Centre for Endemic, Emerging and Exotic Diseases
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Centre for Endemic, Emerging and Exotic Diseases, Hatfield, Hertfordshire by Architecture PLB
Research centre extension to the Royal Veterinary College’s existing facility
Students and researchers will be able to utilise the category 3 laboratories, open plan office spaces and attend seminars and lectures all under one roof, within a space that claims an existing stair core to open up the centre to interaction.
The building has a two-storey elevation of cedar boarding: laid vertically from the window sills up, horizontally below. The eaves conceal the extensive rooftop plant.
The two-directional use of timber plays on the surrounding character of the timber and corrugated barns. The use of materials aimed to create a feeling of a fresh new facility whilst in keeping with the rural campus feel of its context.
Data
- Begun: Sep 1997
- Completed: Sep 1999
- Floor area: 700m2
- Sector: Education
- Total cost: £3.3M
- Procurement: Standard JCT contract with Quantities
- Address: Hawkshead House, Hawkshead Lane, North Mymms, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, AL9 7TA, United Kingdom
Tags 
Campus, Extension, Hertfordshire, Refurbishment, Research laboratories, Rural, University, Working detail: Cladding
Materials
Professional Team
- Architect: ArchitecturePLB
- Project architects: Emily Rissom, Rupert Cook
- Client: The Royal Veterinary College, University of London
- Main contractor: SDC
- Quantity surveyor: Gardiner and Theobald
- Structural engineer: Price & Myers
- Services engineer: Faber Mansuell
- Project manager: Turner and Townsend
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