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Arts University Bournemouth Design Studios and Workshops
Higher Education Building Development in Wallisdown, Poole, UK – by Design Engine
28 Nov 2017
Arts University Bournemouth Design Studios and Workshops
Architect: Design Engine
Location: AUB, Wallisdown, Poole, Dorset, southern England, UK, BH12 5HH
Arts University Bournemouth Design Studios and Workshops

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.
The success of the institution, and the wider changing demands of higher education, instigated a reappraisal of the Halls? use as part of Design Engine?s 2009 vision for the future masterplan for the University.

The outline brief was to facilitate the wider transformation of the campus with the re-use of buildings whose original function had become redundant, but whose structure and envelope remained largely sound.

Collaboratively, the design team undertook a programme analysis that demonstrated how through the retention of the existing buildings the University could both achieve delivery of new teaching space each year, and at significant saving against that of a new building.

The university?s Model-Making, Performance Make-Up and preparat...