Design Engine Architects Universities Projects Portfolio

COMPLETE PROJECTS↑Reception desk and display system to The University of Southampton ↑Detail of the new reception desk.the rear. ©Sarah J Duncan approached Design Engine to redesign ©Sarah J Duncan their Sports Complex reception area in2008 2007. Central to this space was a new 99 reception station, acting as the securitycompletion line, welcome and information point and administrative heart of the centre. The55K project was built over the summer months of 2008 as a fast-track fit-out and has beencontract value very well received by University staff and students alike. The desk is fabricated in Corian, and resonates in its sinuous form with the pool seen through the reception area glass screen beyond.

DESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS \ UNIVERSITIES2011 our role: Architecture | Interior Design | Furniture Consultantscompletion client: University of Southampton280K quantity surveyor: Northcroft services engineer: UoS Estatescontract value cdmc: BPS building control: BPS225M² main contractor: LTS Projects/ The Hubarea ↑ Waiting area and display cabinets.100

COMPLETE PROJECTSVICE Design Engine’s third interior project for the UniversityCHANCELLOR’S of Southampton.RECEPTION The current Vice Chancellors Suite is situated within a 1960s building that suffers from inadequate naturaluniversity of southampton ventilation and daylight due to internal rooms mid plan. The reception and meeting space is also inadequate toA showcase reception environment to meet the current needs of the university. The brief was topromote the University. provide a showcase reception to promote the university, as well as creating much needed meeting and video conferencing facilities. To overcome a long and tortuous route to the offices through adjacent buildings, the university also required a new dedicated entrance to the suite from street level. The main move in the design has been to open up the floor space by removing the internal rooms. In their place we have made a new reception area beneath an existing pyramid ceiling and roof light. Bespoke furniture elements are located within the spaces to provide reception desks, display cabinets, credenzas and storage. Strong colour has been used to theme this furniture and to reflect light within the suite. We have signalled the new ground level entrance by cladding an existing brick arch with the same coloured lining.↑ Detail of reception desk. ↗ Detail of display cabinets and seated waiting area. 101

DESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS \ UNIVERSITIES The new Student Union Café was completed for University of Southampton,STUDENT ready for the new academic year. ThisUNION CAFÉ fast-track, low budget project is one of a number of interiors projects weuniversity of southampton are designing for the University, which includes the Sport Centre reception,A fast-track, low budget Café interiors completed for September 2008.project, which enjoys views across The Student Union building atthe landscaped quarry bed. Southampton University was designed by Sir Basil Spence, the↑ Detail of bench seating. ©Sarah J Duncan architect of Coventry Cathedral.102 The building occupies the site of a former brick quarry. One of the design concepts was to re-establish at ground level a datum of the site before excavation of clay began. Sir Basil Spence located steel framed glass boxes above this datum, possibly influenced by the Californian Case Study houses undertaken in the 1950s and 1960s. Our cafe sits below this datum within the clay zone enjoying views across the now landscaped quarry bed. The Brief • Flexible seating space • Number of seating options • Target of 250 covers • Resolve problem with acoustics • Draft lobby/screen wall adjacent to cash machines • Usage at different times of the day • Consider access and use of terraces • Improve appearance of terraces • Power to support laptop use • Incorporation of plasma screens • Incorporation of graphics and wayfinding • Works undertaken in August • Completion by mid September our role: Architecture | Interior Design | Furniture Consultants client: University of Southampton services engineer: UoS Estates acoustic consultant: UoS cdmc: University of Southampton main contractor: The Hub

COMPLETE PROJECTS→ A simple but robust palette has beenused. ©Sarah J Duncan2009completion150Kcontract value358M²area↑ Exposed services and acoustic timber panels. ©Sarah J Duncan ↑ Acoustic treatment provides texture to the space ©Sarah J Duncan 103

DESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS \ UNIVERSITIESSTUDENTACCOMMODATIONarts university bournemouthHigh–quality student accommodation to supportArts University Bournemouth’s growing campusat Wallisdown.This project has emerged from the of staggered linear blocks, running north– ↑ Visualisation of main internalgrowing demand for high–quality south along the site. These buildings line courtyard.student accommodation to support either side of a newly-created pedestrianArts University Bournemouth’s growing street which has been introduced tocampus at Wallisdown. The subsequent encourage a sense of community andproposals represent the next phase of create social spaces at ground floor.development to be implemented from the By offsetting each cluster flat block, theuniversity’s outline masterplan approved pedestrian street is divided up into ain 2016, following on from the successful series of routes and squares, each withrefurbishment of a number existing a different character and composition.campus buildings. This environment is reinforced withThe 9,200m2 project will provide 297 an extensive landscaping scheme thatbedrooms, 269 of which will be delivered includes a mixture of hard and soft finishesas cluster flats sharing a communal kitchen and planting throughout.area, 23 as studio apartments with their The proposal embraces a 1.5m level changeown kitchen facilities and 5 as accessible between the existing campus and site bystudios. introducing a generous set of entranceThe site is located on land immediately steps, with an integrated accessible ramp,south of the existing Wallisdown campus, terraced seating and planting. This keyoffering immediate proximity to the transition space condition is framed withexisting campus buildings, while including a horizontal canopy that extends out frominfrastructure upgrades that will improve a new communal reception and securityconnectivity to the wider cycle network building. The canopy acts as a portaland future Bournemouth University Bus between the existing academic buildingsHub. and new residential quarter, and providesThe accommodation is set out in a series an enhanced arrival experience to the campus as a whole when entering from Fern Barrow to the West.104

FFUUTTUURREE PPRROOJJEECCTTSS2020 our role: Architecture | Masterplanning | Interiors | Furniture Consultantscompletion client: Arts University Bournemouth9000M² structural engineer: AECOM landscape consultant: Hyland Edgar Driverarea cost consultant: AECOM services engineer: AECOM lighting consultant: Michael Grubb Studio building control: MLM main contractor: TBC 105

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↑ Entrance canopy and courtyard FUTURE PROJECTSwith reception (right). High Quality On–Campus Living For Students← View from approach entrance to The project’s architectural approach is set out to clearlythe campus. articulate public and private spaces throughout the buildings. The cluster flat blocks are treated with brick facades and muted aluminum cladding panels, referencing the recently completed Student Services building within the campus. Recessed windows, sections of projecting brickwork and variation to the mortar colour and brick stock enhance the buildings’ envelope, while retaining a language that reflects the private nature of the bedrooms within. At the corner of each cluster flat, brass-clad projecting bay windows provide a strong contrast to the brickwork, defining the communal kitchen spaces. Each corner window contains an expansive window seat that helps to connect occupants with the street below. Communal spaces at ground floor are equally designed to contrast with the elevations in which they are inserted. These elements are defined by projecting canopies, clad in a range of brightly coloured aluminium panels, and large expanses of curtain walling to define transparent, open spaces that are accessible and welcoming to all. The project will introduce a significant amount of planting, with numerous semi-mature trees and shrubs introduced to create a woodland boundary along the perimeter of the site. This will serve to enhance the boundary of the campus and enable the new buildings to integrate into the surrounding context of Talbot Village. Once complete, the new student accommodation will provide high quality on-campus living for students studying at AUB, helping to support its growing reputation as a leading creative faculty. With its close proximity to the existing campus, the development will contribute to the University’s long-running sustainability ambitions though reduced travel distances and measures taken to prioritise pedestrians over cars. The building is targetting BREEAM ‘Very Good’, in line with recent developments, and will achieve thermal efficiency in its construction and incorporate photovoltaics at roof level. The new AUB student accommodation is scheduled for be completion by Summer 2020. 107

DESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS \ UNIVERSITIES ← Shared kitchen, dining and social space. ↓ Corner window seat in shared lounge.108

FUTURE PROJECTS↑ Bedroom study bench and builtin storage.↑Studio apartment kitchenette. 109

DESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS \ UNIVERSITIESWEST DOWNS ONECAMPUSuniversity of winchesterA new iconic gateway building to the City whichdelivers high quality learning and teachingfacilities.The University is experiencing a time West Downs One is a new £50m 7,500 m2of unprecedented uncertainty in the project which will provide the Universityhigher education sector and is very aware with an impressive new gateway buildingof the challenges of public funding, of to the City whilst delivering flexibledemography and of increased competition academic accommodation, public facingnationally and globally in the context of lecture and exhibition facilities and socialderegulation of student number controls. learning spaces.In response the University of Winchester Located on an undeveloped site adjacenthas developed a strategic plan that to the University’s Grade II-listedconsiders the longer trends within the Business School, the new scheme ishigher education sector, but importantly designed to set it within the wider contextreflects on a most urgent problem - of the City of Winchester and its historicsustainability. and contemporary public buildings.For the University to realise its strategic A linear block of classrooms and teachingpriorities and remain at the forefront of facilities sets a background rhythm againsthigher education, it needs to improve which a grand lecture theatre takes theits existing facilities and the overall form of a rotunda. A pavilion under acampus, making it an automatic choice for triangular roof shelters the social learningundergraduates. and library spaces.The master-planning exercise revealed The pavilion is irregular in plan andthat in order for the University to contrasts with the linear block acting asachieve an improved estate, it must first an inflection in the plan to highlight itsprovide additional accommodation to relative importance.decant faculties and occupiers currentlyresiding in buildings identified for future ↑ The main entrance view with Auditorium on theredevelopment. left, enclosing courtyard wall (right) and Teaching Block behind.110

FUTURE PROJECTS2019 our role: Architecture | Interiors client: University of Winchestercompletion structural engineer: Heyne Tillet Steel acoustic consultant: Sandy Brown7500M² landscape consultant: Land Use services engineer: Mecservearea fire consultant: Trenton Fire lighting consultant: Michael Grubb Studio main contractor: Osborne 111

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FUTURE PROJECTS3↑ View of the courtyard garden through The building responds to the sloping landscape with a terracethe reception window with views of the of stepped parterres radiating from the rotunda, setting thelibrary behind ( and 4↑). linear and radial planning in counterpoint. This response to the topography shows how the planning strategy inflects in response to the particularities of the site. The complex compositional balance which brings together linear, radial and angular planning is achieved through the careful juxtaposition of each. Each volume expresses its unique function whilst the overall composition in setting the three organisational arrangements against each other provides a visual tension whose balance, like an abstract painting, is achieved. The compositional arrangement of the triangular entrance pavilion with over-sailing roof has strong directional emphasis when seen in perspective. The solidity and visual stability of the rotunda contrasts with the dynamic emphasis of the open entrance canopy framing the sky. The new buildings will echo the materiality of the West Downs Centre and the typical materials used in civic buildings within Winchester. This will be achieved through a material strategy which uses flint, limestone and terracotta with contemporary detailing, while the deployment of weathering steel cladding, particularly on the striking drum of the circular lecture theatre tonally links the new building with the brick colour in the existing listed West Downs Centre. 113

DESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS \ UNIVERSITIES↑ Close-up of the chapel altar made 3 4from carved perbeck limestone.© Jim Stephenson1↗ Digital Futures Specialist computingfacilities include the latest equipmentwith shared ‘break-out’ area for groupprojects.2↗ View looking into the building fromthe fourth floor roof terrace3 → View looking over the city from thefourth floor roof terrace4 → The new library with views into thegarden.5→ A double height space at the centreconnects the library and social learningareas.114

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FUTURE PROJECTSNEW TEACHING& LEARNINGBUILDINGlondon metropolitan universityA key component of the practice’s masterplan.our role: Architecture The new Teaching & Learning Buildingclient: London Metropolitan University for London Metropolitan Universitystructural engineer: Buro Happold constitutes a key component of theservices engineer: Buro Happold practice’s masterplan which was approvedcost consultant: Gardiner & Theobald by London Met governors in May 2016;cdmc: Faithful + Gould the masterplan will bring the university’splanning consultant: Cushman & Wakefield “One Campus, One Community” vision← Study commons and teaching rooms into reality, with a re-imagined Hollowaysit side-by-side enabling more flexible Road campus bringing all of its schoolsuse. together for the first time in its history. The project consist of a two-storey17.5M roof top extension to an existing 1930s building; this extension increases thecontract value density of accommodation which is critical in allowing for the creation of a11,900M² large new public realm space at the heart of the campus, thereby helping to makearea the university more accessible for the local community. 117

DESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS \ UNIVERSITIES↑ Main entrance onto the new courtyardwith two-storey extension above existingbuilding.↓ Ground floor interior with newstructure inserted.118

FUTURE PROJECTS↑ Section illustrating the range of Our Design Approach allows the ‘conversation to continue’ afterlearning environments incorporated. The design approach taken to the two- students have left lectures in the formal storey extension has been to interpret the teaching spaces. Equally the formal spaces existing building in a contemporary way. can double as quite or group study spaces This helps tie the new and old together when not in use for lectures. so you read the completed building as The study commons represents 8% of a whole. The approach to the extension the total masterplan space budget. It is also defines an architectural strategy a major new initiative that reflects the that can be used as further phases of the general shift in education towards greater masterplan are developed. This will help support for independent learning on create a greater coherence to the campus campus — free-flowing space throughout as a whole. the campus. In particular the new Teaching & Learning Building will provide The proposal also creates a critical mass visibility, way-finding and a sense of of teaching and learning space to generate belonging. It will promote social inclusion a new and dynamic environment. Key and identity in an environment that is to this is the relationship of formal and welcoming, comfortable and safe — an informal teaching and learning space. informal, creative, learning environment The close relationship of these spaces that entices students to stay on campus allows one environment to support the well beyond their taught hours. other. The informal study commons space 119

DESIGN ENGINE ARCHITECTS \ UNIVERSITIES Their approach is endlessly patient, responsive and supportive. They fully engage with their client team, teasing out the multiple and sometimes conflicting aspirations. On top of this they are great fun to work with: good humoured, unpretentious and very likeable. — Derek Neale, Director of Education, States of Guernsey Design Engine Architects Limited The Studios, Coker Close, Winchester SO22 5FF 120120



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