Photography Credit: Freeland Rees Robert Architects
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
Student Accommodation
Student Accommodation
The St Regis site within Cambridge’s De Freville Conservation Area has provided graduate accommodation for Clare College since the 1960s. The redevelopment of the site was driven by the need to address the buildings’ performance deficiencies and provide additional student accommodation to address the University’s growth projections. The new buildings respond to the surrounding architectural language with pitched roofs, gables and articulated brick facades. The landscape scheme provides generous amenity spaces, with enhanced soft landscaping, careful boundary treatment and increased biodiversity. Green roofs, on-site renewable energy generation and a community heating network with combined heat and power plant, together with a passive ‘fabric first’ approach to building construction and services contribute to the sustainability and quality of the site. The development has created 85 student units (a mix of en-suite rooms with shared kitchens, studios and flats) and 14 market flats. Featured in Brick Bulletin in January 2022, the project has won two regional RICS awards.
The St Regis site within Cambridge’s De Freville Conservation Area has provided graduate accommodation for Clare College since the 1960s. The redevelopment of the site was driven by the need to address the buildings’ performance deficiencies and provide additional student accommodation to address the University’s growth projections. The new buildings respond to the surrounding architectural language with pitched roofs, gables and articulated brick facades. The landscape scheme provides generous amenity spaces, with enhanced soft landscaping, careful boundary treatment and increased biodiversity. Green roofs, on-site renewable energy generation and a community heating network with combined heat and power plant, together with a passive ‘fabric first’ approach to building construction and services contribute to the sustainability and quality of the site. The development has created 85 student units (a mix of en-suite rooms with shared kitchens, studios and flats) and 14 market flats. Featured in Brick Bulletin in January 2022, the project has won two regional RICS awards.
PROJECT INFORMATION
PROJECT INFORMATION
Status: Built
Status: Built
Location: Cambridge
Location: Cambridge
Size: 4198sqm
Size: 4198sqm
Completed: 2021
Completed: 2021
TEAM CREDITS
TEAM CREDITS
Architect: Freeland Rees Roberts Architects
Architect: Freeland Rees Roberts Architects
Client: Clare College
Client: Clare College
Structural Engineer: Fairhurst
Structural Engineer: Fairhurst
Service Engineer: David Bedwell & Partners
Service Engineer: David Bedwell & Partners
Landscape Architect: PLACE Design + Planning
Landscape Architect: PLACE Design + Planning
Planning Consultant: Carter Jonas
Planning Consultant: Carter Jonas
Cost Consultant: Henry Riley
Cost Consultant: Henry Riley
Project Manager: Henry Riley
Project Manager: Henry Riley
Contractor: Cocksedge
Contractor: Cocksedge