Oxford University's Radcliffe Humanities, Oxford, United Kingdom. Architect: Purcell Miller Tritton LLP, 2012. Study area in lib
Purcell completed a Conservation Plan for the full acre site, called the Radcliffe Observatory Quarter (ROQ), which informed a masterplan. Various architects were consulted to design the different buildings which are to be constructed on the site and Purcell was appointed to restore, renovate and refurbish the 1770 Radcliffe Infirmary and transform it from Oxford’s first hospital into the representative building of the new expansion space for the collegiate University. The main challenges of the design were to keep the fit-out of a rather rigid plan as flexible and reversible as possible to accept further changes of use and to introduce modern services. The original floor structure was reinforced where necessary and most of the roof structure was inspected, treated and maintained. The original internal plasterwork was consolidated and retained behind modern accessible ceilings and more than half of the original sash windows were retained and refurbished.
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