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Remodelling the College’s Central Spaces. This extensive £16 million renovation has modernised the spaces at the heart of the Island site to provide an elegant and accessible suite of buildings, and enhance the experience of future generations of students, alumni, staff, Fellows and visitors.
Thursday 6 October 2022. St Catharine’s is delighted to celebrate the completion of the Central Spaces major building project, and officially open its elegant and accessible suite of new facilities that will enhance life in College for the benefit of students, staff, Fellows, alumni and visitors.
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Gort Scott, a design firm in London, has announced a substantial renovation of St. Catharine’s College in Cambridge. The project aims to build a network of new social spaces that will serve as the beating heart of the building by connecting and revitalizing existing places without compromising the school’s significant fabric, which has been ...
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Initial activity in January and February enabled us to isolate the existing electrical, gas and water services, and begin the preliminary demolition operations, otherwise known as soft stripping. It was a painstaking process to remove historic timber from the original main staircase running from the Hall to E staircase and the first-floor lobby , w...
Through April, the Long Gallery was demolished, which required further careful removal of the existing Portland “roach” stone façade to the Chapel Court wall, along with the remaining 1960s brickwork against the SCR. During these operations, a substantial vertical void was discovered, which will enable the College to create a two-storey cabinet to ...
On 15 July, the foundations were finally completed. This was over a month later than forecast because works had been frustrated by the thickness of the existing concrete slab – far greater than the historic design information ever indicated. Week after week, the groundwork team hammered away, and it was with great relief when the final pad was fini...
Oct 17, 2022 · St Catharine’s is delighted to celebrate the completion of the Central Spaces major building project, and officially open its elegant and accessible suite of new facilities that will enhance life in College for the benefit of students, staff, Fellows, alumni and visitors.
May 9, 2023 · News. St Catharine’s College social hub in Cambridge reimagined by Gort Scott. Gort Scott's design for St Catharine’s College, Cambridge, gives a sensitive facelift to a much loved, bustling campus. Sign up to our newsletter. (Image credit: Jim Stephenson) By Ellie Stathaki. published 9 May 2023.
Buildings. & Spaces. Our aim is to execute a selective, planned renewal of buildings to support College operations, ensuring Members enjoy a high standard of communal life, while also increasing opportunities for revenue generation. Building work for the Central Spaces Project is nearing completion and we are preparing to open these newly ...
