Page & Park Architects has won the competition for the design of new residences for 500 students at the University of Warwick. The University's main campus is on the south west edge of the city of Coventry actually straddling the border between City of Coventry and the County of Warwickshire. The new residencies will be on the Coventry side of the campus just a few minutes walk from the University's Library, central social facilities and Warwick Arts Centre.
Page & Park were one of six teams shortlisted to take part in the design phase of the competition and invited to prepare concept design proposals for the first phase of residences, with a target of 500 study bedrooms, within a site close to Rootes Residences.
The other teams taking part in this phase were:-
Fraser Brown MacKenna Architects
David Morley Architects
Richard Murphy Architects
Schmidt Hammer Lessen Architects Ltd
Stanton Williams
The Jury Panel, chaired by Penny Egan, Member of University Council, praised the enthusiasm and commitment of all the competing practices, and the quality and diversity of the design concepts shown in the various proposals.
The Jury were unanimous in selecting Page & Park as the winner and felt that their scheme not only best fit the operational needs of the project but also offered the best relationship between the built development and the high quality landscape context that exists.
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