Food Hub, St Anselm's College
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Self contained food technology block in the grounds of St Anselm’s College, Birkenhead
The building is generated from two interlocking forms. The first is an efficient rectangular form constructed from a hard-wearing and secure black engineering brick. This provides the footprint for the food hub and design cube.
Rotating from this element is a second rectangular form. This creates a skylight, which allows generous amounts of natural light into the building.
Where the entrance, windows and roof spaces are carved from the rectangular form a flash of magenta contrasts with the brick facade.
Data
- Begun: Nov 2009
- Completed: May 2010
- Floor area: 200m2
- Sector: Education
- Total cost: £350,000
- Procurement: JCT IC05 (intermediate)
- CO2 Emissions: 33kg/m2/year
- Address: St Anselm's College, Manor Hill, Birkenhead, CH43 1UQ, United Kingdom
Materials 
Professional Team
- Architect: Studio Three Architects
- Project architects: Amanda Wanner, Andrew Thompson, James Griffiths, Lucia Estefania, Mushtaq Saleri
- Client: WIRRAL MBC / St Anselm’s College
- Structural engineer: BD Edmondson
- Services engineer: Progressive Services Design
- Quantity surveyor: Redfearn Morrison Thomas
- Planning supervisor: Whittle Associates
- Main contractor: Read Construction
Suppliers
- Cladding and window reveals: Trespa Meteon
- Metal roof cladding: Colorcoat
- Green roof: Sky-Garden Green Roofs
- Brickwork: Ibstock Brick Ltd
- Aluminium curtain walling: Technal
- Windows : Ideal Combi
- Acoustic panels: Saint-Gobain Ecophon
- Ceilings: Armstrong World Industries
- Rubber Flooring: Nora Rubber Flooring
- Paving: Acheson and Glover
- Timber decking: John Brash
