The AUB Design Workshops & Studios Conversions consist of the transformation of two former on-campus halls of residence, originally constructed in 2001, into modern studio and teaching space for Arts University Bournemouth?s internationally renowned higher education courses.

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Architects: Design Engine Architects

Location: Wallisdown, Poole BH12 5HH, United Kingdom

Area: 3000.0 m2

Project Year: 2016

Photographs: Jim Stephenson

Landscape Architect: HED

Structural Engineer: AKS Ward         

Quantity Surveyo: Selway Joyce

Project Manager: Selway Joyce

M&E Consultant: AVUS Consulting

Lighting Consultant: Michael Grubb
Fire Engineer: LFA

Acoustic Consultant: ARUP

Main Contractor: Morgan Sindall      

Total Cost: £6,400,000                      

© Jim Stephenson

From the architect. The AUB Design Workshops & Studios Conversions consist of the transformation of two former on-campus halls of residence, originally constructed in 2001, into modern studio and teaching space for Arts University Bournemouth?s internationally renowned higher education courses.

Courtesy of Design Engine Architects

The success of the institution, and the wider changing demands of higher education, instigated a reappraisal of the Halls? use as part of Design Eng...