# Plumcroft Primary School, Vincent Road Campus. Metsec SFS, cladding and standing-seam zinc. Woolwich, London SE18. > Metsec SFS, sheathing, insulation, fire barriers, cladding and standing-seam zinc for Frencon at Plumcroft's Vincent Road Campus, Woolwich, 2017-18. > HTML version: https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/projects/plumcroft-primary-school-woolwich/ The team behind Dmitro Development framed and clad the new campus for Frencon Construction. ![Vincent Road Campus with its grey standing-seam zinc hall block and purple horizontal cladding above a brick base, Plumcroft Primary School, Woolwich](https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/assets/projects/plumcroft-primary-school-woolwich/plumcroft-primary-school-woolwich-vincent-road-campus-grey-standing-seam-fallback.jpg) 01 · The zinc-clad entrance block and the purple teaching wing on Vincent Road. The corner of Plumcroft Primary School's Vincent Road Campus in Woolwich. The entrance block, clad in grey vertical standing-seam zinc and carrying the campus name, projects over the brick base beside the three-storey teaching wing in deep purple horizontal cladding. The team behind Dmitro Development delivered the SFS, sheathing, insulation and cladding package behind both finishes. ## At a glance - **Main contractor**: Glenman Corporation - **Package let by**: Frencon Construction, Glenman group - **Client**: Royal Borough of Greenwich - **Architect**: Pollard Thomas Edwards - **On site**: 2017-18 - **Floor area**: About 2,750 m² Plumcroft Primary School's Vincent Road Campus is a new two-form-entry school for the Royal Borough of Greenwich, built on the site of former sheltered housing in central Woolwich. It added about 420 places and took Plumcroft from three to five forms of entry across its two sites, with 14 classrooms, a nursery, a full kitchen and a double-height hall. The team behind Dmitro Development built the SFS and cladding envelope, from the framing to the zinc. [Part of: SFS and cladding packages](https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/facade-cladding/) ## Instructed scope, May 2017 - Metsec SFS infill framing - Sheathing board and insulation - Breather membrane and fire barriers - Brick channels - Purple horizontal cladding - Standing-seam zinc to the hall ![Looking up a deep purple horizontally clad elevation with dark-framed window bands and louvred vents against a blue sky](https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/assets/projects/plumcroft-primary-school-woolwich/plumcroft-primary-school-woolwich-deep-purple-horizontally-clad-elevation-dark-fallback.jpg) 02 · Purple horizontal cladding and window bands, looking up the teaching wing. Looking up the teaching wing's deep purple horizontal cladding, with its dark-framed window bands, solid infill panels and louvred vents. The cladding sits on the Metsec SFS, sheathing board, insulation and breather membrane the team installed behind it. ## 03 · The playground elevation, with the yellow stair up to the zinc hall. ![Playground elevation of Plumcroft Primary School with a purple-clad teaching wing, a grey zinc hall lettered Plumcroft Primary and a yellow external stair](https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/assets/projects/plumcroft-primary-school-woolwich/plumcroft-primary-school-woolwich-playground-elevation-purple-clad-teaching-wing-fallback.jpg) The full playground elevation of Vincent Road Campus: the purple-clad teaching wing over its ground-floor canopy on the left, the zinc-clad hall carrying the school's name on the right, joined by the yellow external stair. The nursery play area sits behind the timber fence. The envelope ## Metsec infill in a steel frame, on a tight town-centre site. The school is a steel-framed building with Metsec SFS infill walls. The finishes divide it by use: grey vertical zinc for the taller hall and entrance block, deep purple horizontal panels for the teaching wings, brickwork at the lower levels. The tender design specified a quartz-zinc standing-seam system on marine plywood for the main hall. The site sits in central Woolwich, beside Woolwich Arsenal station and occupied homes. Access was tight, with little space to take deliveries or park, and the main contractor kept close contact with neighbours throughout. - Package: 50 weeks - Main contract: Feb 2017 to Oct 2018 ## 04 · Where the purple cladding stops above the brick base. ![Purple horizontal cladding ending above a dark brick plinth with louvred ground-floor panels, seen from below at a corner of the school](https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/assets/projects/plumcroft-primary-school-woolwich/plumcroft-primary-school-woolwich-purple-horizontal-cladding-ending-dark-brick-fallback.jpg) A corner of the teaching wing where the horizontal purple cladding stops above the brick plinth and the dark ground-floor panels and louvres. Brick channels were part of the instructed scope, alongside the SFS, sheathing, insulation and fire barriers. ## 05 · The timber-slatted canopy soffit, meeting the purple cladding. ![Timber-slatted canopy soffit with a downlight and security camera, meeting purple cladding and brickwork at its edge](https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/assets/projects/plumcroft-primary-school-woolwich/plumcroft-primary-school-woolwich-timber-slatted-canopy-soffit-downlight-security-fallback.jpg) Looking up at the timber-slatted soffit of the ground-floor canopy, with a recessed downlight and a security camera, where it meets the purple cladding and brickwork of the teaching wing. The soffit belongs to the wider project. ## 06 · The hall block, wrapped in standing-seam zinc. ![Aerial view of a grey standing-seam zinc hall with a three-pitch sawtooth roof, yellow Plumcroft Primary lettering and a yellow external stair](https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/assets/projects/plumcroft-primary-school-woolwich/plumcroft-primary-school-woolwich-aerial-grey-standing-seam-zinc-hall-fallback.jpg) Aerial view of the double-height hall at Vincent Road Campus, used for assemblies, dining and PE. Grey standing-seam zinc runs up the walls and over the three-pitch sawtooth roof, with the school's name in yellow letters above the hall's ribbon window and the yellow external stair at its foot. ## The purple teaching wing Three views of the horizontal cladding on the teaching wings: over the nursery canopy, around the upper-floor roof terrace, and along Vincent Road. ![Purple-clad teaching wing above a glazed canopy and artificial-grass nursery play area, with a yellow external stair in the foreground](https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/assets/projects/plumcroft-primary-school-woolwich/plumcroft-primary-school-woolwich-purple-clad-teaching-wing-glazed-canopy-fallback.jpg) 07 · Over the nursery canopy, beside the yellow external stair. The teaching wing above the glazed nursery canopy and its artificial-grass play area, with the yellow external stair in the foreground. Dark-framed window bands and louvred panels are set into the purple horizontal cladding. ![Paved roof terrace enclosed by purple horizontal cladding, dark-framed windows and louvred panels, with a steel railing on the open side](https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/assets/projects/plumcroft-primary-school-woolwich/plumcroft-primary-school-woolwich-paved-roof-terrace-enclosed-purple-horizontal-fallback.jpg) 08 · Around the upper-floor roof terrace. A paved roof terrace on the upper floor, enclosed on two sides by purple horizontal cladding with dark-framed windows, doors and louvred panels, and on the third by a clad upstand under a steel railing. ![Street corner view of the school: purple horizontal cladding over a grey brick base, with the zinc-clad Vincent Road Campus block at the corner](https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/assets/projects/plumcroft-primary-school-woolwich/plumcroft-primary-school-woolwich-street-corner-purple-horizontal-cladding-grey-fallback.jpg) 09 · Along Vincent Road, with the zinc entrance block at the corner. The Vincent Road elevation: three storeys of purple horizontal cladding and window bands over a grey brick base, with the zinc-clad entrance block and campus sign turning the corner. Award and rating ## Project of the Year, Schools, at the 2019 Education Estates Awards. The award recognised the completed school, designed by Pollard Thomas Edwards. It was won by the project as a whole, not by the facade package alone. The scheme holds a BREEAM Interim Excellent rating of 76.9%, assessed by Stroma Built Environment. The Bauder green roof, solar photovoltaics and high-performance glazing formed part of the wider environmental design. ## 10 · From above: the zinc hall and its sawtooth roof. ![Aerial view of the school with its purple-clad teaching wing, green roof and solar panels beside the grey zinc hall, above the nursery play areas](https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/assets/projects/plumcroft-primary-school-woolwich/plumcroft-primary-school-woolwich-aerial-purple-clad-teaching-wing-green-fallback.jpg) Aerial view of the completed campus from the playground side, the zinc hall on the right and the purple teaching wing on the left. The Bauder green roof and solar photovoltaic array on the wing were part of the wider environmental design; the team's package was the SFS and cladding envelope beneath them. ## The wider campus The roof and play space around the envelope were delivered by others on the wider project: the green roof and solar array as part of the environmental design, the play ship, games court and sensory play by Playcubed. ![Overhead view of rows of solar panels on a green roof, edged by a purple-clad parapet, with a car park alongside](https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/assets/projects/plumcroft-primary-school-woolwich/plumcroft-primary-school-woolwich-overhead-rows-solar-panels-green-roof-fallback.jpg) 11 · The teaching wing's green roof and solar array, inside the purple parapet. Looking straight down onto the teaching wing: rows of solar panels on a Bauder green roof, edged by the purple-clad parapet, with the car park on one side and the playground on the other. The roof systems belong to the wider project. ![Aerial view of a timber play ship on blue surfacing, a marked games court and sensory play areas in front of the school](https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/assets/projects/plumcroft-primary-school-woolwich/plumcroft-primary-school-woolwich-aerial-timber-play-ship-blue-surfacing-fallback.jpg) 12 · The play ship, games court and sensory play in front of the school. Aerial view over the themed external play area designed and built by Playcubed: a two-level play ship, a multi-use games area, sensory play and shade structures on wet-pour surfacing, in front of the purple teaching wing and zinc hall. ![Blue multi-use games court with yellow, white and red markings, in front of the grey zinc hall and purple teaching wing](https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/assets/projects/plumcroft-primary-school-woolwich/plumcroft-primary-school-woolwich-blue-multi-use-games-court-yellow-fallback.jpg) 13 · The multi-use games court, with the zinc hall behind. The multi-use games area marked out for several sports, with the zinc-clad hall and the purple teaching wing beyond. The court was delivered by Playcubed as part of the wider project. ## 14 · Pupils at the play ship, with the zinc hall across the playground. ![Pupils playing around a timber play ship, with the grey zinc hall lettered Plumcroft Primary across the playground](https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/assets/projects/plumcroft-primary-school-woolwich/plumcroft-primary-school-woolwich-pupils-playing-timber-play-ship-grey-fallback.jpg) Pupils playing around the timber play ship, with the zinc-clad hall and the purple teaching wing across the playground. The play ship is Playcubed's work on the wider project. ## 15 · On the play ship's deck, looking back to the hall. ![Timber deck and ship's wheel of the play ship, looking across the playground to the zinc-clad hall](https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/assets/projects/plumcroft-primary-school-woolwich/plumcroft-primary-school-woolwich-timber-deck-ship-wheel-play-playground-fallback.jpg) The timber deck and ship's wheel of the play ship, looking back across the playground to the zinc-clad hall and the purple teaching wing. ## Plumcroft Primary School, framed and clad by the team. 50 Vincent Road, Woolwich · London SE18 6RG - **Structural engineer**: Conisbee - **Services engineer**: Norman Bromley Partnership - **Employer's agent**: Currie & Brown - **Project manager**: Perfect Circle JV ## Related projects - [50 Woodside. New-build house and basement. 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