Roedean’s Grade II-listed Victorian buildings sit high on the cliffs outside Brighton, and have more than 200 bedrooms for the girl boarders. Designed by Sir John Simpson, the boarding houses are a fine example of Arts and Crafts architecture, and our ambition was to achieve a balance between this older architecture and new interventions.
Our brief was to create a home-from-home for both students and staff, a safe haven with a family atmosphere where boarders could feel welcomed and cared for. Rather than the institutional feel of the traditional dorm, we wanted the spaces to have personality, reflecting the character of both the existing building and its inhabitants.
