Royal Veterinary College Hertfordshire, Hatfield Student Village Building, Architect
Royal Veterinary College Student Village: Hatfield Building
Hatfield Development, Hertfordshire, south east England design by HawkinsBrown Architects, UK
29 Jun 2012
Design: HawkinsBrown Architects
RIBA Awards 2012 Citation:
Royal Veterinary College Student Village
Architecturally the buildings embody the concept of sharing in a variety of ways. They thus celebrate not only economy but the spirit of education, which best derives from spontaneous meetings, interaction, and gathering.
photo : Tim Crocker
Royal Veterinary College Student Village Hatfield
The arrangement of the eight dormitory buildings creates a series of shared vistas and shared green commons across the site, spaced out enough so as not to steal light from each other. Every room has east and west aspects. For every group of six dormitory rooms, there is a shared communal room and kitchenette.
Diverse cladding materials – brick, timber, punched aluminium – are well-detailed and constructed, resulting in visual coherence. Repetition of the same building modules achieves economy without monotony, as each of the courtyards has different orientations and therefore vistas.
pictures : Tim Crocker
This project was a RIBA Awards winner in 2012
Royal Veterinary College Student Village – Building Information
Location: Confidential
Architect: HawkinsBrown
Client: Royal Veterinary College
Contractor: Morgan Sindall
Structural Engineer: Elliot Wood Partnership
Services Engineer: Max Fordham
Contract Value: confidential
Date of completion: Jan 2011
Gross internal area: 6,427 sqm
Chair of Jury: Anna Liu
Regional representative: Roger Shrimplin
Lay assessor: Matt Jones
RVC Student Village Hatfield images / information from RIBA
HawkinsBrown Architects
Location: Hatfield, Hertfordshire, Southeast England, United Kingdom
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