Longwall – Mikhail Riches

Introduction

Won in an invited competition organised by Malcom Reading Consultants, the brief for this project is to create a new quad, integrating a collection of disparate C18th houses, used as a mixture of student accommodation and teaching spaces, into the grounds of New College Oxford.

With the City Wall, a scheduled ancient monument, as a backdrop, we are working with Plincke Landscape Architects to carefully design a new landscape and connection to the College, as well as adding new student rooms and teaching spaces.

“The aim of the project is two-fold: to maximise student residential accommodation within the curtilage of the site, and to consider how the buildings could be ‘re-orientated’ so that they face inwards to the city wall and College beyond. Due to their heritage significance, however, the listed buildings will need to remain. The eventual design will have to assess the potential of refurbishment, internal reordering, and extension at the rear. The aim is to resolve the current unsatisfactory arrangements, and finally integrate the Longwall site into the central College estate.”

Malcom Reading Brief

Key Moves

Our key design moves have been to propose refurbishing the Listed Properties on Longwall, as well as rebuilding one property – Bodicote House, as well as adding new connections and landscape, along with new accommodation in the garden.

Overall we believe our strategy will improve the setting of the City Wall, and of the Listed buildings along Longwall. It provides New College with much needed extra accommodation on site and improves connections to the College through its own grounds.

We are progressing this scheme with a view to completing a Feasibility Study before the end of 2015.

Press

BD Online 2014
Architect’s Journal 2014

ClientNew College Oxford

Project TeamAnnalie Riches, David Mikhail, Tillmann de Graaff, Cameron Clarke, Saori Toyoshima

Project ManagerAustin Newport Group

Landscape ArchitectPlincke

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A new quad, student accommodation & teaching spaces.

Longwall, New College Oxford
ClientNew College Oxford
Project TeamAnnalie Riches, David Mikhail, Tillmann de Graaff, Cameron Clarke, Saori Toyoshima
Project ManagerAustin Newport Group
Landscape ArchitectPlincke
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