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01 Seminar Room, School of Engineering and Material Science, QMUL
18 Jebb Basement Refectory, Middlesex University
02 Centrally Timetabled Seminar Rooms, London Met Tower Complex
19 The Hub, Education Facility and Community Venue, Southend
03 Management Innovation Lab, London Business School
20 Cafe style informal study space, City University, London
04 Seminar Room, University College London
21 Campus Reception Desk, City University, Islington
05 Refurbishment of Centrally Timetabled lecture theatres, UCL
22 Faculty Entrance and Security Desk, Central House, London Met
06 Creation of a lecture theatre in a redundant basement for London Met
23 Innovation Centre Reception Area, IBM, Winchester
07 Temporary lecture theatre seating Cockcroft Building, Brighton University
24 Admin Reception Area, Engineering Building, QMUL
08 Learning Lab, Cockcroft Building, Brighton University
25 Engineering Building Refurbishment Masterplan, Queen Mary University
09 Admin Hub, Engineering Building, Queen Mary University
26 Cockcroft Building Refurbishment Masterplan, Brighton University
10 Research Hub, Engineering Building, Queen Mary University
27 Tait Building Refurbishment Masterplan, City University
11 Faculty Offices, Learning Centre, London Metropolitan University
28 Feasibility Study for a new building at Penrhyn Road, Kingston University
12 Executive Offices, Surgical Innovation Centre, Queen Mary University
29 Surgical Innovation Laboratory, Queen Mary & Barts NHS Trust
13 Cafe style informal study space, Electra House, Moorgate, London Met
30 Material Science Laboratory, Queen Mary University of London
14 Post Graduate Study Space within Grade II listed building, City University
31 School of Biochemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London
15 Techno Booths, Learning Centre, London Metropolitan University
32 Software Development Lab IBM Winchester
16 The Hub, Education Facility and Community Venue, Southend 17 Gallery, exam and enrolment space, Central House, London Met
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We were commissioned as a calloff project from the City University Framework to undertake a fast-track scheme as part of a partnering contract with Vivid Interiors, to refurbish the main reception area at the Northampton Square Campus. The purpose of the project was to open up the main reception area, which had previously comprised a security point with turnstiles and card-swipes. The University established a new customer service team and introduced a policy of making the entrance spaces to each building more welcoming, moving away from a security booth approach and offering instead a one-stopadvice-shop for students, staff and visitors, significantly improving the customer journey. The project was to be undertaken in a period of just four months, including feasibility, concept design, production information and fit-out. During the concept design phase it became apparent that the record drawings for the existing space (built in the 1960’s and altered in the 1970’s) were not accurate - and that there
was a concrete upstand beam within the dividing wall housing the former security booth. Our initial proposals had been to remove the wall to open up the space. Closer analysis soon revealed that it would not be possible to remove or part demolish the beam without significant cost and delay to the project. We were also unable to remove a number of other walls within the former security booth without significant disruption. We therefore replanned the scheme to incorporate the beam into our design. The challenge was to integrate the new customer contact desk with the beam without it looking awkward. The solution was to wrap an ‘L’ shaped corian worktop around part of the beam, floating it ontop of LED strip lighting. The former dark recess within the security booth was transformed into a projection wall.
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Main campus reception Refurbishment Occupied building Improved visitor experience Waiting area Information desk Fast track project Partnering contract £100,000 construction cost Completed in 2009
Replanning the scheme was made easier through our use of parametric CAD software to develop the scheme design, which significantly reduced cycle times when amending and issuing revised drawings.
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Fraser Brown MacKenna was invited by Kingston University to complete the refurbishment of the Stanley Picker Gallery which was reopened the Summer of 2012 in time for the venues 15th Anniversary celebrations. Our proposal for the refurbishment was both creative and economical. Working with a limited budget, the gallery is now able to operate more successfully. Through minimal design interventions, changes to the gallery’s exterior have increased its presence in the neighbourhood, and the reorganisation of the internal space has allowed for it to be used more effectively. A key aspect of the design was to make the venue more welcoming and therefore encourage more people to visit the gallery.
visitors and passers-by. In addition, the gallery’s external appearance has been significantly altered to distinguish it from the surrounding residential buildings. Internally, three separate identifiable gallery spaces have been established through the subdivision of the existing open plan area. This approach has improved the interior usage as it is better suited to the gallery’s vision. Featured inside the gallery is a light installation by Cullinan Richards, bespoke furniture by Faudet-Harrison and work by postgraduates at Kingston University. The refurbishment boasts a stripped back aesthetic which together with the bespoke internal features create a clean and beautiful gallery.
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Gallery refurbishment Improved visitor experience Increased gallery exposure Creative design Economical solution Improved physical access £100,000 construction cost
This was primarily achieved through the demolition of an external boundary wall, making it more approachable to
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Cafe and Social Learning Space London Metropolitan Holloway Campus
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Cafeteria Coffee Shop Touch Down Space Informal study space £500,000 construction cost
Fraser Brown MacKenna refurbished several ‘social learning’ spaces for London Metropolitan University, as part of an £10m cross-campus refurbishment project which was completed in May 2011. Work at the Tower Complex consisted of a number of simultaneous interventions within the main tower building, J, P and C blocks. The brief included the provision of a new Hub for North Campus. The Blue Metlounge is a new social area with touch down computer screens providing informal study space. The project involved refurbishing the adjoining cafeteria. As well as improving the visibility of the cafe, circulation through the space (including disabled access improvements) we also co-ordinated a significant upgrade of MEP services.
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new plasterboard partitions IWS-01 new 30min fire rated plasterboard partitions IWS-02 window numbers door numbers
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The aim of the project was to enhance the student experience by improving the spatial quality of the dining spaces, improving the circulation and seating capacity through a more efficient and rational layout and introduce a new retail unit to improve commercial viability in line with the strategic campus-wide upgrade. Our scheme converted part of the existing Food Store to create a new retail space, with the remaining area forming an ‘L’ shaped canteen. The canteen space is divided into two zones; a seating area and a food servery space. Two different furniture layouts were introduced, offering a variety of spatial configurations, including ‘wagamama’ style bench seating and more secluded ‘pods’ along the wall. The project was completed out under a traditional contract in time for the summer holidays.
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Kitchen Retail space Servery Dining area Limited Budget Fast Track Programme Live environment £450,000 construction cost Complete July 2013
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As part of our sequence of works to refurbish the Engineering Building at Queen Mary University of London, we were commissioned to create a new area for Post Graduate Research Assistants to provide more and better workspace within the constraints of the existing floorplate. The £1m project needed to be programmed within a tight timescale, to minimise disruption to grant-funded research programmes. The existing research hubs were scattered around the building, limiting efficiency and restricting the sharing of knowledge. Office sizes were fixed to the structural grid and were generally oversized, which had led to them being sub-divided over the years to meet the requirements of different grant-funded programmes. As a result the research hubs often overheated due to solar gain. Many of the spaces were of a very poor quality, including a portacabin located on the roof.
Our design provides new ‘flexible’ research space on the top floor of the building. Following the design principles set within the Engineering Building Masterplan developed by Fraser Brown MacKenna, we stripped the space back to its concrete structure and located the main circulation corridor along the southern elevation, separated by a resource spine of lockers and storage. This provided a buffer zone to reduce overheating within the workspaces and provided a route for new IT, comms, electrical and mechanical services and corridor lighting above a dropped ceiling. Combining services, storage and circulation into the store wall area maximised the available floorplate.
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Research hub Academic offices Live environment Fast track project Space optimisation Improved user comfort Innovative ‘solar corridor’ £1m Completed on time and on budget
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(Right) Solar Corridor before refurbishment (Left)
Solar Corridor after refurbishment
The store wall also resolved the issues of overheating due to solar glare. Within the research space, working areas were fitted out either as openplan ‘hot-desk’ type seating (for Research Assistants and PhD students) or glass fronted cellular spaces (for academic offices, small labs, meeting or communal social areas). These lightweight cellular spaces are not restricted by the structural grid and can be sized for the most efficient use of space and HEFCE standards. We have located the cellular spaces adjacent to the stairwell, which will allow undergraduates direct access to academic offices. If required these pre fabricated cellular spaces can be easily removed or added as requirements of the school change over time. Moving to an open plan working environment was a new innovation for the School of Engineering. We were able to sue our design skills to help secure buy-in from stakeholders for workplace change. We demonstrated that by creating a more space efficient workspace; centralising storage and moving to open plan working, we could free-up space to provide 16
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improved settings for informal working, collaborative work and meetings. The project was completed on time and to a limited budget of just under ÂŁ1m. Post occupancy evaluation showed that the new open plan workspaces were popular with users, with overheating due to solar gain significantly reduced, resulting in a more comfortable environment - and the co-location of research assistants proving to be beneficial in terms of knowledge transfer and efficiency of working practices. The approach has since been rolled out to other Departments within the School of Engineering.
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Cafe and Social Learning Space Middlesex University Trent Park Campus
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Trent Park dates back to the fourteenth century when it was one of Henry IV’s hunting grounds. In 1777 George III gave the site to Richard Jebb as a reward for saving the life of his younger brother, the Duke of Gloucester. In 1951 the estate became Trent Park College, incorporated as part of Middlesex University in 1974. Some of the grounds were attractively landscaped by Humphrey Repton and Capability Brown. Features of the original landscaping that can still be seen include an impressive avenue of lime trees, an obelisk, ornamental lakes and water features.The original mansion, statues and the remains of a Roman Villa lie within grounds which are Grade II listed. The site lies within a conservation area and is also included within the National Register of Historic Parks and Gardens.
Following the consolidation of Middlesex University’s Performing Arts faculty, Trent Park Campus required a refectory space suited to expectations of students used to vibrant London life.The Jebb Basement Refectory exploits an under-used basement area linking the Grade two listed Mansion House and Symmonds Theatre to form a new compact central eating space. A store was stripped out to locate the kitchen, food preparation and servery with adjacent corridor and classroom opened up to form the refectory. Columns and beams reveal a rhythm and orientation to the space emphasised by up-lighting in ceiling rafts. The gloss grey rafts with inset down lights reflect the main dining space with its café style chairs and tables and lounge seating. Blue uplighting of the perimeter bulkhead and hidden wall down lights create a horizon to draw people through the space. At each column a blue `fin` coffee bar directs views across the Refectory.
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The Wilkins Building at University College London forms one of the major statements of the architectural output of William Wilkins (17781839) who also designed the National Gallery. We were appointed to undertake a series of projects as part of a major refurbishment of the centrally timetabled areas within the building. A 150 seat lecture theatre was refurbished as was the Jeremy Bentham Room, which provides informal study and social space and a refectory (above). We also refurbished the Whistler Room, home to the famous Rex Whistler Murals. Interior and lighting design as well as furniture selection by Fraser Brown MacKenna transformed the exhibition spaces and meeting rooms, which are used for conference hire out of term time.
Social learning space + seminar rooms University College London
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The new Student Services centre is located on the ground floor of the John Galsworthy Building and aims to provide a centralised hub offering advice and counselling for Kingston Universities Penrhyn Road Campus. The plan is ‘U’ shaped formed around a central service core containing WC’s, lifts and the main service riser. Our proposals divide the space into two distinct zones, student facing services and offices. Each area has a dedicated entrance with interview/counselling rooms providing a buffer between each space.
The new entrance to the student services centre will enhance visibility, with super graphics identifying the space from the main lobby. A reception area has also been provided. The space has been designed to exceed the requirements of Part M of the Building Regulations. All aspects of the design will cater for unrestricted access to wheelchair users, with low working surfaces, wider doors, level thresholds, inclusive seating, power assisted main doors and accessible tea point.
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Occupied campus Open plan offices Reception area Student drop in £350,000 construction cost
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Fraser Brown MacKenna have a long history working with organisations that promote skills training and crafts, so we were delighted to be appointed by one of London’s ancient Livery Companies following a competitive interview to create more accommodation for students attending the University of the Arts. The Worshipful Company of Cordwainers (leather workers) is now a registered charity which devotes a significant amount of resources to support those currently training to work with leather - in the fashion industry. Our brief was to extend the existing halls at Cordwainers Court by utilising an adjacent infill site in the south east corner of St Thomas’ Square; a short walk from the University of the Arts campus on Mare Street. The charity uses its assets to subsidise the residences; making rooms significantly more affordable than similar accommodation in London.
Created as a Georgian suburb of Hackney, St. Thomas’ Square has had a colourful history but now forms part of the Mare Street Conservation Area. Our design proposals, which received planning consent in December 2011 from the London Borough of Hackney will provide 15 new, modern and comfortable study bedrooms within a contemporary but sympathetic addition to the square that maximises the use of the infill site. In order to keep rents affordable, the rooms have no individual en-suite facilities but adjoining rooms share a bathroom. There are several twin rooms in the new building, including two ‘penthouse’ apartments, complete with a balcony. The design of the building maximises views across the square and includes generous kitchen areas and communal space for group study.
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Student residences Conservation Area Extension Historic square Infill site Affordable rents Overlooking a park Close to protected trees £600,000 contract sum
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Fraser Brown MacKenna were Technical Architects for a major cross-campus refurbishment of four sites for London Metropolitan University, completed in March 2011. At the City Campus we refurbished the basement, fifth and sixth floors of the Grade II listed Electra House. The vaulted basement was refurbished to provide a cafe and informal study spaces. The barrell vaults in the basement were used to form ‘technobooths’ to encourage collaborative and interactive group learning, allowing multiple students to work on a joint project or presentation. The lack of natural light meant white was selected as the principal colour, with a vivid red to pick out key features.
Cafe and Social Learning Space London Metropolitan Moorgate Campus
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Red “Metlounge” Cafe Coffee Shop Informal study space Listed building Occupied building
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We were commissioned to refurbish part of the first floor of the Grade II listed College Building at City University’s Northampton Square Campus. The existing layout no longer provided fit-for-purpose working and academic space and the quality of the student facing environment was poor in comparison to other parts of the campus. Our design solution provided six high quality new lecture rooms, two computer labs, a seminar room and social learning space by re-activating the original layout of the Edwardian building. The original structure of the 1896 building provides generous rooms that are well proportioned and offer a variety of opportunities. We proposed the removal of the later partitions and suspended ceiling installations and reconfiguration of the existing, fractured, circulation route. Our proposals sought to capitalise on the benefits of the proportions of the original rooms to create larger, more efficient workspaces.
We introduced a raised floor – both to carry new mechanical and electrical services that will improve the energy efficiency of the space – but also to increase the internal floor level so that users can see out of the beautiful sash windows from desk height for the first time. Central to the scheme was the remodelling of the existing administration office to create a new social learning space. This area maximises on the original features of the structural arches and impressive sash windows that were previously partially concealed. Retractable glass screens within the arches allow the space to be subdivided, with lighting, fixtures and furnishings carefully selected to create a series of high quality ‘destinations’ suited to a variety of group and study sizes.
Social learning space + seminar rooms City University London
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Refurbishment New services Grade II listed building Lecture rooms Computer labs Informal study space Flexible learning environments
The project was completed under a design and build contract. We were notaved to ITC Concepts. MEP Service design was by Rolton and the Structural Engineer was Curtins Consulting.
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We were appointed following a design competition for a £1.7m refurbishment of three blocks at London Metropolitan’s Benwell Road Campus in Holloway to provide new teaching, study and administration spaces. The spaces were to house the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, following their move from the Ladbroke House building during summer 2012.
Circulation improvements were made across the entire campus to improve the customer journey and wayfinding. Lecture spaces were designed to encourage group participation, with particular attention paid to layout and acoustics. Their flexible configuration allows them to be easily converted into drama and dance performance spaces, as well as to be hired out to provide an additional source of revenue.
Our brief was to retain as much of the urban ‘grain’ of the existing buildings as possible, reduce costs, whilst repurposing space to their new uses.
ITC Concepts were appointed as Principal Contractor and the project was completed on time and on budget in 2012.
The project included creating a new 150 seat lecture theatre in the basement of the former laboratory building, two 50 person seminar rooms, 12 other teaching spaces with a maximum capacity of 586 students. We provided new academic offices and a new faculty admin hub and reception, with informal study space (“technobooths”) and social learning space for 79 workstations, new WCs and welfare facilities.
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Conservation Area Refurbishment New services 150 seat lecture theatre Seminar rooms Flexible teaching spaces Admin hub Faculty reception Break out space Limited budget
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City University has a growing number of students who do not drink alcohol, for health, cultural and religious reasons, which was providing a changing clientele. The Union wished to target the lunch-time market – providing food on site to discourage students from leaving the campus – whilst continuing to operate as a popular night time venue. Fraser Brown MacKenna were commissioned to re-design the ground floor, to provide a new shop, cafe, bar and dance floor facilities to cater for 400-500 students. The brief was extended to provide offices for student representatives and facilities managers on the first floor. The project is innovative because we created a space that remains a popular night time venue whilst also catering successfully for the daytime market.
The new cafeteria space and dance floor, rather than the bar, have become the focal point for the venue, making the atmosphere more welcoming for the growing number of students who do not drink. Other innovations include working successfully within the constraints of an occupied campus and delivering a complex, highly serviced project with long-lead specialist items (the kitchen and bar equipment) on a fast track programme and opening in time for Freshers Week.
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By stripping back the existing space and working closely with the managers and clients of the Students’ Union to establish the needs of the business, we created a flexible venue that can cater for the daytime and evening markets as well as out of season events (the space has already been used for wedding receptions). The scheme substantially increased the square footage of commercial space and the number of staff workstations.
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Fast track refit Improved customer experience for both daytime and nigh time users Innovative solution to overcome restricted headroom £950,000 project Complete September 2008
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The new design significantly reduces the dominance of the bar, making the space comfortable for use by the growing number of students who do not consume alcohol. The venue seating capacity increased from 50 to 160 people and turnover doubled in the first six months following refurbishment. The improved quality of the interior has added significantly to the range of clients the venue can cater for out of term time, providing extra revenue for the Union. Challenges : Creating a venue which would appeal to students who do not drink alcohol for cultural and religious reasons whilst retaining a nightclub feel. Working within the constraints of an existing building with low floor to ceiling height. Rather than use metal air conditioning ducts, which would need insulating to prevent condensation and create more ‘bulk’ on the ceiling, we used a fabric air duct system instead. We ran LED lighting strips through the fabric air ducts to create interesting features.
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The colour of the lighting on each strip is controlled by a panel behind the bar and can be used to create different effects and different times of the day. Teamwork : We worked closely with building users to understand their needs (see reference opposite). We worked closely with the contractor and specialist suppliers to resolve interface details during the long-lead period for specialist items (such as kitchen equipment) due to the tight programme and requirement to open in time for freshers week. Environmental Factors : Improved insulation, improved space utilisation.
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City University Students’ Union www.city.ac.uk/studentsunion
03.02.09 To whom it may concern Fraser Brown MacKenna (FBM) acted as the architects on a refurbishment of the City University Students’ Union. This project involved the refurbishment of a disjointed and inefficient space, converting it into a large open plan venue. By stripping the building back to its basic structure and rethinking the space FBM developed a scheme which substantially increased both the square footage of commercial space and the number of staff workstations. Solutions were found for acoustics, air management, fire regulations, accessibility and the requirements of the licensing authorities. We felt FBM took the time to understand our business and operational requirements which resulted in an impressive and flexible design. As a result of the project the venue seating capacity has increased from 50 to 160 people, turnover has more than doubled and we have been able to add significant breadth to the range of clients we work with outside of term time. I would have no hesitation in recommending Fraser Brown MacKenna and would be happy for any prospective client to visit our venue and inspect their work.
Aidan McDonald General Manager City University Students’ Union
Northampton Square, London EC1V 0HB Tel: 020 7404 5600 Fax: 020 7040 5601 Nothing on this paper constitutes an order, unless accompanied by an official CUSU order form. FraserBrownMacKennaArchitects
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Fraser Brown MacKenna were appointed to refurbish a CAT2 lab within the School of Engineering and Material Sciences at Queen Mary, University of London.
We also installed an acid fume cupboard with a sump tank and scrubber extracted to an external ducted system and a separate solvent fume cupboard.
The laboratory was refurbished whilst the surrounding area was in occupation. Close co-ordination with MEP engineers and estates staff was required to overcome the challenge of finding new space for the additional service requirements.
The project was procured under a traditional contract and completed on budget. The whole project took just seven months from inception to completion; the tight programme arising from funding deadlines.
The laboratory includes a new optic room with a Type 3 laser. A number of safety features are incorporated into the design, including connecting the door opening device to the laser so that it automatically turns off when the door is opened.
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Fraser Brown MacKenna were commissioned to expand and modernise facilities for the City University School of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences (SEMS), through the ra¬tionalisation and refurbishment of existing space on the Basement and Ground floors of the Tait Building. The 7000m2 project comprised major refurbishment of 4,000m2 and light refurbishment of 3,000m2 and all works had to be considered as part of the wider campus phasing and master-planning. This required ongoing consultation with other framework architects and the Properties and Facilities department. The £8 million re-design improves circulation and efficiency, consolidates departments and increases interaction amongst staff and students. Officesproject necessitated a complex The SEMS PHD Office briefing process, occupancy studies SEMS Research Office Student Union and appraisals of both existing and Shared Teaching Space Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineeringand facilities for proposed equipment Technical Facilities four departments – Department of Civil Engineering Electrical and Electronic Engineering Mathematics, Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering and Department of Mechanical & Aeronautical Engineering. FBM liaised throughout with MEP engineers to introduce the necessary services upgrades and worked closely with academics to design highly specialised, attractive spaces. The scope included installing large-scale wind tunnels, relocating flight simulators and laser laboratories, providing flexible workshop space and designing a new concrete centrifuge. Key to unlocking the sequence of moves was the relocation of the Aeronautics Department to an existing double height under-croft space. This was not initially popular with users but the proposed design secured buy-in and it now operates as a successful teaching and research environment.
The existing building condition and basement location generated structural, waterproofing and firestopping issues, which had to be
resolved in conjunction with the spatial demands. FBM seized the opportunity to rationalise by exploiting the disused under-croft, admitting daylight into the centre of the building and introducing new mezzanine space. The circulation through the Tait Building was reorganised and a new mezzanine floor provided to create a permanent level access link to the adjoining campus buildings. The mezzanine houses a research zone with glass-fronted offices overlooking the central, triple height multipurpose space underneath the Oliver Thompson Lecture Theatre. The new open plan office areas improve spatial efficiency whilst encouraging a collaborative and interactive learning and research environment. All works to offices are in line with SKA Silver requirements to improve the ‘green’ credentials of the building. The interior architec¬ture and finishes are functional and robust whilst adding interest and vibrancy to the spaces. The project serves to provide a sense of identity for both SEMS and the individual departments, enhancing the reputation of the school and the university as a whole. Biomedical Research Lab The new facility provides a state of the art laboratory for the design, development and evaluation of bio-instrumentation to assist in the investigation of physiological phenomena (respiratory and cardiovascular measurements, medical optics, microelectronics etc). The design of the lab involved the creation of space for powerful computers which perform complex bio-signal and medical imaging processing and analysis. Such technologies would aid in the prognosis (screening) or diagnosis of various diseases. The space was developed as a highly collaborative environment whereby resources of equipment and research could and would be shared, something missing in the previous layout.
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Our brief at the Cockcroft Building was to retrofit the 15,000sqm ten storey mixed use academic building, transforming the quality of the interior space to provide a state-of-the-art learning environment, improve energy efficiency and reduce maintenance costs. The first phase of the project covers the eight upper floors of the building. Four floors will provide specialist teaching space for 1,124 staff and students, including over twelve laboratories and testing areas for the School of Environment and Technology. The other floors will provide office and meeting space for 561 academics and researchers – one floor dedicated to each of the schools which occupy the building. The new teaching accommodation has been designed to provide a high quality, technology rich, flexible spaces that will meet the needs of the future.
The new space will provide a suite of ‘learning labs’ which, unlike traditional lecture theatres, will allow both didactic and collaborative learning. Each lab has been designed as a ‘destination’ forming part of the student experience. Working closely with AV and IT specialists, we have proposed individual tablet devices rather than desktop or built-in technology, with power provided within the worktops, supplemented by AV, project-on and write-on-walls. Offices will be set around the perimeter each floor, maximising natural ventilation and daylight, with ancilliary accommodation such as meeting rooms and photocopying booths, social learning zones and informal meeting spaces co-located centrally. This ‘hub’ concept provides a social heart to each office floor and school, encouraging interaction between staff and students.
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Reducing carbon emissions and energy costs has been a key priority for the design team. A ‘solar corridor’ provides a buffer between the southern elevation and the teaching spaces, reducing overheating and equalising internal temperatures. The thermal properties of the building envelope are being improved with new, double glazed windows. Internally we are stripping the building back to expose the concrete structure, allowing it to be used as a heat store, radiating cooler night time air in the summer and warmer temperatures in the winter. Heating and cooling will be via a new Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage system – boreholes have already been drilled.
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The roof has been reinsulated, with132 photovoltaic panels installed , which generate up to 45kWh of electricity on a summer day. Modelling suggests a saving of £47,000 per annum in energy bills, with CO2 emissions reduced to just 1,335kg/CO2/per person per year. The project was procured using the ISIE Framework and the pre-construction tender was won by Willmot Dixon Interiors. The first four floors of the £20m project have been completed.
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Fraser Brown MacKenna were employed by Vivid Interiors (now Overbury Education) to act as their Technical Architects for the refurbishment of Central House. Up to tender stage (RIBA Stage D/E), the architectural work was undertaken by another firm. The work was carried out as part of an £8.7m campus reconfiguration project across four sites. As part of the refurbishment, we undertook works to the City Fitness Centre. The enhanced suite provides cardiovascular equipment and fixed weight machines and a range of dumbells as well as changing rooms and showers.
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The refurbishment was undertaken while the surrounding parts of the building were in occupation. The project was completed in April 2011.
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Fraser Brown MacKenna were employed by Vivid Interiors (now Overbury Education) to act as their Technical Architects for the refurbishment of the basement, ground and mezzanine floors of the Learning Resource Centre at the Holloway Road Campus. The work was carried out as part of an £8.7m campus reconfiguration project across four sites. The steel framed structure dates from 1967 when it was built as a glass and mirror factory. It was refurbished in 1993 when it was acquired for use as a library and a mezzanine floor was inserted. Prior to refurbishment, the quality of the LRC was poor, with dated and boring interiors and poor circulation routes which meant that the customer journey through the space was poor.
The brief for the refurbishment was to open up the entrance to improve accessibility, circulation and provide an improved street presence. A new double height cafe area on Holloway Road and new windows to Hornsey Road have opened up the LRC creating an inviting space. Internally, more flexible study areas have been provided through a variety of seating and study spaces. New glazed offices and teaching spaces improve the working environment for staff. Techno booths have been installed, to provide venues for group study and presentations. New lighting, heating and cooling systems provide enhanced energy efficiency. The main open plan areas benefit from displacement ventilation and static cooling with cellular spaces provided with new fan coil heating/ cooling systems.
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Learning Resource Centre Offices for support staff Cafeteria Computer touch down Techno booths Informal study space Seminar Rooms Fast track fit out Live environment £3.5m D&B contract Complete April 2011
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DMS Watson Science Library University College London
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The DMS Watson Library at University College London had been digitising a great deal of its reference material which led to a demand for more terminal-based library accommodation. A limited site and budget called for an innovative solution. The ground floor of the building was just high enough to insert a mezzanine, although by only a few centimetres on one side. The plan incorporates four zones. The first includes the Dorma security entrance adjacent to the main issue desk. The second zone is a two storey space, not high enough to incorporate a mezzanine, with book stacks, a bank of photocopiers and a row of catalogue terminals.
The next zone is a top lit space with 24 reading spaces incorporating stairs to the mezzanine. The fourth zone has 100 LCD screen computer terminals in rows on the mezzanine, a quarter of them in the screened off teaching area and 60 underneath. Cable management is via dado trunking and below desk conduits. The project was carried out and completed within a tight window over the long vacation whilst the surrounding parts of the building were in occupation. Fraser Brown MacKenna acted as Lead Architects and Interior Designers, creating a bespoke issue desk and furniture as part of the scheme.
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Fraser Brown MacKenna were employed as Technical Architects for the refurbishment of the ground floor of Central House. The work was carried out as part of an £8.7m campus reconfiguration project across four sites. Central House is located in Aldgate, Whitechapel. It is important to the corporate image of the University because at the start of the autumn semester, the ground floor forms the main enrolment centre for all courses across LMU. This means up to 25,000 people pass through Central House in the space of two weeks. The building is also home to London Met’s Design School and the building has an industrial feel with exposed surfaces. The project involved the creation of a new entrance, with a new canopy, reception area, breakout and cafe space.
An art gallery was created, for the exhibition of both student projects and for curatorial use.
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A large central multi-purpose space was opened up, with a new rooflight provided. This space will be used for enrolment, examinations, lectures, soft seating and additional exhibition space. A new art studio space was also created. This area will also be used for enrolment.
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The project was completed whilst the upper floors of the building, housing the Design School, were in use. The works also included refurbishment of the City Fitness Suite. The project was completed in April 2011.
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Multi-use space New front of house Faculty reception Cafe and drop down space New Art Gallery Exhibition Space Studios Enrolment centre Examinations centre Refurbishment & retrofit Live environment Design & Build contract £3.5m Complete April 2011
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Fraser Brown MacKenna were commissioned by the Slade School of Fine Art to undertake the refurbishment and extension of the building. The priority was to provide new workspaces due to a surge in demand for student places. A new computer studies department was also required. Services needed to be upgraded throughout and the layout and circulation within the building needed rationalisation. The buildings occupied by the Slade are part of UCL’s Bloomsbury Campus in Gower Street and are Grade I listed. They had last been refurbished in 1926. Our proposals for the refurbishment and extension of the building had to be developed in consultation with Conservation Officers from Camden Council as well as Inspectors from English Heritage, who were initially concerned about potential damage to historic fabric.
In addition to these restrictions, the constricted site meant the possibility for extending the building were limited.
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The challenge of providing additional floorspace and improving circulation were achieved without causing damage to the fabric of the existing building or compromising its character through the introduction of mezzanine floors, resulting in a series of interventions which are designed to be reversible.
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A continuous 5.2m wide mezzanine runs the length of the two lofty first floor painting studios, punching through the partition wall. Another mezzanine provides a second level in what was formerly the men’s life drawing studio. The mezzanines are supported on steel columns and beams, with particle board floors capable of taking a 5kN/m2 loading.
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Simple steel and cable balustrading is finished in micaceous paint. In the theatre-design department on the top floor, we created additional space raising student intake from five to ten students each year by knocking three separate workshops into one large space, and adding a mezzanine which extends to the full length of the building. A new mezzanine in the administrative office on the ground floor is reached by a spiral stair. It supports a new glassfronted office and passageway through to the archivist’s office (formerly occupied by a water tank). Beyond this, a short bridge leads to the new archive department created by suspending a narrow mezzanine from the existing roof trusses. By moving all of these functions into mezzanines, space has been freed to create a new printing studio overlooking the quadrangle. As part of the project we were asked to create a new sculpture studio. Situated behind the main Slade Building the new extension is a crisp, contemporary structure with a curved metal roof and blockwork rendered walls. The doors are fully glazed and a large screen of glass blocks lines the eastern elevation.
The studio’s steel-framed structure sits lightly against the north wall of the main building, attached by short cross beams, to limit interventions into the Grade I listed structure. A sloping patent-glazed rooflight provides a subtle junction between the old and new by separating the studio roof from the wall of the old building and allowing natural light to wash down over the weathered brickwork. Materials and sculpture can be brought in and out of the new building through a double-height lobby fitted with a hoist. An external stair links the mezzanine with the main building, but a separate entrance, opening on to the lane, allows the studio to be used as a self-contained unit and public viewing gallery. By working closely with the client and offers from English Heritage, we were able to substantially improve the academic environment at the Slade without interfering with the Grade I listed structure. The improvements made to the building contributed to the school achieving an improved academic rating, leading to higher income.
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Following the closure of the Grade II listed Laurie Grove public baths, the buildings were acquired by Goldsmiths, University of London. They now provide studio space for students practising at the forefront of their field. We were commissioned to undertake repair works to the listed building, refurbish the curator’s room, improve accessibility and fire precautions and create a new entrance to the building all carried out whilst the building was in use. The existing entrance off Laurie Grove is stepped externally and internally, making access for people with mobility problems difficult. The entrance also hinders the movement of artwork in and out of the building. We gained planning permission for a new entrance to the rear of the former bath house, located opposite the new Ben Pimlott Building. The sensitive design utilises weathered steel (also known as Cor-Ten) - a material specifically chosen for is sculptural qualities and industrial aesthetic.
The project brief was expanded to incorporate a new gallery space in the two redundant water tanks that previously served the baths. The contract was let to Bryan & Langley and Phase 1 of the project, comprising internal repair works, is now complete. This involved managing over eighty separate interventions into the building and included restitching brickwork (including the glazed bricks within the former pool house), repairs to timber and the replacement of part of the roof structure, with new finishes and decorations throughout. Careful management of these works was necessary as the project was carried out during a tight timescale over the summer holidays whilst the building continued to be used.
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Refurbishment New entrance & gallery Grade II listed building Access improvements Fire precautions Brickwork repairs Live environment Two phase project
As part of this phase we also made a new access into the redundant water tanks which will house the new gallery. Goldsmiths are currently undertaking a fundraising campaign before starting work on Phase 2 of the project, which will comprise the new entrance and gallery.
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National surgical innovation centre Queen Mary University London
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Completed under a fast track design and build contract, the new centre on the first floor of the Abernathy Building on Whitechapel Road is the first of its kind in the UK. The NCBRSI (National Centre for Bowel Research and Surgical Innovation) brings together under one roof scientists, clinicians and clinical trial specialists. Creating a space which would encourage collaboration and innovation within an inter-disciplinary team was at the heart of the design proposals as Professor Norman Williams, Director of the Centre and President of the Royal College of Surgeons, explains; “We can make great strides if we can pool expertise from different sectors of the medical chain, but we need an organisation and a structure with which to do that.”
The new centre provides different specialised lab areas as well as office and meeting space for researchers, academics and administration staff. The layout optimises space efficiency whilst promoting the transfer of knowledge with a sequence of spaces that provide a safe, secure research environment. The design incorporates air lock lobbies, ante-rooms and a separate pressurised ventilation system. The laboratory areas are grouped into a distinct zone, assisting with rationalisation of servicing and the sequencing of activities, lab security, maintenance and hygiene procedures. The project is a joint venture between Queen Mary University of London, Barts and the London NHS Trust and the charity Bowel & Cancer Research, which contributed £2.4m of funding to enable the centre to launch.
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We were appointed by City University to relocate the Aeronautics Department as the first stage of the refurbishment of the Tait Building. The project involved the provision of new laboratories and relocation of a number of wind tunnels and associated servicing. This complex project involved the diversion of the main electricity intake for the entire campus and was carried out while the surrounding buildings were in occupation.
The new compressor location has been selected to optimise efficiencies with minimal ductwork runs with a straight route between the compressor and wind tunnels.
We provided a new main laboratory housing three wind tunnels in addition to teaching space. A separate Transonic Laboratory hosues the Transonic Tunnel, served from a new compressor. The tunnel uses Polaroid cameras to capture the results of the wind tunnel - the camera requires acoustic isolation and blackout facilities to record the results of experiments.Both labs benefit from atmospheric dust control to allow the wind tunnels to operate effectively.
The Project Technical Centre provides a centralised space for metal working and practical testing, with a dedicated techncians office with glazed wall to supervise the PTC. The centre includes a new welding bay for metal working. The design accommodates fork lift access for heavy deliveries and loading cranes. The £8.5m refurbishment of the Tait Building is being carried out in phases. The final phase will be complete in June 2015.
We re-located the wood workshop installing a new industrial curtain to contain dust and noise. The new location improves logistics for receiving deliveries of supplies and the design provides an enlarged storage area.
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Fraser Brown MacKenna were appointed to refurbish the Automotive Laboratory at Kingston University’s Roehampton Vale campus following fire damage (pictured). The Roehampton Vale campus provides teaching rooms and specialist laboratories for engineering students, with the work undertaken at the Automotive Lab a key part of the curriculum. The project had to be delivered within a tight four month programme so that students were able to continue with their studies with minimal disruption. The space is modern, boasting an extensive range of resources including a new speed testing area, car lift, office and motorbike testing area. Storage, work bench and washing facilities were also provided.
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270sqm laboratory £250,000 Vehicle test and build areas Fume extract system Heavily serviced building Tight programme Safety improvements
Due to the type and range of equipment needed within the Lab, the space is heavily serviced. Successfully delivering the project required considerable consultation with MEP consultants Downie Consulting as well as Kingston University.
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New media arts technology studio Queen Mary University of London
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The Media Arts and Technology Studios at Queen Mary University have been designed to facilitate different types of sound, music and performance research. The facility, located within the School of Electronics Engineering and Computer Science at the Mile End Campus, is used by performing arts students from across the University of London. The studios consist of a performance space and a control room; both acoustically sealed environments. The performance area is a large space with a high ceiling (9 x 8m) with all surfaces painted in matte black. Hanging points and lighting bars provide mounting points for projectors, speakers and screens. The performance space is equipped not only with microphones but also with motion sensors to track physical performances.
The Control Room is equipped with high quality recording software and facilities for mastering, mixing and post-production. An optical link allows up to 128 simultaneous channels of digital audio to be routed between the performance space and the control room. The studio is located within the Engineering Building, which lies directly above the Central Line (London Underground). We have therefore created two acoustically sealed rooms by installing a secondary concrete floor slab, new walls and a roof, mounted on springs. Walls and the ceiling are not fixed to the existing structure but supported using resilient ties, to eliminate any effects from the tube line below.
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performance acoustic specifications, a complete strip-out and re-build of the internal floor and walls was essential, requiring careful and complex detailing in continuous consultation with structural and acoustic engineers to ensure a sound tight junction between the old and new structures. Insulating to existing windows to the required level presented further challenges. To address this, the existing glazing was supplemented by secondary glazing and followed by a third layer of acoustic glazing.
The Goldsmiths Music Studios, located on New Cross Road in SouthEast London, have been designed to be a creative space for research, performance and recording where musicians, both Goldsmiths students and members of the public, can make professional-level recordings using state-of-the-art equipment. Fraser Brown Mackenna refurbished the existing music department and added a cedar clad -extension to the buildings rear to provide three studios, an office, a control room and WC facilities. The existing Victorian building suffered significant damage during the Second World War; and though repaired its complex structure offered poor thermal and acoustic insulation. This, in combination with the sites location on a highly trafficked and loud road meant that that a highly sound tight envelope was essential in the success of the studios. To meet the high
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FBM developed Innovative timber-clad acoustic panels to line the internal studio walls. The adjustable ‘dualmode panels’ offer variable acoustic responses to suit the reverberation requirements for recording different types of music, enhancing the acoustic flexibility of the space and presenting the studios with a unique selling point.
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High acoustic specification Heavily serviced space Re-furbished Victorian building ‘Dual-function’ acoustic panels Professional level recording studios
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A striking transformation of a tired and uncomfortable academic building for Queen Mary University of London, extending the life of the building for a fraction of the cost of rebuild. The G.E.Fogg Building houses the School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, one of the largest departments at Queen Mary University of London’s Mile End campus and bears the name of a noted Professor of Botany. The seven storey, 7,000sqm building houses over 70 permanent academic staff and 1300 undergraduate and postgraduate students. The building is predominantly dedicated to specialist teaching laboratories with two large teaching labs and a suite of ‘Containment Level 3’ labs, which are used to conduct research into bio-hazards and toxins such as SARS and MRSA. The building was uneconomic to heat and extreme solar glare meant it was hardly a suitable space for some of the world’s leading scientists. The concrete structure was corroded and the windows were leaking.
Redevelopment was not a feasible option, so we developed a three-fold sustainable retrofit solution;
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• To increase the insulation of the existing opaque walls •To install new high performance glazing throughout •To include monocrystalline PV cells on parts of the south and south-east facing elevations and sloped roofs
G.E.Fogg Building Queen Mary University
In delivering the £2.9m project, we overcame the logistical challenges of working around live laboratories and a building which bridges a public highway, installing 4,600sqm of rainscreen cladding and curtain walling across the complex building geometry. The result is improved user comfort with solar gain reduced by 20% and improved thermal comfort, a striking new identity, energy demand reduction of 70% and the generation of 2700kWh/pa renewable energy through PV cells in the facade, contributing to an annual CO2 reduction of 6.0kg/CO2/m2.
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Reclad of 1970s building Laboratories and offices Occupied building 33% less heat demand Improved user comfort Extended life of building Striking new image Photovoltaics in facade
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Recladding Refenestration 1960s academic building Improved user comfort 70% reduction in heat demand Extended life of building 30yrs Striking new building image Overcame complex geometry Occupied building 6.0kg/CO2/m2 pa reduction
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Fraser Brown Mackenna were appointed as Lead Consultants of a multidisciplinary design team for the recladding of the Tower Building, a prominent building on the Penrhyn Road campus at Kingston University. Taking the project to RIBA Stage C, the developed design proposal offered drastic improvements in space and energy efficiency while balancing capital outlay and the whole life cost of the building. The Tower Building is of a construction typical of a 1960’s tower building with visual structural surveys and investigations showing that the building is in a good condition. The thermal performance however is very poor, with significant heat loss through existing windows and building fabric. Two key refurbishment options were explored in-depth, both of which led by the heating and ventilation strategy as this would have the single biggest influence on the building’s environmental performance.
The first was the Summer Natural Ventilation option which reduces CO2 emissions through improved summer performance. Through overcladding the entire building, the external envelope has an enhanced environmental control system, reducing solar gain and energy consumption.
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CO2 reduction calculation: Existing: 1,412,768 kgCO2/m2 Option 1: 790,879 kgCO2/m2
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The second was the Passivhaus option which further minimises energy and CO2 emissions through an extremely high performance external envelope that provides significant air tightness and insulation. This approach provided an opportunity for the University to make a clear statement regarding it’s sustainability aspirations.
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Energy efficiency Over cladding Efficient heating and ventilation strategy Significant CO2 reduction Stage C Report Passivhaus option
CO2 reduction calculation: Existing: 1,412,768 kgCO2/m2 Option 1: 680,249 kgCO2/m2
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Building Building Demand Demand Utlilty Type TOTAL Options Utlilty Type TOTAL Options kWh/year kWh/year Gas 46197 Base Option Gas 46197 Electricity 132185 Base Option Electricity 132185 Summer Natural Gas 42736 Summer Natural Electricity Gas 42736 Ventilation 60037 Ventilation Electricity 60037 Gas 14945 Passivhaus Gas 14945 Electricity 60037 Passivhaus Electricity 60037
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Solar Thermal/Photovoltaic Installation Solar Thermal/Photovoltaic Installation Saving Area Size* Renewable Saving Possible Area Size* Renewable 2 Possible kW kWh/yr % m kW kWh/yr % m92 8397 18.2% 9 8397 18.2% 180 29.5 18000 13.6% 180 29.5 18000 13.6% 9 8397 19.6% 9 8397 19.6% 180 29.5 18000 30.0% 180 29.5 18000 30.0% 9 8397 56.2% 9 8397 56.2% 180 29.5 18000 30.0% 180 29.5 18000 30.0% Cost Benefits
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Cost Benefits Capital Repayment Average Tariffs Resulting FIT/RHI** Payback Cost Time over 20 years*** Cost Capital Repayment Average Tariffs Energy Resulting FIT/RHI** Payback £ p/kWh £/year years p/kWh £/20 years Cost Time over 20 years*** Energy Cost 9,000 8.5 714 12.6 16 120,959 £ p/kWh £/year years p/kWh £/20 years 118,125 32.9 5922 19.9 70 1,598,586 9,000 8.5 714 12.6 16 120,959 9,000 8.5 714 12.6 16 109,886 118,125 32.9 5922 19.9 70 1,598,586 118,125 32.9 5922 19.9 70 588,520 9,000 8.5 714 12.6 16 109,886 9,000 8.5 714 12.6 16 20,953 118,125 32.9 5922 19.9 70 588,520 118,125 32.9 5922 19.9 70 588,520 9,000 8.5 714 12.6 16 20,953 118,125 32.9 5922 19.9 70 588,520
TOTAL NET COSTS OVERNET 20 YEARS TOTAL COSTS £ 20 YEARS £ OVER 126,233 £ £ 1,725,134 1,598,901 126,233 1,725,134 115,161 1,598,901 703,996 588,835 115,161 703,996 26,228 588,835 615,063 588,835 26,228 615,063 588,835
Energy saving and cost benefit * Based on Sanyofor Monocrystalline PVs *Viessmann Solar Thermal Panels analysis tables all three options NKH210 CellSanyo EfficieMonocrystalline 18.9 % PVs kWh/m2/yr UK incident solar radiati 933 * Based on *Viessmann Solar Thermal Panels that were explored for 210 theW Max Output solar panel efficiency 43% NKH210 Cell Efficie 18.9 % kWh/m2/yr UK incident solar radiati 933 recladding Tower Dimensions x 0.81 m kWh/m2/yr solar panel output 401.19 Max Output of the1.58 210Building. W solar panel efficiency 43% Area of Cell 1.28 m 2 m2 Area of Panel Dimensions 1.58 x 0.81 kWh/m2/yr solar panel output 401.19 3 Area of Cell 1.28 m2 m2 Area of Panel 3 CONCLUSIONS CONCLUSIONS 2 2 There is clear value both environmentally and financially for adding 180m of PV and 9m of Solar Thermal panels onto the 2 2 existing roof, which ever option is taken forward. It is however only the Summer Natural Ventilation option and Passivhaus There is clear value both environmentally and financially for adding 180m of PV and 9m of Solar Thermal panels onto the Option where the benefit of these renewables has a large impact, due in part to the reduced demand for electricity due to existing roof, which ever option is taken forward. It is however only the Summer Natural Ventilation option and Passivhaus FraserBrownMacKennaArchitects 72 the absence of mechanical cooling, and also due to the improved fabric performance. Option where the benefit of these renewables has a large impact, due in part to the reduced demand for electricity due to the absence of mechanical cooling, and also due to the improved fabric performance. The vastly improved contribution of the renewable sources of energy for the Summer Natural Vent and Passivhaus options
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