Masterplan is biggest campus revamp 鈥榝or decades鈥�
MJP has revealed for the first time images of its 拢80 million project for Roehampton University, which has just started on site.
It is the biggest regeneration of the university鈥檚 campus for decades, though it fits within a higher-level Henley Halebrown Rorrison masterplan.
The idea is to refocus the campus鈥檚 centre of gravity on to Roehampton Lane and to improve the quality of facilities for the growing university, which is beside the Alton Estate in south-west London.
MJP has designed the masterplan which will guide the institution鈥檚 development until 2025. It has also designed two buildings of four and five storeys 鈥� a student accommodation block and conference suite. They will provide 12,500 sq m of facilities for nearly 400 students at the university鈥檚 Digby Stuart College.
Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios has also designed a new 7,200sq m library within the scheme. It will accommodate 300,000 books and a variety of spaces from silent study reading rooms to spaces for groups.
The buildings use brick and precast concrete and are planned around quadrangles to create a collegiate atmosphere.
Gross.Max is behind the landscaping and BDP is providing the engineering.
Work is due to be completed in stages from July 2016.
Liz Pride, MJP director emeritus, said: 鈥淭he aim of the design is to provide high-quality accommodation that will attract students and visitors and enhance their experience of the university, giving them a sense that they are a part of the university community鈥�
Dr Ghazwa Alwani-Starr, director of estates and campus services, said: 鈥淥ur students鈥� surroundings are key to their university experience so we鈥檙e planning the biggest regeneration of the heart of our campus for decades.
鈥淲e will have attractive, modern, on campus accommodation and a brand new library befitting our status as a growing university with internationally-recognised research.
鈥淭his is a significant investment which will allow Roehampton to continue to improve and provide a great living, teaching and studying facilities as our reputation continues to grow.鈥�
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