Recycled Venues worked with Camden borough council to develop a schools project. The resulting ‘recycled school’ was the successful fruition of that collaboration. The frame was prefabricated using reclaimed timber purchased from Oxford wood recycling. Frames which slotted into the main structure were also pre-fabricated and taken into the school. The children had been collecting domestic waste following our first workshop with them, where we got them thinking about what qualities the wall and roof panels should have, and how they might use reclaimed materials to make a rain proof roof, a wind proof wall, and even windows… The ingenuity of the pupils was astounding and the final panels are proof of their creativity and originality.

The response was enormous and when it became time to fill the panels in the recycling bins at the school were overflowing, so we had plenty of choice! An energetic 2 days ensued as we worked with pupils from years 2 and 6. A final day was spent installing the panels and cladding the structure in perspex. When we went back to the school a few weeks later the kids seemed pretty happy with their new hang out!