Teaching and Learning Space for Waltham Forest College / Studio DERA - Interior Photography, Wood© Lorenzo Zandri

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  • Area
    Area of this architecture project

    Area: 
    994 m²

  • Year
    Completion year of this architecture project

    Year: 


    2025

  • Photographs

  • Manufacturers
    Brands with products used in this architecture project

    Manufacturers:  Cibes Lift, Eastside Timber, Lindum Turf, Planteria Group, Style Curtain, The Iron Age Metalworks, Velfac

  • Lead Architects:

    Max Dewdney

Teaching and Learning Space for Waltham Forest College / Studio DERA - Interior Photography, Wood© Lorenzo Zandri

Text description provided by the architects. Studio DERA has transformed a former school swimming pool into a sustainable multi-purpose learning and wellbeing space for Waltham Forest College. With the college rapidly expanding its student body, finding new ways to accommodate educational and extracurricular needs was a priority. Studio DERA had already run a sustainable materials workshop for WFC students while building a hempcrete and timber community center and nursery in nearby Higham Hill. College Principal & CEO Janet Gardner then invited Studio DERA directors Max Dewdney and Marcel Rahm to reimagine the long disused swimming pool site and do a feasibility study.

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