Masterplan Case Study:
St Helen’s School
Location Northwood, Greater London
IID won a competition submission in 2013 and were subsequently asked to produce proposals for a Long Term Site Development Strategy. This enabled the school to establish its development objectives for a period of 20 years and provided a structured framework in a series of incremental packages reflecting school priorities and anticipated resources. The first projects were the new Junior School block and Main School entrance. These were followed by the Sixth Form Centre, Music Building and STEM Building.
The character of the site consists of an ensemble of buildings around a well landscaped heart which has developed piecemeal over the past century. Aware that the scale and informal character of the site is well loved despite the need for improvement we have taken care to develop buildings which are integrated into and celebrate the landscape setting and take account of the existing architectural style.