A landmark building was transformed to create a state-of-the-art learning facility for the delivery of T-Level engineering qualifications at Leicester College’s Abbey Park Campus.
The project substantially remodelled and refurbished the existing building to provide a flexible engineering teaching centre, accommodating highly specialised equipment with improved acoustics, health and safety conditions, comfort conditions and sustainability to improve the learner experience.
The project included part-removal of the ground floor workshop wall and replacement with a glazed curtain wall, modernising the main entrance and approach and improving thermal performance and connectivity with the wider College.
The centrepiece of the development is the ground floor workshop, which sees the T-Level engineering project workflow set out in clearly defined operational task zones.
The first and second floors feature an electronics laboratory, mechatronics and robotics laboratory, pneumatics laboratory, 3D printing room, ICT suite, electrical engineering laboratory and teaching classrooms.
The refurbishment included installation of new and upgraded existing infrastructure to accommodate industry standard laboratories, machinery and equipment enabling students to learn with the latest technologies.
| Client | Leicester College |
|---|---|
| Contractor | Stepnell |
| Architect and employer’s agent | Moss Architecture Interiors |
| Quantity Surveyor | MDA Consulting |
| Structural engineer | Price and Myer |
| Mechanical, electrical and plumbing | Steven Hunt Associates |
A redundant courtyard linking three separate office spaces has been reimagined as a flexible working and meeting space within a café type environment.
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