RIBA Somerville College Dining Hall Design Competition, English Architecture Contest, Halls of Residence
Somerville College Dining Hall Competition
Woodstock Road Halls of Residence in southern England, UK design contest
17 Feb 2020
RIBA Somerville College Dining Hall Competition
Competition launched for Somerville College dining hall
17th of February 2020 – The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has launched a competition on behalf of Somerville College, a constituent college of the University of Oxford.
The competition is seeking a multi-disciplinary design team to develop innovative acoustic, lighting and ventilation solutions for the Colleges? Grade II listed dining hall which currently struggles to accommodate events throughout the year due to the triple burden of oppressive acoustics, crude lighting and inadequate ventilation. Somerville College, Oxford:

photograph : Nick Kane
Baroness Royall of Blaisdon, Somerville?s Principal said; ?When our hall was opened in 1913, there were only 120 brilliant young women studying here. The magnificent proportions of the building were a testament to our ambition to take our place amongst the great – and male-only ? colleges of Oxford. Today, that ambition has been realised. Somerville is home to a diverse community of around 630 students, joined by academics and support staff, for whom this space remains an integral, daily part of College life. This brings with it new challenges. We are looking for an imag...