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Project: University Centre
Location: Hampshire, England, UK
Architect: Design Engine Architects Ltd

Client: The University of Winchester
Construction cost: £6.5m

The new £6.5m
University Centre was won in invited competition in 2004 and represents
our third project for the University of Winchester. The 3000sqm building
sits on a steeply sloping site, where the natural topography of the campus
is both a virtue in terms of character and a hindrance to access.

The design involves two main entrances courts with secondary access at
mid level to accommodation, which includes reception, venue. bars, cinema,
restaurant, internet cafe, bookshop and offices. Over four floors the
cross section links an 11 metre height difference across the site and
is conceived as two halves. The lower two levels are buried into the hillside,
while the upper floors shelter beneath a delicate roof canopy that floats
out over the incline.
Hampshire Buildings

Design Engine Architects Ltd - www.designengine.co.uk
T : 01962 890111 / 020 78703303
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University of Winchester
Centre building : page - adrian welch / isabelle lomholt
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