St Paul's School

• Location:

  London

• Site Area:

  16.3 hectares

• Client:

  St Paul’s School

• Architects:

  Patel Taylor Architects (Masterplan)
  Nicholas Hare Architects (Phase 1)

• Engineers:

  Arup

• Project value:

  £120 million

Grant Associates were commissioned to produce a landscape framework for the development of St Paul’s School over 25 years. The school’s spectacular setting on the banks of the River Thames offered opportunities to create a diverse range of spaces and enhance the ecological potential of the site.

The design strategy seeks to provide a safe, accessible and stimulating school environment that emphasises biodiversity and sustainability.

John Colet Square forms a new point of arrival that sets the identity of St Paul’s School. Semi-mature tree planting and lines of clipped hedges frame the view of the John Colet Statue and provide space for external seating.

St Paul's Courtyard forms a new external centerpiece for the school community.  The landscape detailing compliments the curvature of the adjacent library building and aims to create a sense of playfulness and imagination at the heart of the school.

Riverside Court is a new external space adjacent to the river, that develops the school’s relationship with the Thames and provides a flexible venue for learning and recreation.