The Ingenium classroom pod at Grey Court School, Richmond-upon-Thames, designed by Future Systems in 2004, is facing demolition as the school expands to accommodate increasing pupil numbers. A new home for the pod is being urgently sought, with relocation required by the end of the school term.

Future Systems, renowned for their RIBA Stirling Prize-winning Media Centre at Lord’s Cricket Ground, drew inspiration from that award-winning structure for the Ingenium pod. The classroom shares the same all-white exterior, porthole skylights, and panoramic glazed frontage – a smaller version of the design famously dubbed ‘Cherie Blair’s mouth’ at Lord’s.

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