Art House, Worcester

GWP designed and successfully delivered the regeneration of the 1938–39 Grade II listed building, Austin House, into a new Design & Art facility for The University of Worcester. The former Art Deco-style car showroom and garage was transformed to provide the following improvements:

External Improvements:

  • Redesigned car parking area with 17 bays, including 4 accessible bays, and a bicycle parking area for 30 bicycles.

  • New refuse/recycling area, plant beds, and soft landscaping.

  • New level access to main entrance and exits.

  • Extensive restoration of existing brick and stonework.

  • Refurbishment of existing metal-framed Art Deco windows.

  • New composite insulated metal roof cladding and insulated flat roofing with double-glazed rooflights.

  • New aluminium double-glazed shopfront windows and doors.

  • New main entrance canopy.

  • New curved concrete wall and railings on the front elevation.

  • CCTV and other site security measures.

Internal Remodelling & Improvements:

  • Internal reconfiguration to create Art & Design learning studios, meeting rooms, breakout spaces, a tea room, offices, and toilet facilities.

  • New circular feature ramp providing wheelchair access to the upper level within the main learning space.

  • Infill extension to provide exhibition space on the front elevation.

  • Infill extension to create fire escape and storage on the side elevation.

  • New energy-efficient heating and lighting throughout.

  • First-floor mechanical and electrical plant rooms, including a new rooftop acoustic plant enclosure.

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