Cambridge Regional College Campus

Bernard Stilwell Architects, Cambridge, 1997

 

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The eastern elevation provides a definate end to the site 

Jeremy Cockayne     Download Original

  • The eastern elevation provides a definate end to the site    
  • Phase 3 adds to the stock of teaching space    
  • The secondary entrance to the building    
  • Phase 3 continues the east wing circulation spine on a more intimate scale    
  • Clerestories increase daylight in the top-floor classrooms    
  • The rooflight makes the top-floor corridor a pleasent space    
  • Inside the drama suite    
  • Site plan    
  • Ground floor plan    
  • First floor plan    
  • Second floor plan    
  • Sections    
  • Phase 1 complete in 1993 by Powell Moya Partnership includes a library gym and classrooms    
  • Phas 2 completed in 1995 by Powell Moya Partnership incldes a teaching block and workshops    
  • Construction phase    
  • Detail section through roof    
  • Section and cut-away isometric of roof structure    

Final phase of a three part college rehousing to purpose-built accommodation on a single site

Phase three adds a new wing of classroom accommodation, administration offices, studios, darkroom, drama room and computer suite to the existing campus.

Attached to the existing college buildings, completed between 1993 - 1995 by Powell Moya Partnership, the new building provides a definite end to the eastern elevation of the site. Maintaining the height of the central spine this phase allowed the addition of a south-facing sculpture park and remaining areas of the site to be completed and integrated into the overall landscaping scheme.

The long linear three-storey block uses an exposed concrete base structure with a lighter steel and laminated timber superstructure, supporting a split pitched roof with clerestory lights. Clad in yellow brick and incorporating large expanses of glass the new phase mimics the materiality of the existing buildings to provide consistency.

Data

  • Completed: 1997
  • Sector: Education
  • Tender date: 1995
  • Address: Science Park Campus, Kings Hedges Road , Cambridge, CB4 2QT, United Kingdom

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