Student accommodation at St Peter’s College at the University of Oxford
Two Passivhaus Institute Low Energy Building Standard buildings providing 54 bedrooms for the college’s students
Mount Pleasant Hostel
Refurbishment of Edwardian hostel for vulnerable people on a busy central London site
This 50-bed hostel in the Hatton Garden conservation area is for vulnerable people with en-suite accommodation, communal areas and tree-lined courtyard.
Works comprised partial demolition of the existing three-storey (lower ground, ground and first floor) Edwardian hostel, refurbishment of the retained building, and a new-build four-storey extension.
The accommodation is set around a courtyard garden created by the removal of a central link block which formed the centre of the original ‘H’ plan hostel. The new build extension fronts the street.
The construction work was delivered on a busy central London location requiring careful logistics planning.
PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS
- Part of an scheme for two new hostels
- Other is a 59-bed hostel which followed completion of Mount Pleasant
Hatton Garden conservation area