The Central College of Commerce was estab-lished in 1963 and serves as one of Scotland’s few specialist colleges. It currently has around 2300 full time students and 6000 part-time students as well as 500 staff. The campus is comprised of three buildings and the Charles Oakley building on cathe-dral street currently teaches hairdressing and health and beauty courses.

Central College is now merging with two other city centre colleges - Metro-politan and Nautical - to form a “super campus” which will be the largest in Scotland and one of the biggest in the UK. The £300m super campus will be built on Cathedral Street and Thistle Street. A specialist company,

New Campus Glasgow, was established to oversee the merger, the campus is expected to be completed by 2016 and accommodate about 2000 staff and 50,000 students. The merger will see the colleges become an international provider of higher education and combine a technologically rich and people focused super campus for Glasgow.

The new campus will see large amounts of regen-eration to this educational quarter of Glasgow. The Charles Oakley building and its larger neighbor The College of Building and Printing will be emptied or disposed of once the new campus is complete. Their future is unclear at present but this brief proposes that the Charles Oakley building is adapted and

improved to continue serving the college as a student halls of residence. From a sustainable and economic perspective accommodation presents a viable option that can save a building that is an important component in Glasgow’s city-scape. Its rooftop structure makes stylistic references to Le Corbusier’s l’Unite d’Habitation or ‘living unit’, built in Marseille as a solution to the shortage of housing after WWII. It held utopian aspirations for mass housing becoming Le Corbusier’s model for a ‘machine for living’., whereby one would move in with a suitcase and start to live in an environment that catered for all needs. It seems fitting that the Charles oakley building becomes a building to house the itinerant community of students.

Personal Project: Student Accommodation

Site: Central College of Commerce Photo - c1960

BUILDING USE: 1:200

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Self catered accommodation

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Self catered accommodation

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Games roomKitchen/ Dining hallCafeLaundryDeparture LoungeReceptionRetail SpaceOffices

This project will plan each floor in detail, focusing on key areas, a typical bedroom, corridor, social space and the rooftop structure on the seventh floor.

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SITE PLAN

The facade uses the colour scheme of the Unite d’habitiation by Le Corbusier.

The proposed site is situated in the heart of both the city centre and educational quarter of Glasgow. Buchanan bus station and Queen Street train station provide good transportation links.

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ISOMETRIC BUILD UP 1:200

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1. Existing Kitchen.2. Service counter.3. Dining hall.4. Cafe.5. Terrace.6. Games room.7. Laundry.8. Protected lobby.9. Catering staff room/ Changing area.10. Catering office.11. Kitchen yard/ Refuse/ Deliveries.

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GROUND FLOOR RECEPTION / SHOPS / OFFICES1. Main entrance/ Cathedral Street.2. Occasional outdoor furniture.3. Permanent furniture.4. Reception.5. Departure lounge.6. Computer stations.7. Mail.8. Access/ stairs and lifts.9. Service lift/ secure storage.10. Retail space.11. Cleaners store.12. Retail space.13. Retail space.14. Management office/ Staff room.15. Staff/ Student parking.16. Existing services and plant rooms

FLOOR PLAN: 1:200

1. Access/ Stairs and Lifts.2. Service lift.3. Communal corridor.4. Breakout area.5. Typical bedroom.6. Typical larger bedroom.7. 30 Minute self-closing fire doors.8. Kitchen A.9. Kitchen B.10. Kitchen C.11. Kitchen D.12. Communal lounge.13 Protected lobby.14. Service core.

SELF CATERED FLOOR

LOCATION: 4th/5th/6th STORY

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Rooms occupy the perimeter of each floor. Circulation is concentrated at the core of the plan and creates zones for socialising at the centre and each of the wings.

Two similar plans exist for catered and self-catered students.

FLOOR PLAN: 1:200

1. Access/ Stairs and Lifts.2. Service lift.3. Communal corridor.4. Breakout area.5. Typical bedroom.6. Typical larger bedroom.7. 30 Minute self-closing fire doors.8. Service core.9. West facing/ Small kitchenette and seating.10 East facing/ Small kitchenette and seating.11. Protected lobby.12. Existing soil vent pipes.13. Disabled room.

CATERED FLOOR

LOCATION: 2nd/3rd STORY

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1. Main entrance/ Cathedral Street.2. Occasional outdoor furniture.3. Permanent furniture.4. Reception.5. Departure lounge.6. Computer stations.7. Mail.8. Access/ stairs and lifts.9. Service lift/ secure storage.10. Retail space.11. Cleaners store.12. Retail space.13. Retail space.14. Management office/ Staff room.15. Staff/ Student parking.16. Existing services and plant rooms

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Corridors encourage chance encounters and interaction.

CORRIDOR/LOCATION: TYPICAL SELF CATERING FLOOR

Miliken P.0103 Colour range.1084 - Sap101 - Taupe300 - Charcoal1086 - Wave

Clear signage and the use of colour defines one dorm from another.

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Images showing typical layout and the three colour schemes available.

TYPICAL ROOM

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Rooms provide generous storage and facilities.

ROOM CONTENTS

2000x1200 bed.Desk Chair.Waste paper bin.Swing arm lamp.Magnetic chalk board.Plywood poster board. Desk.Wardrobe/ chest of drawers.Ottoman style storage.Shelving.Mirror.Blinds.En-suite- shower/toilet/sink/ towel rail.

Furniture to be constructed in the workshop from 18 mm and 25 mm plywood/ birch veneer.

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1. Wardrobe2. Desk3. Overhead shelves4. Ottoman style storage5. 2000 x 1200 bed6. Blinds7. Existing 381 x 381 R. C. Column8. Sill9. Wet room style en-suite.

Walls are to be constructed to have at least 60 minute fire protection.

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FURNITURE AND FINISHES

1. Matteria reclaimed magnetic chalkboard/2x 500x500x40 + 1x 330x500x40 red.2. Ikea Bodo bed.3. Eames DKR Wire chair.4. Milliken carpet tile/ 457.2 x 457.2/ P.0103 300 Charcoal5. Red Pantone 86C/ Yellow Pantone 3965 C/ Blue Pantone 286 C.

REPLACEMENT WINDOWS

Windows to be replaced and incorporate double glazing and restriction fixings/ made to replicate existing appearance.

Crittall Windows Limited specialise in replacing and replicating windows for architecturally significant buildings - hot rolled steel windows/ Corporate 2000 range.

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1. 12.5mm Soundbloc plasterboard.2. 12.5mm Fire board.3. 100mm Filler roll/ Crown Acoustic partition roll.4. 100mm Metal C stud/ 600 centres.5. Stop bead.6. Acoustic sealant/ (non hardening caulk)7. Closed cell neoprene tape.8. 12.5mm Fire board.9. 50mm Filler roll/ Crown Acoustic partition roll.10. 12 mm MDF/ pained white.11. 50mm Metal C stud. 12. Existing 50 mm mullion.

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BREAKOUT SPACE

FURNISHINGS 

1.ëTrace Tableí/ Naught One.

2. Section Bench/ 500x1920x450         ëWide Screení/ 500x1920x700/ Naught One.

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The  breakout  areas  utilise  space  at  the centre  of  each  floor.  They  promote socialising.  The faceted wall and recessed lighting provides an element of  interest as well as having acoustic properties.

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The wall is constructed from 15 mm MDF ëboxesí,  each  one  is  an  individual component forming the irregular pattern.

Made  in  the  workshop/sprayed  and secret-fixed  to  S/W  battens  on  existing wall.

WALL CONSTRUCTION

1.  350mm  Suspended  ceiling/  exposed grid/ black tiles and track.2. Removable 15mm MDF header panel to access recessed light fittings.3. 3mm acrylic diffuser panel.4.  x2  T8  18W  56mm  yellow  fluorescent tube lights.5. An individual MDF ëboxí6. 75x47 CLS.

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1m1. Bar/ high volume circulation.2 Access to upper level.3. Lounge seating.4. Operable surfaces.5. Badminton court.6. Existing fire exit.7. Access to terrace.

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1. Access/ stairs and lifts.2. Protected lobby.3. Entrance to bar/ lounge/ badminton.4. Toilets.5. Cleaners store.6. Small Gym.7. Student support.8. Bar store.9. Bar furniture and sports equipment storage.10. Plant.

FLOOR PLAN

A support centre would be an important resource within a community of students. Helping both international and home residents with a range of educational and personal matters.

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1. Access.2. Hitch Mylius modular seating.3. Views to ground level.4. Gym style floor markings.

MEZZANINE LEVEL

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The roof structure continues to serve the building as a space for recreation, a badminton court by day and a bar in the evenings. The bar spills out into the badminton space through movable walls, opening the space for socialising and student events. The new structure forms a mezzanine and seating around the court. Outside is a roof terrace with views across Glasgow.

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Visual showing possible roof terrace.

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During the day the panels are closed and the court is available for use. Students are able to sit on the mezzanine and beneath the new structure.

VIEW SHOWING OPERABLE WALLIN CLOSED POSITION

The students take ownership of the space and fold down the panels. Temporary furniture is then brought from the storage room and positioned

VIEW SHOWING OPERABLE WALLFORMING TABLES AND SEATINGIN THE EVENING

VIEW FROM THE MEZZANINE.

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Even though the new structure divides the large open volume, it offers new and interesting routes and views within the space.

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The cantilevered panels are set within a steel frame, a pivoting mechanism, attached to the fixed wall, allows them to be rotated and then locked in place. This is then released easily and the panels become part of the facade again.

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1. Hitch Mylius hm83 range/hm83a and hm83b connectors.

2. Hitch Mylius hm 93 range/93b, 93d and 93e.

3. Naughtone Trace Table/ Black.

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Modular seating on the mezzanine level, ideal for socialising and the viewing of sporting events on the ground floor..

Temporary stools and tables to be brought out of storage inthe evenings as bar furniture.

Comfy lounge furniture and low tables around the perimeter ofthe space, positioned under the voids.