Churchill College

“A fascinating quirk of this project was designing all internal and external lighting to avoid impacting on the operation of the College’s observatory, next door.”

Client

Churchill College

Designer

Cottrell & Vermeulen Architecture

Services

Sector

Education

Awards

Winner2022

RIBA East Award - Best Building of the Year
Winner2022

RIBA East Award
Shortlisted2020

AJ Specification Award for Facades and Cladding
Shortlisted2020

Cambridge Design and Construction Award for Best New Building over £2 million
Shortlisted2020

Cambridge Design and Construction Award for Craftmanship
Shortlisted2019

AJ Architecture Awards

OR Consulting Engineers acted as low carbon building services, lighting and acoustic designers for the new post graduate accommodation at Churchill College, Cambridge.

Sustainability Achievements

The optimisation of the passive performance of the building’s envelope.
The optimisation of the building’s daylighting strategy.
The design of low energy lighting and controls.
The utilisation of heat pumps to heat the buildings.
The design of all plant to meet onerous external noise targets.
The installation of photovoltaics to serve the development.
The use of passive infra-red sensors to reduce set-points when spaces are un-occupied.
The design of smart energy metering.
The project was required to achieve a BREEAM Excellent energy performance.