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Playground shelter, stage and meeting space for primary school
Handspring Design created a Lightning Strike shelter to provide a covered playground space for a multitude of uses for pupils, parents and staff at a Wandsworth primary school, whilst also offering a home to nature and reducing storm water flooding. These complement two Angled Shelters previously created and installed by Handspring that serve as
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Lightning Strike shelter with sedum roof, seating and planters – primary school,Wand
Handspring Design created a Lightning Strike shelter to provide a covered playground space for a multitude of uses for pupils, parents and staff at a Wandsworth primary school, whilst also offering a home to nature and reducing storm water flooding.
Project detail
These complement two Angled Shelters previously created and installed by Handspring that serve as rooftop outdoor classrooms with 120m2 of sedum roofs installed. These will absorb and slowly release the rainwater to the SuDS planters below, which in turn will temporarily store and slowly release the rainwater to the sewers, significantly reducing the peak flow storm water run-off.
As well as this important function, green roofs offer many positives including: enhanced biodiversity, reducing urban heat island effect and improving the local microclimate.
The shelters, benches and planters are entirely constructed from UK-sourced freshly-sawn Douglas Fir timber with a galvanised steel base to provide the structural support and keep the timber away from the damp zone at ground level.
