W:
www.universitybusiness.co.uk | T: @UB_UK CAMPUS SERVICES The latest construction, renovation, refurbishments and facilities management news £30m accommodation boost for Bangor
laundrete and sports and fitness facilities all on site. At the heart of the design is a commitment to provide a real sense of community with an enhanced social and living space environment.” Professor Tully added: “By
developing the St Mary’s site, the University will make sustainable use of existing property and construct BREEAM excellent buildings, meeting today’s increasing environmental expectations. The development will also incorporate an electric bike scheme to encourage sustainable forms of transport.” In addition to retaining the
original quadrangle and 1906 buildings, the development will create a mix of shared facilities around a new ‘village square’ at the heart of the community. Subject to planning permissions, the work is expected to be completed by September 2015 with demolition works starting in spring 2014. During the development
A consortium of three companies has been selected to develop Bangor University’s residential site at St Mary’s. The consortium consists of
Cityheart Ltd, who are leading the project, Vinci Construction UK Ltd, and CRM Ltd. Investment of over £30m will bring new life to a site that has largely been disused for many years. The design for the new
development has been led by FaulknerBrowns Architects who are specialists in the higher education sector. The University’s aim is to
respond to demand from second and third year students who want to live in halls, while also allowing
it to close the older halls on the Normal site. This new development of 600 rooms will allow the University to close 200 rooms built in the 1960s on the Normal site. Currently, many second and
third year students apply to be accommodated in University managed halls, but due to insufficient capacity they must turn to the private rented sector throughout the city. University Pro-Vice Chancellor,
Professor Carol Tully said: “The new rooms will include all the facilities that today’s students would expect to see on a modern residential campus. It will offer students the best in comfort and design with a café bar, shop,
ABOVE: The development will create a mix of shared facilities around a new 'village square'
the consortium has pledged to support the local community and economy by commiting to new apprenticeships, work placements, and community schemes. Andrew Kane, partner and
higher education specialist at FaulknerBrowns Architects, said: “New design strategies have been developed to help strengthen the social cohesion of the various accommodation clusters and improve the overall sense of community. A series of innovations such as circulation cores with shared activity spaces, direct access into the cluster social spaces and an innovative distribution of social areas between clusters, will all help to break down the traditional barriers to a strong community.”
CAMPUS SERVICES | NEWS ON CAMPUS | 23
CAMPUS SERVICES | NEWS | 21
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44 |
Page 45 |
Page 46 |
Page 47 |
Page 48 |
Page 49 |
Page 50 |
Page 51 |
Page 52 |
Page 53 |
Page 54 |
Page 55 |
Page 56 |
Page 57 |
Page 58 |
Page 59 |
Page 60 |
Page 61 |
Page 62 |
Page 63 |
Page 64 |
Page 65 |
Page 66 |
Page 67 |
Page 68 |
Page 69 |
Page 70 |
Page 71 |
Page 72 |
Page 73 |
Page 74