Student accommodation at St Peter’s College at the University of Oxford
The creation of two Passive House Institute Low Energy Building Standard buildings to provide 54 bedrooms for the college’s students
Delivering seven three-bed, nine two-bed and three one-bed units for the people of Islington.
HIGHLIGHTS
- Each new home will be provided with bicycle parking spaces
- New landscaped gardens and children play areas
A new residential building will be constructed on the Wedmore Estate, consisting of apartments and dwellings for 19 new homes. The building will range in height from two to six storeys.
The estate currently exists of four blocks, constructed in red brick, of 162 flats. The new additional residential building will include seven three-bed, nine two-bed and three one-bed units, accessible either directly from the street or via a single circulation core containing a lift. 10% of the new homes are designed to be appropriate for wheelchair use.
This scheme is also delivering extensive new landscaped gardens, children's play areas and a community store for garden furniture and equipment. Each new home will be provided with one bicycle parking space per bedroom (42 in total), in addition to new bicycle stores provided elsewhere on the estate.