destruction by Luftwaffe bombing, the dip it sits in thought to be part gravel pit, part crater. The extension balances a previous extension on the far side of the building.

The new teaching block provides modern space and facilities built with a sustainable palate of materials that will provide an economic yet light-touch building housed amongst the trees on site.

Architectural drawing of a residential neighborhood showing houses, trees, and people walking outside.
A modern building with large glass windows, surrounded by trees, with people talking and walking outside.

“The new teaching block provides modern space and facilities built with a sustainable palate of materials….”

A sketch of an outdoor scene showing children playing in a grassy area with trees and modern buildings in the background. A person is walking along a paved path on the left side of the image.
A white dog lying on a gray concrete floor in front of a wooden door.