The Pears National Centre for Autism Education that located in London, United Kingdom, was designed by Penoyre & Prasad. The school uses the principles of Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA) used prominently in the USA but unavailable in the UK in a school setting at the outset of this project in 2001. A key aspect of the pedagogy is the very high teacher to child ratio and high concentration on systematically achieving small measurable steps.
From the outset Penoyre & Prasad believed that their role was to find an architectural equivalent of ABA and worked closely with TreeHouse Trust to prepare a strategic brief for the National Centre for Autism Education, researching the available literature on design, autism and education which was sparse and offered a great variety of conflicting guidance.
The Pears National Centre for Autism Education design by Penoyre & Prasad
The Pears National Centre for Autism Education design exterior
The Pears National Centre for Autism Education design interior 1
The Pears National Centre for Autism Education design interior 2