Peregrine Mears Architects were approached to provide a new building to replace two temporary classrooms for a thriving rural nursery. The 280m2 facility includes two classrooms, staff room, kitchen, WC’s, stores, outdoor play spaces and forest school.
Designed as a ‘healthy building’ utilising natural lighting and ventilation, the building also uses non hazardous finishes providing safer, healthier environments for the occupants.
Vibrant colourful spaces were chosen to stimulate young minds and promote learning with play. The spaces and fixed equipment was designed to be of a scale appropriate to young children, to be welcoming and not intimidating.
The form and external appearance of the building is meant to respond to the rural farmland setting it sits within. This is assisted by the natural timber cladding to the exterior and a grass roof covering.
LOCATION: Ashford, Devon
CONSTRUCTION VALUE: £450,000
STATUS: Completed
STAGE OF INVOLVEMENT: Full Architects Services
