The Shulman Auditorium Oxford, Queen’s College Architecture, Design, England
The Shulman Auditorium : Queen’s College Oxford
Lecture Theatre Building, England, UK – design by Berman Guedes Stretton
30 Jun 2012
Shulman Lecture Theatre Oxford
Design: Berman Guedes Stretton
The Shulman Auditorium
The context could not be more challenging: with Hawksmoor spires behind it sits in the heart of the college facing the dons’ Senior Common Room.
Photos : Adrian Arbib
Yet the Shulman Auditorium is remarkable for its skilful combination of traditional materials with an uncompromisingly modern design and it became a much-loved part of the college from the moment it opened.
The use of the elegant columns as vertical cantilevers allows the roof structure to be free of horizontal ties. The roof thus floats effortlessly above the external walls and all but disappears internally.
Closing the electrically operated large timber louvres transforms the space into an intimate living room. The building conveys that rare quality of feeling as if it has always been there.
Shulman Lecture Theatre – RIBA Awards winner, 2012
Shulman Lecture Theatre – Building Information
Location: Queen’s College, Oxford
Architect: BGS Architects
Client: Queen’s College, Oxford
Contractor: Kingerlee
Consultants: Hoare Lea, Price & Myers, PSP Consultants
Contract Value: £3.0 million
Date of completion: Sep 2011
Gross internal area: 3,506 sqm
Shulman Lecture Theatre images / information from RIBA
Location: Queen’s College, Oxford, UK
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