Multi-generational ‘on campus’ student village designed for university
LONDON: A multi-generational ‘on campus’ student village design competition has been finally determined by the adjudicators.
O’Leary Goss Architects has been named overall winner ahead of competing finalists Snug Architects of Southampton; Kraków-based SBS Engineering Group; London-based FBM Architects; and Modulor Studio with WMEBoom, Alium Group, and HCUK Group.
The teams, chosen from more than 30 entries back in June, participated in a series of virtual interviews on Monday 7 December.
The competition sought innovative proposals that harness modern methods of construction to create a ‘student village’ for the religious training institute based inside the Grade II*-listed Stoke House on the edge of Bristol.
The phased project will deliver accommodation for up to 60 students in a mix of configurations including co-living units of between three and five bedrooms.
Trinity College site development lead Malcolm Bourne said: ‘The competition provided the opportunity for a truly wonderful group of shortlisted designers to pitch proposals for our new student accommodation. Their expertise and great vision has been inspiring and challenged us to think deeply about the future potential of the college.
‘We had an encouraging day hearing from the five shortlisted designers whereby the site development group had a chance to question at length the various designs and visions. We are so thankful to all five of those shortlisted and greatly appreciate the considerable work that has gone into their proposals.’
Trinity College is based inside a 1669 country house in the Stoke Bishop suburb of Bristol. The school provides full-time and part-time undergraduate and postgraduate courses and has around 300 people on the site every day.
The Bristol Housing Festival, launched in 2018, has been promoting innovations such as smart technology and off-site manufacturing as a way to deliver quality, affordable housing. The five-year programme is supported by Bristol City Council, Bristol and Bath Regional Capital, WECA and The Shaftesbury Partnership.
Bristol Housing Festival project lead Jez Sweetland said: ‘It has been wonderful to partner with Trinity College in their pursuit of a broader vision for housing and community-building with the new student accommodation. We are thrilled that, from the excellent entries, O’Leary Goss Architects has been chosen to partner in this vision.
‘This project ties in with the vision of the Archbishop of Canterbury’s Commission on Housing, Church and Community with its focus on “building better communities and homes, not just houses” and will help the students going into church and community leadership to experience this pattern and way of living at the college for years to come.’
O’Leary Goss will now work with the college to draw up working designs for the new student village.
