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Thomas?s Battersea Square in Wandsworth
18 Dec 2020
Thomas?s Battersea Square
Design: Ackroyd Lowrie
Location: Wandsworth, London, UK
Old Royal Academy of Dance headquarters to be transformed into new school: Thomas?s Battersea Square – this is pipped to be Princess Charlotte’s secondary school!

Wandsworth Borough Council granted planning for a state-of-the-art senior school on the former site of the Royal Academy of Dance in Battersea Square. Designed by Ackroyd Lowrie for Avanton in partnership with Thomas?s London Day Schools, Thomas?s Battersea Square will offer ~40,000 sq ft (4,336m2) of educational space for approximately 500 pupils, connected to Thomas?s Battersea, the adjacent Preparatory School. The consented scheme extends the site?s existing buildings to include 26 new learning spaces, a double height hall, a sixth form centre, dining facilities and a large central atrium. Thomas?s Battersea Square consists of a series of carefully articulated contemporary additions alongside a sensitive refurbishment of the historic fabric. The Granary building is retained and celebrated, forming the base on which to grow the innovative school. Extensions to the roof and side of the Granary building have been designed to emphasise and enhance the existing fabric whilst maintaining their own contemporary character. A new saw-tooth roofscape takes cues from the site?s indust...