Docking Station, Chatham
Source: Image by Nilfanion
The University of Kent has launched a competition for architects to design a new £5.5 million Institute of Cultural and Creative Industries in Chatham [Deadline: 3 March 2021]
The winning team selected for the estimated £200,000 contract will create a new ‘eco-friendly, iconic and unique flexible “laboratory” accelerator space’ bringing together students and businesses in the creative, cultural and digital sectors in the historic Medway town.
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The ‘Docking Station’ project, planned to complete in 2024, will transform the Grade II-listed Police Section House – overlooking The Historic Dockyard Chatham – into a new ‘simple, sustainable, accessible and flexible’ BREEAM excellent hub for the university which is headquartered in nearby Canterbury.