Evelyn Grace Academy

Evelyn Grace Academy is a non-selective, co-educational secondary school within the English Academy programme, in Brixton, London. The Academy opened in September 2008 in temporary accommodation admitting its first 180 Year 7 pupils. In September 2010 the academy moved to a new purpose built school building as it admitted its third year 7 year group. The building, designed by architect Zaha Hadid, was awarded the 2011 Stirling Prize. The school is funded by the Department for Education and owned and operated by Ark schools, a registered charity under English law, and sponsored by parent charity Ark, founded by hedge fund financiers Arpad Busson, Paul Marshall and Ian Wace. BuildingA four-storey building on a cramped 1. 4ha site, there are three floors of classroom placed on top of a set-back a solid concrete podium. The main building takes the form of a sweeping Z. The building accommodates two 'houses' which they call schools, separated by a range of shared facilities. The rest of the site is taken up by a gym, an art block, a series of all-weather pitches and an iconic 100m running track that runs at a tangent under the building. Pupils do not have access to these areas outside lessons. The 60m² classrooms are joined by twisting corridors. Though these floors feature glazed exteriors, the light reaching the classroom is poor and lights are needed through out the day. The exterior wall finish are notable by their absence- classroom walls are either rendered white or remain as unfinished concrete. Windows are centrally controlled and some rooms do not have any.

Evelyn Grace Academy is a non-selective, co-educational secondary school within the English Academy programme, in Brixton, London. The Academy opened in September 2008 in temporary accommodation admitting its first 180 Year 7 pupils. In September 2010 the academy moved to a new purpose built school building as it admitted its third year 7 year group. The building, designed by architect Zaha Hadid, was awarded the 2011 Stirling Prize. The school is funded by the Department for Education and owned and operated by Ark schools, a registered charity under English law, and sponsored by parent charity Ark, founded by hedge fund financiers Arpad Busson, Paul Marshall and Ian Wace. BuildingA four-storey building on a cramped 1. 4ha site, there are three floors of classroom placed on top of a set-back a solid concrete podium. The main building takes the form of a sweeping Z. The building accommodates two 'houses' which they call schools, separated by a range of shared facilities. The rest of the site is taken up by a gym, an art block, a series of all-weather pitches and an iconic 100m running track that runs at a tangent under the building. Pupils do not have access to these areas outside lessons. The 60m² classrooms are joined by twisting corridors. Though these floors feature glazed exteriors, the light reaching the classroom is poor and lights are needed through out the day. The exterior wall finish are notable by their absence- classroom walls are either rendered white or remain as unfinished concrete. Windows are centrally controlled and some rooms do not have any.