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RIBA workstages

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Project Architect

£ 10 million

A - C+ Planning PermissionMarch 2008 - September 2008

The Love Lane Building contains 78 student rooms as well as offices, lecture rooms and junior and senior commons rooms on the ground floor. The building is set within the curtilage of a Grade II listed building as well as being within a conservation area. It is also sited next to a registered garden at Wadham College and adjacent to a 17th century Civil War rampart within archaeological remains under the footprint of the proposed building. The scheme exceeded the client’s brief in terms of accommodation by 18 rooms. The building is also designed with a single stair approach further improving efficiency and achieving better value.

I was responsible for the successful planning application which replaced an extant consent for the site. This involved detailed negotiations with English Heritage, City Conservation and Tree Officers to achieve a successful planning permission.

Mansfield College - Love Lane,Oxford

Rick Mather Architects

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DESIGN CONTEXTthe des ign fo r the Fe l lows ' Garden proposa l makes d i rec t re fe rence to the fo rm and sca le as we l l as key a rch i tec tu ra l e lements w i th in the ex is t ing l i s ted Goth ic Bu i ld ings , mos t no tab ly the ad jacent pr inc ipa l ' s Lodg ings as we l l as the w ider co l lege bu i ld ings and se t t ing .

these key e lements wh ich have in fo rmed the des ign o f the p roposa l a re i l l us t ra ted and h igh l igh ted to fu r ther c la r i f y the des ign in ten t and s i te p recedent . these e lements have no t been cop ied bu t in te rp re ted in a modern manner w i th respec t to the ex is t ing bu i ld ings . the e lements a re no ted be low and h igh l igh ted in the ser ies o f images le f t .

vErtICAL wINDOwSthe pr inc ipa l ' s Lodg ings i s made up o f a ser ies o f ver t i ca l w indows to the South E leva t ion . these are s tacked in pa i rs and c rea te a s t rong ver t i ca l e lement . the w indows are b roken up in to smal le r e lements w i th in the la rger open ing .

hor izon ta l w indows a t h igh leve l w i th in hor izon ta l band o f upper s to rey.

ver t i ca l o r ien ta ted w indows s tacked in ver t i ca l s t r ip .

ver t i ca l s t ruc tu ra l bu t t ress e lement .

Bay w indow.

Fig 4 . view o f pr inc ipa l ' s Lodg ings f rom s ta i rwe l l . E lements o f re fe rence h igh l igh ted . Fig 5 . South E leva t ion pr inc ipa l ' s Lodg ings . 1 :200 . Fig 6 . East E leva t ion o f proposed Bu i ld ing . 1 :200 .

vErtICAL ButtrESSthe or ig ina l Champney des igned bu i ld ings a l l have a ser ies o f bu t t resses w i th in the facade. these are p r imar i l y used fo r suppor t ing the s t ruc tu re o f the bu i ld ing and to a l low the la rge span spaces w i th in . they a lso b reak up the facade in to a ser ies o f repeat ing ver t i ca l e lements wh ich cas t shadows over the facade as we l l as c rea te a s t rong ver t i ca l rhy thm.

hOrIzONtAL uppEr EDGEthe top f loor o f the ex is t ing bu i ld ings have a we l l de f ined hor izon ta l edge in the fo rm o f a cop ing a long the edge o f the parapet . the roo f i s se t back beh ind th is e lement to fo rm a gu t te r.

hOrIzONtAL wINDOwSthe upper f loor w indows change f rom a ver t i ca l o r ien ta t ion to hor izon ta l on the upper f loor. they a re more l inear in na tu re and are aga in b roken up by the smal le r w indows w i th in the la rger open ing .

BAy wINDOwSA ser ies o f bay w indows are p resent on the ex is t ing bu i ld ings most no tab ly on the pr inc ipa l ' s Lodg ings and the L ib ra ry. they a re fu l l he igh t over one s to rey and are se t in a la rger ver t i ca l ser ies o f open ings .