Freemen’s Common Student Village has created 1,164 student rooms for various living styles and budgets. It is already the most popular accommodation option at the University.
Creating such a number of additional accommodation units has eased demand for the traditional family housing stock nearby.
The Freemen’s Common scheme also includes a 555-space car park, a student reception hub and the Sir Bob Burgess Teaching and Learning Building at the head of a new square.
The development has turned this inward-facing and slightly isolated settlement into a vibrant and inclusive neighbourhood which welcomes both students and the local community.
New pedestrian and cyclist facilities within and surrounding the development reinforces the creation of a safe walkable and cyclable neighbourhood.
The seven high-rise accommodation blocks used off-site modular construction techniques to provide high thermal mass, making them highly energy efficient.
| Client: University of Leicester |
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| Funding partner: Equitix |
| Equity partner and constructor: Equans |
| Residential architect: Sheppard Robson |
| Architect and master planner: Associated Architects |
| Planning consultants: Aspbury Planning |
| Planning consultants: Montagu Evans |
| Transport consultant: Phil Jones Associates |
| Civil and structural engineer: Arup |
| Acoustics: WSP |
| Landscape architect: Plincke |
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