Following our completed project at The Barras Centre, we have developed detailed designs that convert one side of shop units into a nursery for East End Partnership. The challenge here was to transform the feel of an open market shopping complex into a safe children’s play-space. Opening up four units along the south edge of the building, our design inserts a service pod into the space to create a noisy space and a quiet space. Surfaces are textured and colourful, floors turn into walls and the upper levels are utilised to create different zones for play and learning. The street edge is closed to view with opaque glass replacing the existing. To the courtyard side there is a secure fencing panel system to allow outside covered play space that opens to the internal play areas.