Harvey Court is a seminal, Grade II* listed collegiate building in Cambridge University designed by Patrick Hodgkinson in the early 1960s. We were commissioned to lead its comprehensive refurbishment, ensuring all the new interventions respected the building’s architectural heritage.
Our design revolves around rethinking movement through the building and linking the ground and first floor internally for the first time in their existence. The addition of a new lift allowed us to reorientate the building, creating a new main entrance in a more intuitive location, sensitively designed to reproduce the original architectural detailing. New bathrooms have been ingeniously incorporated by utilising unused storage spaces, whilst communal facilities have been refurbished throughout. Finally, better insulation and solar panels lower the building's carbon footprint.
The refurbishment and reworking of a beautiful Grade II* listed 20th Century, modernist college building in Cambridge for the demands of the twenty-first century student life.