The Royal College of Art has selected its architect and engineering partners for a planned £108m building at its new south London student campus in Battersea.
Herzog & de Meuron will work with Mott MacDonald and Equals Consulting to develop initial concept designs.
The new 160,000 sq ft building will sit alongside the RCA’s existing Dyson Building and Clore Innovation Centre, and the Sackler fine arts facilities in Battersea.
Its new Battersea building will allow the RCA to expand the number of start-ups in InnovationRCA, the College’s commercialisation and business incubator. It will create up to 1,500 postgraduate students and entrepreneurs.
It is planned to offer new programmes at the intersection of design and science, such as robotics; wearable technologies; the application of ‘smart materials’ into new product areas; and city design.
The Government has committed £54m towards the project.
Dr Paul Thompson, Rector of the Royal College of Art said: “The new campus will create a flagship centre for design and innovation boosting UK creative industries.”
from Construction Enquirer http://www.constructionenquirer.com/2016/11/14/design-starts-on-108m-royal-college-of-art-campus/
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