Dorothy Wadham Building, Wadham College

The client approached us at the very early stages of the project to assist with site selection, acquisition, achieving local authority planning permission and the complicated demolition of an existing car garage to make way for the new building. The site is located almost five miles from the College’s main hub and presented several challenges for our team to overcome, including creating a connection with the other Wadham College buildings. In order to understand the operation of the site, we worked extensively with all the stakeholders and managed the project from initial design stages to the final construction.

The client’s agenda for the project was focused on energy efficiency and accessibility; each of the student rooms and floor has wheelchair access. Upon completion, the building had several innovative sustainable design features such as cross laminated timber that uses a CHP heat recovery system, technologies to promote minimal water consumption and solar photovoltaics.