City of Westminster College wins full planning consent for the design by Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects
Leading Danish architects schmidt hammer lassen have won full planning
consent for a major educational project at Paddington Green, West London. schmidt hammer lassen’s design for a new £93 million HQ building for the further education provider will offer brand new, state-of-the-art teaching and learning facilities in an inspirational building. At the heart of the scheme is a dynamic inner atrium filled with natural light. This
central galleried space will act as the new building’s ‘hub’, a circulation
and meeting space leading to adjacent areas providing academic and
practical teaching facilities, open learning centre, meeting rooms, administrative accommodation and flexible seminar spaces. The college
will also accommodate a range of amenities for the local community
including; a nursery, theatre and café. There are also plans for a public
art installation. schmidt hammer lassen’s scheme will create a building
that actively engages with its surroundings - voids cut into the
building’s mass reinforcing the perception of a transparent, permeable
and inherently civic building. Danish architects schmidt hammer lassen has for more than 20 years enjoyed a reputation as one of Scandinavia's leading, award-winning architectural practices. The practice’s head office is located in Aarhus, Denmark with branch offices in Copenhagen, Oslo and London.
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