Education
JAGS Community Music Centre
EAST DULWICH, LONDON
A multi-use community space with performance, teaching, and landscaped areas, improving pupil safety and widening community involvement.
Client: James Allen’s Girls’ School
cost
£7.5M
duration
1 Year
Project Management
Cost Management
Employer's Agent
The Opportunity
The project provided a 500-capacity concert hall with flexible seating and staging, a teaching wing with rehearsal rooms, practice rooms, IT suites and office space, and a new combined school entrance and foyer. Landscaping works delivered a new playground and parking, with a separate pupil entrance to improve safety and security. The scheme supported the school’s ambition to enhance music facilities and encourage greater community use.
The Challenges
This was a complex and sensitive community development requiring close management of stakeholders and interest groups. Construction took place during the school day in a live environment, demanding careful coordination to minimise disruption while balancing cost and programme requirements.
The Outcome
The completed centre integrates high-quality music facilities with landscaped outdoor spaces, improving safety for pupils and providing a shared resource for students and the wider community for years to come.