Modular village for Dyson Institute students

The housing complex designed by the English studio WilkinsonEyre recalls the type of traditional crescent settlements open to the countryside.

WilkinsonEyre, Dyson Institute of Engineering and Technology Undergraduate Village, Malmesbury, 2019

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Lucia Caria
25 June 2019
Malmesbury, England
WilkinsonEyre
student housing
2019

Modular, prefabricated and clustered to create minute, informal common spaces, like in small villages: the new Dyson Institute of Engineering and Technology campus, designed by WilkinsonEyre, can accommodate around fifty students and some of the professors visiting the University of Malmesbury, England. The 8x4m living modules are made of CLT – Cross Laminated Timber - prefabricated wooden panels that already include an insulation layer, making onsite installation quick and easy. The units are assembled in small groups on two or three floors, staggered and with some of the cantilevered blocks, to make the structural system explicit and to show how CLT panels work.

The interior of one of the student accommodation, marked by the warm materiality of the wood and with a free view towards the center of the campus

Inside, the wood remains exposed, to give the units a warm and welcoming look. These have a utility core at the back and a single open space overlooking the center of the campus with a fully glazed wall. The residences are arranged in a semicircle, recalling the traditional row house settlements known as crescent. A circular pavilion, called Roundhouse, is the focal point of the masterplan. It is a glass and metal open structure, made up of the superimposition of two cylinders and which houses the new campus’ main social spaces.

A circular metal and glass building houses public spaces and catering facilities

Dyson Institute of Engineering and Technology Undergraduate Village
student housing
WilkinsonEyre
Malmesbury, England
2019

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