The Queen?s College? / MICA
We have completed a major underground extension to, and refurbishment of The Queen?s College Library in Oxford. The 17th Century Library is considered one of the nest existing in Oxford, both in terms of its collection and grand building, although has long been overused and overcrowded. The new Library provides an additional 800m2?of space (doubling its size) and includes a new light-filled reading room; an archive for Queen?s historic Antiquarian collection; a new Peet library of Egyptology and a multi- purpose room for collaborative learning. The new Library sits beneath a new garden set?at a subtle slope providing a new continuous rooflight into the slope of a Ha-Ha. The new rooflight brings light and extraordinary views to the spaces below. The existing Library?has been liberated by the extra space and has been able to be returned to its existing arrangement and grandeur providing a single generous entrance to all three library levels.
© Jim Stephenson
Architects: MICA
Location: Oxford OX1 2JD, United Kingdom
Area: 2687.0 m2
Project Year: 2017
Photographs: Jim Stephenson, Fisher Studios
Structural Engineer: Dewhurst Macfarlane & Partners + Eckersley O Callaghan
M&E Consultant: Atelier Ten?
Qs: PSP Construction Consultants
Client: The Queen?s College Oxford
© Jim Stephenson
Text description provided by the architects. We have completed a major underg...
© Jim Stephenson
Architects: MICA
Location: Oxford OX1 2JD, United Kingdom
Area: 2687.0 m2
Project Year: 2017
Photographs: Jim Stephenson, Fisher Studios
Structural Engineer: Dewhurst Macfarlane & Partners + Eckersley O Callaghan
M&E Consultant: Atelier Ten?
Qs: PSP Construction Consultants
Client: The Queen?s College Oxford
© Jim Stephenson
Text description provided by the architects. We have completed a major underg...
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