Architects:Hopkins Architects

Area :2160 m²

Year :2018

Photographs :Janie Airey

Manufacturers :  HASSLACHER NORICA TIMBER, HESS TIMBER, Allgood, Decor Systems, Junckers, Chatsworth Stone Masonry Ltd, Coopers Fire, Creagh Concrete, Gildacroft Ltd, IG Lintels, Input Joinery Ltd, Lignacite, Lockmetal, Michelmersh, Race Furniture, Stannah Lifts, Tudor Roof TilesHASSLACHER NORICA TIMBER

Project Management :Equals Consulting

Arboriculturist :Simon Jones Associates

Architect In Charge : Hopkins Architects

Clients : King’s College School Wimbledon

Structural Engineers : Cundall

Environmental / M&E Engineers : Chapman BDSP

Environmental Engineers : Chapman - BDSP

M&E Engineers : Chapman BDSP

Mechanical & Electrical Engineers : Chapman - BDSP

City : London

Country : United Kingdom

The Music School at King’s College School, Wimbledon, features a 200 seat concert hall surrounded by a rehearsal and teaching space. The architectural challenge was that it must sit comfortably on an irregular site, relate to neighbouring arts and crafts houses and complement the larger school buildings.

The result is a carefully arranged group of three linked, but individual buildings, positioned to be viewed amongst a group of existing trees, embedding it smoothly within the school environment. Hand crafted traditional materials on the outside help fit the new architecture into the local context whilst the interiors express the timber roof construction engineered to provide the best possible acoustics for performance and rehearsal.