Through UCL?s masterplan, Levitt Bernstein identified an opportunity to create a new courtyard terrace above an existing service yard. As well as providing a high-quality outdoor space for staff and students, this opens up a new east-west route to improve accessibility across campus. The existing service yard had become unsightly but was overlooked by a number of important university buildings. The challenge was to connect these disparate elements with one cohesive design ? all the more problematic considering the Wilkins Building is Grade I listed.

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Architects: Levitt Bernstein

Location: Bloomsbury, London, United Kingdom

Lead Architects: Matthew Goulcher, Kate Digney

Area: 1300.0 m2

Project Year: 2017
Photographs: Ben Blossom

Structural Engineer: Curtins

M&E Consultant: BDP

Contractor: Balfour Beatty

Landscape Contractor: idverde

Landscape Architect: Levitt Bernstein

Stonework: Szerelmey

Client: University College London (UCL)

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Text description provided by the architects. Through UCL?s masterplan, Levitt Bernstein identified an opportunity to create a new courtyard terrace above an existing service yard. As well as providing a high-quality outdoor space for staff and students, this opens up a new east-west route to improve accessibility across campus. The existing service yard had become unsig...