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Imperial College | Princes Gardens and Weeks Hall Development

Imperial College | Princes Gardens and Weeks Hall Development

London
United Kingdom
Imperial College Bone Laboratories

After being successfully added to Imperial College London’s framework, Introba (formerly Elementa Consulting) won a new bid, this time for a mixed-use project.

The Princes Gardens Development in central London consists of eight grade-two-listed Victorian townhouses – two currently used for a nursery – and Weeks Hall, a ten-story, grade-two-listed tower situated adjacent to the Princes Gardens –previously used as a residence hall.

Imperial College wanted to undertake a complete refurbishment on Weeks Hall, with all existing services stripped out and replaced with new services to align with the proposed new academic use. The remodel for the academic site will now be home to the college’s business school and other academic facilities. The townhouses were refurbished, and the nursery school was remodeled and modernized, with up-to-date facilities. The other seven houses were renovated with the rest of the development site to accommodate new academic uses.

As always with listed sites, challenges are faced through the need to retain the natural features of the historic buildings while updating them with all the necessary modern facilities. This makes it very difficult to route services throughout the buildings without internal damage to the listed historical elements.

Introba provided complete MEP services on the development, working closely to coordinate with the architect on this project to ensure that no listed features would be altered. The team carried out intensive, intrusive surveys in the early stages of the design process to identify potential service routes. As the building also has a history of overheating in the summer, Introba resolved this issue by designing a solar film to be fitted to the lining of the window glazing. The remodel rejuvenates Imperial College London’s facilities and restores the historic buildings to their former glory.

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