Wadham College, Oxford
View all projectsThe Dorothy Wadham Building is a new undergraduate residential quad comprising four individual buildings of three and four storeys arranged around a shared courtyard garden. Lining the quad's fourth side is a single storey pavilion, an informal common room for students in term time and a conference and teaching facility throughout the summer. Domestic in scale as befits their residential location, the buildings quietly assert themselves, representing the College in this prominent location on a main route into the city.
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A traditional quad form conveys a strong collegiate identity
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Context
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The high-quality building provides the College with a strong presence on the Iffley Road, a main arterial route into Oxford
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The single storey 'Garden Room' along the eastern edge of the quad
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On the edge of a conservation area, a principle challenge was to design new institutional architecture to sit comfortably within a residential setting of heritage value
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The variety of volumes created by the gabled roof form an exciting mix of attic rooms
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Common kitchens overlook the internal courtyard and provide a backdrop of activity
- City
- Oxford, UK
- Use
- Education
- Client
- Wadham College, University of Oxford
- Status
- Completed
- Size
- 5,432 sqm
- Units
- 137
- Awards
RIBA Regional Award 2021, Oxford Preservation Trust Award New Building 2020, Oxford Preservation Trust Award Green Award 2020, Civic Trust Award Regional Finalist 2020, BD Higher Education Architect of the Year Award 2021
- Collaborators
Project manager: Bidwells
Structure: Engineers HRW
Services: Skelly and Couch
Contractor: Gilbert Ash
Planning: Carter Jones
Cost: PSP
Access: David Bonnett Associates
Landscape: Bradley Hole Schoenaich Landscape Architects