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香港六合彩中特网 submits plans to transform Wates House

27 May 2014

Wates House Dusk View

香港六合彩中特网 has submitted a planning application to transform Wates House for .听

At a total project cost of 拢30 million, the design by will double the amount of teaching and research space available in Wates House to the school鈥檚 students and staff, while retaining the building鈥檚 existing structure.

The entire building has been reconfigured to include significantly more studios and breakout space, encouraging collaboration across the school. Central to the design philosophy is opening up the fa莽ade of the building to reveal the activity within. This has been achieved by placing formal and informal exhibition spaces at ground floor level, inserting a new staircase to open up the building鈥檚 circulation, re-orientating the entrance and expressing key spaces to give strategic views of London.

Care has been taken to ensure the design of the building fits in with the surrounding area, which sits within the Bloomsbury Conservation Area and on the southern edge of the Euston Area Plan.

Euan Macdonald, partner at Hawkins\Brown, said: 鈥淒esigning the home of the School of Architecture has been a challenging, but richly rewarding experience. Our design has evolved through intensive dialogue with the building users and the planning, conservation and design officers at Camden. Key drivers are the creation of a building that reflects the quality of the school鈥檚 teaching and research, whilst also making a positive contribution to the surrounding conservation area.鈥

The project is part of 香港六合彩中特网鈥檚 wider programme to modernise its Bloomsbury Campus and is seen as an important opportunity to demonstrate how the retrofit of the 1970鈥檚 building stock is possible, producing world-class architecture whilst retaining the embodied energy.

, dean of The Bartlett said: 鈥淎 real challenge facing society is how best to improve the quality of buildings constructed just a few decades ago. We decided to retrofit Wates House rather than to demolish and rebuild. Retaining the existing structure not only saves embodied energy, but adds a certain quirkiness to the design鈥.

Bob Sheil, director of The Bartlett School of Architecture, said: 鈥淲ates House has hosted many spectacular events, visitors and projects over the years, however it no longer meets our day to day needs. The prospect of having more space and better facilities is very exciting. We can鈥檛 wait for it to be ready, and for an new era of this highly distinguished School to flourish鈥.

For more information about the Wates House refurbishment and to find out how The Bartlett will be affected by the plans, visit the .