Fitzwilliam College Library and IT Centre
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Extension to East Wing of the 1959 Denys Lasdun College masterplan, comprising a concertina timber façade and brick tower
The main library reading rooms are on three floors with books located in the centre of each. Reader spaces are positioned around the perimeter to maximise the use of daylight and views over the college gardens.
A variety of study spaces have been created, all with flexibility for IT network connections via an accessible raised floor. The concertina of the west facing timber elevation affords workstations with natural side-light for short term computer use, while other computer rooms have reflected sunlight.
The library continues Lasdun's range with a similar dark brick cladding the east facade and turret known as the 'reader tower'. The west serrated facade is clad in oak and topped in zinc. Glazing covers the majority of the upper floors and is topped with a monopitch roof and canopy.
Data
- Begun: Jul 2008
- Completed: Oct 2009
- Floor area: 1,145m2
- Sector: Education
- Total cost: £4.4M
- Funding: Private
- Procurement: Design and Build
- Address: Storey’s Way, Cambridge, CB3 0DG, United Kingdom
Professional Team
- Architect: Cullinan Studio
- Client: Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge
- Structural engineer: BCAL Consulting
- Main contractor: Kier Marriott
- Quantity surveyor: Edmond Shipway
- M&E consultant: Kier Marriott