2&3 Park Square, Milton Park Oxfordshire, United Kingdom A fusion of Nature with Life Sciences
Client: Milton Park (MEPC) Size: 8,825m2
Located at the gateway to Milton Park, existing Buildings
Completion Date: 2025 Sustainability: Target - BREEAM Excellent Scope: Architectural and Lab Planning services
2&3 Park Square and their close surroundings provide the opportunity for architectural re-development and transformation into a truly unique, laboratory focused, sustainable development representative of and laying the framework for future Milton Park developments.
― WHY IT’S RELEVANT TO IMPERIAL
The architectural proposals & lab planning strategy was
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Retrofit of two existing buildings into high quality life-sciences research space
progressed through a rigorous iterative and analytical
Nature-based landscaping to create outdoor collaboration spaces.
quantity of public realm and amenity areas.
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Flexible and adaptable spaces
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Design taken from Stage 1 through to completion
process, with different design concepts and building massing profiles tested with special consideration paid to optimising the utilisation of the site and contributing to the quality and
Reuse Existing Reusing existing buildings has a key role to play in making our built environment greener and more sustainable. Central to the success of the project is the opportunity to re-use the existing fabric at 2&3 Park Square. As the buildings were granted planning permission in 2001, the existing fabric is considered to be in good condition.
Building 3 Park Square: 3 Storey Existing Office Building
Building 2 Park Square: 3 Storey Existing Office Building
Landscaping: Public Realm, Hard and Soft Landscaping
Laboratory Capable
“The Place To Be”
Additional Net Lettable
Integral to the design is the
Incorporating best in class laboratory
Rigorous testing of the existing
repurposing of Buildings 2&3 Park
space framing a range of diverse
structural capabilities of Buildings
Square to laboratory capable
outdoor collaboration spaces
2&3 Park Square proves that there
(enhanced) shell & core to enable fit
will attract the next generation
is a viable route to providing single
out by individual tenants, or as part
of scientists and researchers. The
storey, lightweight timber extensions
of tenant integration works carried
flexible development allows science
to both buildings. This additional
out by MEPC. Converting the existing
to thrive and will be the place where
net lettable area is supplemented
commercial office floors at 2&3 Park
people want to be.
by the stand alone, new build,
Square to laboratory use will provide
timber construction, ‘science on
a best in class life sciences facility.
display’ pavilion.