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Sheffield Learning Hub: University Building
Yorkshire Education Building in Northern England – design by RMJM, UK
4 Dec 2009
Sheffield University Learning Hub
Design: RMJM Architects
Location: Jessop Hospital site
Sheffield University Learning Hub Design
A sympathetic yet challenging design from international architecture firm RMJM has been granted planning approval from Sheffield City Council. The design is for a new Learning Hub within the existing Grade II listed Edwardian wing of the University situated on the wider Jessop Hospital site, which ultimately connects the two separate nodes of the University campus as set out in the RMJM development framework of 2002.
West Elevation View:
The Edwardian wing will provide high quality flexible learning and teaching spaces in which students will be enabled to learn through a variety of interactive experiences with both academic staff and each other. Students will be able to access central learning and teaching support facilities to enhance their personal development.
The architects from RMJM’s Cambridge studio were faced with the dual challenges of conversion and conservation. Both the refurbishment and the new extension aim to unite the variety of the surrounding buildings, contemporary and historical, whilst establishing unequivocally the building’s own architectural identity.
RMJM’s lead designer for the Learning Hub, Murdoch Cameron from the Cambridge office is delighted with the way the project team approached this challenging design and said, “We are delighted to see this redundant building being brought back to life. It has been one of our aspirations that the ‘transformation’ of the existing wing is sympathetic to the original Edwardian architecture, whilst also delivering an outstanding learning experience to future students.”
Neil Cameron, Director of Estates at the University of Sheffield, said: “This refurbishment is an important project in the estate strategy which underpins the ongoing improvement in the University’s learning and teaching infrastructure.”
University of Sheffield Learning Hub image / information from RMJM
Sheffield Learning Hub architects : RMJM
Location: Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, UK
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