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Reflecting on Wadham: AL A’s access and undergraduate centres for Wadham College, Oxford
Amanda Levete Architects’ combined Access Centre and Undergraduate Centre updates a historic quadrangle on the campus with an exceptionally considered façade treatment, writes Fran Williams. Photography by
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‘This project is about encouraging potential students to come and experience the University of Oxford,’ says Ho-Yin Ng, director at Amanda Levete Architects (AL A) whose connected Undergraduate Centre and Access Centre, designed to improve facilities and widen access at Wadham College, were completed at the start of the year. ‘It’s about trying to create a warm, welcoming building,’ he adds. The new scheme – for a college which is well-known for its progressive outlook and putting diversity and access at its core – hopes to host a language summer school in August, with face-to-face teaching taking place for the first time since the pa
1/1 ONE of Oxford University’s most historic and beautiful colleges has been graced with a pair of ultra-modern new additions. Wadham College, which was founded in 1610, has welcomed the completion of new undergraduate and access centres which, is hoped, will allow the college to broaden access to the university by expanding its work with pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds and provide 24-hour accessibility for students with disabilities. The new William Doo Undergraduate Centre and Dr Lee Shau Kee Building were designed by award-winning architects AL A and built by Oxford builders Beard. The Access Centre will accommodate visiting school students attending access and outreach events such as summer schools and aspiration days. On the ground floor is a suite of light-filled seminar rooms and a music room while the top floors contain student accommodation. The Undergraduate Centre is a social space combining a junior common room, café and bar and work a