The Ingram Building, constructed between 1965 and 1967, originally served as a chemistry facility at the University of Kent. It now accommodates the School of Physical Sciences. The teaching laboratories had remained largely unchanged and required refurbishment to meet current standards.
The project delivers new wet and dry teaching laboratories with associated support spaces. Facilities include a 130-person general physics laboratory with 12 double fume cupboards. An analytical laboratory and a 100-person electronics and forensics laboratory are also provided.
The refurbishment upgrades the building fabric and replaces all building services. Works include new laboratory furniture, ceilings, floor and wall finishes. New windows and doors are installed, and existing toilet facilities are refurbished.
The new fume cupboards operate at a face velocity of 0.4 m/s. This achieves a 20% reduction in energy use and associated carbon emissions.
The Centre for Molecular Processing is a new three-storey research building providing 1,520 sqm (GIA) of accommodation.
The ground floor includes seminar, meeting and administration space, while upper floors provide wet laboratories, writing areas and dry research space for IT, mathematics, engineering and computing. A glazed bridge links the building to the existing bioscience facility at first-floor level.
A full-height atrium connects the three floors and reflects the collaborative nature of the research environment. The layout balances open-plan working with the enclosure and containment required for laboratory spaces.
Laboratories, meeting rooms and seminar spaces use mechanical ventilation and comfort cooling, supported by rooftop plant. Other areas use natural ventilation where possible, supported by the stack effect of the atrium. Rainscreen cladding and solar shading reduce solar gain while maintaining good levels of natural light.
The refurbishment of an existing office building in Park Royal, formerly occupied by Guinness, to create a medicines testing facility for Hammersmith Medicines Research Limited (HMR).
HMR is a contract research organisation specialising in early-stage clinical trials for the international pharmaceutical industry.
The four-storey facility includes 100-bed ward accommodation, specialist procedure rooms, laboratories, pharmacy and radiopharmacy spaces, alongside support facilities including a commercial kitchen, restaurant, changing areas, training rooms and administration offices.
The project supports compliance with MHRA supplementary accreditation, MHRA Manufacturer’s Authorisation, CAP Laboratory Accreditation and ISO 9001 quality standards.
A proposal for a speculative laboratory development for MEPC at Milton Park, providing 5,600 sqm of accommodation.
The design comprises two buildings that can connect through a shared reception space.
Clean rectangular floor plates across two storeys provide flexibility for a range of tenants. An enclosed rooftop plant area allows space for additional equipment.
Services run vertically from the plant level through external ducts that also contain drainage stacks. Removable panels allow maintenance access from outside the occupied laboratories.
One of a series of buildings designed to support the ongoing development of the Granta Park masterplan.
The scheme provides approximately 2,500 sqm (26,910 sqft) of net laboratory space as an extension to an existing bioscience research facility, with flexibility for future occupation as a separate unit if required.
An incubator for university spin-out companies, known as the Technology Transfer Centre, alongside a science park for larger specialist organisations within a sensitive Green Belt setting.
The buildings provide flexible accommodation for a range of users and respond to both the surrounding landscape and the adjoining listed building.
