ABSTRACT
The design of the new 1,250-place Isaac Newton Academy carefully integrates four separate key stage schools within one larger school, each with their own separate entrance and ‘commons’. The sports accommodation is located within a dramatic sports beam, supported on two-storey columns that intersect with a three and four-storey main wing which contains the teaching accommodation. The Isaac Newton Academy has been considered as an important new public building for Redbridge and creates an important new area of public open space in front of it. The specialism of music and maths are expressed through the provision of an exciting performance studio theatre in the dining space and also through the Newtonian overlays which are themed around the use of daylight and the enjoyment of optical effects. The sports accommodation sits dramatically over the parking court at the second floor level making it equally accessible to all key stage schools.
