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News archive - September 2009Roundhouse transformed into vocational campus THE £48M RESTORATION and development of Britain’s earliest railway Roundhouse has created a spectacular vocational campus for Derby College. This month, the flagship development opened its doors to 2,500 students, providing 18,000 sqm of learning and teaching space. Built in 1839, the Grade II listed Roundhouse – a 16 sided polygonal building with 40m diameter central space complete with 12m diameter turntable - forms the social hub of the site and is open to both students and the general public. The adjacent Carriage Shop houses the library and learning resources centre and a multi-purpose theatre. The Stephenson building, named after the famous railway engineer, is home to construction, hair and beauty and art courses. The Kirtley building – after Matthew Kirtley who pioneered the standardisation machine components – houses the College’s engineering department. The Francis Thompson building named after the original architect of the site, contains office accommodation. The major restoration programme, designed by maber architects with building work by Bowmer & Kirkland Group, has focused on conserving and restoring as much of the original buildings and features as possible, whilst including a number of new build elements. The project features brightly coloured individual learning ‘pods’, glazed on the front and rear elevations and echoing railway carriages, which are all self contained classrooms with power, data, lighting, heating, cooling and pre-finished walls and ceilings, providing flexible teaching accommodation and a system of signage that draws its inspiration from railway signals. « |
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