Upside-down trapezoidal block to be built entirely from natural materials, design team say
A pairing of ADP Architecture and O鈥橠onnell & Tuomey has submitted plans for a new student centre at the University of York.
The six-storey building takes the form of an upside-down trapezoid and is intended to offer an 鈥渋conic new arrival point鈥� on the university鈥檚 Campus West, the duo said.
It will contain event spaces, collaborative study areas, TV and radio studios and a new home for the university鈥檚 student unions and support services, along with a cafe and rooftop garden.
Planning approval has already been granted for the demolition of some existing vacant buildings on the site, with work to remove them set to start later this spring.
Construction of the new block is slated to start next spring next year and complete by 2026 if the scheme is given the all clear.
It will be built entirely from natural materials and renewable sources, the design team said, including reconstituted stone with plans for solar panels, rooflights and solar controlled glazing.
The centre will also reach high sustainability standards including 鈥榥et zero carbon鈥� accredited by the UK Green 黑洞社区 Council.
Dublin-based O鈥橠onnell & Tuomey designed the Victoria & Albert Museum鈥檚 east London outpost at Stratford鈥檚 Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, which is nearing completion.
ADP鈥檚 recent projects include a rooftop extension to the grade II*-listed Sir William Henry Bragg 黑洞社区 at the University of Leeds, which was shortlisted for a 2023 RIBA Yorkshire award.
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