Alma-nac gets go-ahead to extend and revamp Dulwich College

Southwark Council has given the green light for a series of extensions and refurbishment works designed by alma-nac for Dulwich CollegeThe redevelopment scheme of both the junior and lower schools at the famous independent boys school was approved subject to the final sign-off of the section 106 agreement.The project sits within the campus-wide masterplan, drawn up by John McAslan + Partners a decade ago for Dulwich College, which has occupied the site in south-east London since the 1860s.It includes revamping existng school buildings, replacing the existing library with a new ‘knowledge exchange’, providing a hall for the junior school which can accommodate 225 students and staff, an arts wing, a two-storey administration building and wellbeing centre for the lower school, plus improved play spaces.According to the AJ 40 under 40 practice, the new buildings will be made from a ‘palette of concrete, timber and brick’ to complement the campus’s historic Charles Barry Jr red brick and stone blocks.The practice was appointed to lead the project two years ago following a commission for a feasibility study which emerged from alma-nac’s 2018 role as Dulwich College architects-in-residence.Work is expected to start on the scheme, which has been registered as a London Energy Transformation Initiative (LETI) net zero carbon pioneer project, in April 2022.