By blng studio · London
Will this building, site or office work for you? A sprint gives you a clear answer before you sign a lease, buy a site or brief a fit-out.
Each sprint answers one decision. More sprints are on the way.
Will this building work as a nursery or school, before you sign the lease?
For: nursery and school founders, nursery groups and schools adding a nursery (England).
Planning desk check, room-by-room EYFS capacity, test-fit layouts, an outline fire and escape brief, a works scope with a cost range, lease asks, an Ofsted-readiness programme and a go/no-go memo.
from £1,950 + VAT
A brief and test-fit for your next office, before you talk to fit-out contractors.
For: startups and growing companies preparing their first or next office fit-out.
Requirements brief, headcount and space model, a Cat A / Cat B budget range, a test-fit on a shortlisted floor and the questions to ask your landlord.
from £2,450 + VAT
Site capacity, massing and yield options for your site.
For: small developers, landowners and investors.
A site visit, planning policy and history review, three computational massing options with unit mix and area schedules, indicative cost and value ranges (not a valuation), a planning risk rating, a report and 3D model.
Fixed fee, quoted per site after a free intro call
Website prices are indicative and do not form part of the contract.
We tested several candidate buildings for Little Explorers to see whether each could work as a nursery. It's the same question the Nursery & School Premises Sprint answers.
Free layouts and briefs are often offered by the firms that hope to win the fit-out or build contract. Our sprints are carried out by the architects at blng studio. We are architects, not contractors. You get a clear answer for a fixed fee, and you own the decision.
Start with the free "Will this building work?" checklist for nursery founders, and the free EYFS capacity calculator: the planning, Ofsted, space, toilet, fire and lease points to check before you sign. A checklist for school founders will follow.
blng sprint is a shop by blng studio, an architecture practice in London, and the whole blng studio team works on the sprints. The practice also works internationally. Our work includes testing candidate nursery buildings for Little Explorers in London, concept design for School of Tomorrow's fit-out across three locations, the Sophienschule and Kita St. Sophien in Hamburg, and WIKUS headquarters and conference centre.