This building is based in Mile End area, London, opposite Mile End Park, and backing on to Regents Canal. Close to the building is the over ground train (Limehouse) and the underground (Mile End and Stepney Green), with a gallery and college on the same road and coffee shops towards Mile End underground station. The building (originally two buildings) was rented in 1876 by Dr Bernardo and converted it into a ragged school (ragged school: a free school for poor children during the Victorian era) for the children in the local area, the received a free education, meals and help to gaining their first job. The basement to the building was a playground and each floor contained one large classroom. In 1908 the school was deemed unsuitable for children, it was then split up and made into spaces for factories and manufacturers.  

Today the building is a museum, set up as it would have been during the Victorian era. Tours take place explaining what life would have been like in the area; schools can also visit and take part in lessons. The building also hosts a cafe, restaurant and galleries. 

I have chosen this site due to its location, being on the canal, the park being opposite and its transport accessibility. London is a vibrant city in which I feel my project will develop and work well in. There are many musical forms of buildings such as the Theatre's, major radio stations, recording studios, the Royal Albert Hall, The O2 Arena, and so on. It also has a number of buildings that have been transformed from and to a musical site. The chosen building allows me to bring a need into a part of London that does not have anything to strongly represent music already.