HIGHER EDUCATION CULLINAN STUDIO

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1 HIGHER EDUCATION CULLINAN STUDIO

2 WHAT WE CAN DO FOR YOU... Cullinan Studio is an award-winning architectural and masterplanning team designing great buildings and great spaces. We have extensive experience in education (from primary to university). We aim to create value and meet your aspirations by: Working with you, the users, and the wider public Creating adaptable spaces Making great places Helping you become more sustainable Crossing boundaries Delivering life-long quality on time and to budget The Centre for Mathematical Sciences has now been open for 8 years. The building s quality architecture and functionality are highly regarded within the University and by the mathematicians. It is a great success. John Woods MA MRICS, University of Cambridge Designing with what s there Opposite: Centre for Mathematical Sciences at the University of Cambridge. Photo Richard Learoyd. Cover: Interior of the Reader Tower at the New Library & IT Centre, Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge. Photo Simon Feneley

WORKING WITH OUR CLIENTS, USERS, & THE WIDER PUBLIC We rate feedback from our clients and building users very highly at all stages of a project and not least after handover.

Photo Simon Warren We have been working with the WMG at the University of Warwick of over two decades.

3 WORKING WITH OUR CLIENTS, USERS, & THE WIDER PUBLIC We rate feedback from our clients and building users very highly at all stages of a project and not least after handover. We helped develop and test the CIC s Design Quality Indicator (DQI). This tool helps us to understand your aspirations and monitor the success of the design as a project proceeds. Photo Simon Warren We have been working with the WMG at the University of Warwick of over two decades. Client and user feedback from each building ensures the next one inherits what worked and learns from what did not work quite so well. Opposite is the International Institute for Product and Service Innovation (completed 2012) and above is our latest project, the National Automotive Innovation Centre.

footprints. We can also help you make much better use of the buildings you already have.

4 CREATING ADAPTABLE SPACES Universities are changing rapidly as the full embrace of ICT and carbon reduction impact. We understand the need to build in flexibility and adaptability, and believe in robust design with change in mind so as to future-proof your buildings with even lower carbon footprints. We can also help you make much better use of the buildings you already have. Photo Simon Feneley Opposite: At the UEL Docklands Campus, flexibility was maximised by composing a range of academic spaces around an enclosed linear street. Above: The International Digital Laboratory combines two floors of open plan flexible offices, which can be subdivided, above the large 2-storey open research and demonstration area.

DELIVERING SUSTAINABLE DESIGN Getting the big moves right at the start to reduce the demand for heating, cooling and artificial lighting, means that we must

We monitor the performance of our buildings to understand how we can improve our designs further.

5 DELIVERING SUSTAINABLE DESIGN Getting the big moves right at the start to reduce the demand for heating, cooling and artificial lighting, means that we must begin with the fabric, then integrate renewable technologies much more sustainably and economically. We monitor the performance of our buildings to understand how we can improve our designs further. Photo Simon Warren For the BREEAM Excellent Institute for Product & Service Innovation (opposite) and the BREEAM Outstanding Cambridge Conservation Campus (above) we used BIM to enable us to easily conduct environmental modelling and assess embodied carbon in the buildings designs.

CROSSING BOUNDARIES The greatest opportunities for any university lie in encouraging the crossing of boundaries between disciplines and working with the local (business)

Photo Richard Learoyd Opposite: The Centre for Mathematical Sciences has six pavilions gathered around a social hub where different Maths disciplines meet and exchange ideas.

6 CROSSING BOUNDARIES The greatest opportunities for any university lie in encouraging the crossing of boundaries between disciplines and working with the local (business) community. This has creative spatial consequences at a masterplanning level and in the design of both social circulation and specialist areas. Photo Richard Learoyd Opposite: The Centre for Mathematical Sciences has six pavilions gathered around a social hub where different Maths disciplines meet and exchange ideas. Above: The National Automotive Innovation Centre for Jaguar Land Rover, Tata Motors and the University of Warwick Manufacturing Group will inspire collaboration in order to design cutting edge automotive projects.

DESIGNING WITH WHAT S THERE We are inspired by the history of each site and have an extensive portfolio of new or modified buildings in historic settings.

transform these estates into sustainable campus environments.

7 DESIGNING WITH WHAT S THERE We are inspired by the history of each site and have an extensive portfolio of new or modified buildings in historic settings. We recognise the challenges faced by HE and FE estate managers in maintaining an ageing building stock, often designed for outmoded uses and occupancies: we aim to transform these estates into sustainable campus environments. Photo Dr John R A Cleaver Opposite: A new extension was part of the first phase of the remodelling of the Central Building at Fitzwilliam College Cambridge. Above: The refurbishment of the Central Building has been considered in three phases; Circulation, Dining Hall (pictured) and Kitchen.

MAKING GREAT PLACES Place-making is crucial to our projects and we design buildings with excellent places; externally, internally and a combination of the

Opposite: The Campus Green at the Singapore Management University is one of many places designed for meeting and relaxing.

8 MAKING GREAT PLACES Place-making is crucial to our projects and we design buildings with excellent places; externally, internally and a combination of the two. Space should not be merely leftover between buildings and given over to the car, but should positively enhance social and intellectual life on campus. Opposite: The Campus Green at the Singapore Management University is one of many places designed for meeting and relaxing. Above: The masterplan for the sustainable growth of the Chinese University of Hong Kong strengthens the connectivities within the campus in terms of both pedestrian and vehicular traffic.

.. the users of the building are delighted with it.

9 DELIVERING LIFE-LONG QUALITY ON TIME & TO BUDGET Not every project comes in on time and within budget. What makes the Fitzwilliam Library and IT building truly exceptional is that not only is the foregoing true of it, but its design and build quality are of the very highest... the users of the building are delighted with it. Christopher Pratt, (former) Bursar, Fitzwilliam College Photo Simon Feneley Opposite: The new Library at Fitzwilliam College in Cambridge provides integrated teaching and IT spaces as well as a new study space at the heart of the college. Above: The Centre for Mathematical Sciences is one of the most cost effective new buildings in Cambridge when considered on a whole life basis.

A FEW MORE OF OUR RECENT PROJECTS 1 2 3 5 6 7 9 10 11 4 8

in the Grade B listed Guardbridge Paper Mill in Scotland.

Competition design for an Education Centre in Abu Dhabi

establishments into one oasis of learning and living. 5.

currently on site, will provide 117 mixed-tenure homes in

A new combined Heat and Power (CHP) Energy Centre,

piece of public realm design in our Bristol Harbourside

Refurbishment of a listed Victorian canalside foundry

Hospital in Newcastle, opened in May 2013. 10.

10 A FEW MORE OF OUR RECENT PROJECTS An energy centre for the University of St Andrews in the Grade B listed Guardbridge Paper Mill in Scotland. 2. A Learning Centre at the Royal Horticultural Society s Hyde Hall Garden in Chelmsford. 3. An innovative modular primary school in Swindon. 4. Competition design for an Education Centre in Abu Dhabi gathering primary, secondary and higher educational establishments into one oasis of learning and living. 5. Stonebridge Site 10 development for the Hyde Group, currently on site, will provide 117 mixed-tenure homes in north west London. 6. A new combined Heat and Power (CHP) Energy Centre, currently on site at the Cryfield Campus at the University of Warwick. 7. Residential Building 4 and Millennium Promenade, a major piece of public realm design in our Bristol Harbourside Masterplan, are nearing completion. 8. Refurbishment of a listed Victorian canalside foundry into our new BREEAM Excellent low-energy offices in north London. 9. Maggie s Newcastle Cancer Care Centre at the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle, opened in May Since 2011 we have been working on the phased modernisation of Rosendale Primary School in London. 11. Shenley Academy in Birmingham, completed in September Ground-breaking, RIBA Award-winning, BREEAM Excellent, sub-zero Master Film Store for the BFI.

11 Cullinan Studio is committed to collaborative design to make fine architecture that fulfils the needs of the client, the users and those of the wider society. We have been designing carefully composed innovative buildings for many years and are currently working on integrated urban regeneration, inner city housing, cultural institutions, schools and universities in the UK and abroad. In this booklet we have included a selection of our Higher Education projects that illustrate our approach to architecture, public space and landscape. We have consistently won awards including: AJ Retrofit Awards for our own studios and Rosendale Primary School in London in 2013 RIBA Award and BCI Commendation for the BFI Master Film Store in 2012 Special Civic Trust Award 2011 for Community Impact & Engagement; and a Building for Life Gold Standard and Award for the Stonebridge Hillside Hub Building Magazine s Architectural Practice of the Year 2010 Building Design s Public Building Architect of the Year 2010 the 2008 RIBA Royal Gold Medal for Ted Cullinan the 2002 Stirling Prize Shortlist for the Downland Gridshell CULLINAN STUDIO Foundry, 5 Baldwin Terrace, London N1 7RU T + 44 (0) studio@cullinanstudio.com We endeavour at all times to conduct our business with integrity, competence and discretion. We are an equal opportunities employer, promoting mutual respect and encouraging life-long development; presently we are 46% women 54% men. Cullinan Studio is Quality Assured to BS EN ISO 9001 and have ISO environmental accreditation. We are members of the Employee Ownership Association.

HIGHER EDUCATION CULLINAN STUDIO

HIGHER EDUCATION CULLINAN STUDIO WHAT WE CAN DO FOR YOU... Cullinan Studio is an award-winning architectural and masterplanning team designing great buildings and great spaces. We have extensive experience