Completed project
Galleywall Primary School
Bermondsey, London · Primary School
A performance stage and play-tree area built into the school grounds for assemblies, drama and unstructured climbing in the same space.
Timber stage • Play trees • Specialist decking
The starting point
The brief
School grounds that had to serve assemblies, drama and performance as well as everyday unstructured play.
What we built
In the finished space
- Timber performance stage
- Play-tree climbing area
- Specialist decking built for heavy use
- Gathering space around the stage
How it's used
The difference it makes
One area now carries assemblies and drama during the day and free climbing and imaginative play at breaktime.
Ways to play
The play this space supports.
We use the recognised types of play as a design lens rather than a checklist, so a single structure can offer several very different kinds of play.
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