University of Roehampton - SETEC
University of Roehampton - Sustainable Engineering and Technology Education Centre
Following a £6m grant from the Office of Students (OfS), the University Roehampton developed proposals for a new centre of sustainable engineering and technology education centre (SETEC). The new Centre will provide industry-leading facilities for students and support the UK’s strategic journey to achieve net-zero by 2050.
As part of the scheme, the University needed to refurbish and adapt of an existing buildings which dates from the 1910s and was originally part of a French Catholic Convent. The aim of this project is to enhance the performance of the building, improve accessibility, and reconfigure the layouts to suit the new teaching and laboratory requirements.
We provided engineering advice from inception to completion, working to keep structural interventions to a sensible minimum and adjusting the structure to accommodate the routing of new services. A key aspect of this was to carefully thread a new lift shaft into the building, which was done in a way which retains the surrounding existing floor slab.
Client: University of Roehampton