Transformed!
Herefordshire College of Technology has almost completed its new £32 million campus, set to transform post-16 education and vocational learning in Herefordshire and provide state-of-the-art education and training facilities fit for the 21st Century.
The superb new facilities will now match the existing high standard of teaching.
The striking new campus is home to:
- An impressive Learning Resources Centre, which spans two levels and includes working areas fully equipped with personal computers, over 20,000 books, periodicals, daily papers and study rooms – epitomising a truly modern learning facility.
- The Business Centre, offering a suit of seminar rooms and Information Technology facilities, for the delivery of courses for employers.
- The Technology Centre, providing modern engineering and construction work- shops for courses including mechanical and electrical engineering, motor- vehicle, brickwork, furniture making, plumbing, painting and decorating, carpentry and joinery as well as superb music technology and recording studios.
The Community Studies Centre, comprising a large, modern teaching building that houses new training kitchens, a restaurant, Eden - hair, beauty and
complimentary therapy salons and fully equipped teaching rooms.
COMMENTS FROM OUR ARCHITECTS - HEWITT STUDIOS
Completion of the Community Studies Centre marks a significant addition to the Hereford Campus, in effect providing a ’front door’ to the College. To achieve this it incorporates those areas of ‘public-interaction’ which benefit from close proximity to the Folly Lane thoroughfare; notably a training restaurant and suite of hair/beauty salons. The building also provides the College with a significant number of state-of-the-art teaching and training spaces, all with strong environmental credentials such as natural ventilation and day lighting, as well as passive temperature control.
High-quality landscaping is established at the heart of the campus, including the central learning street, a stepped amphitheatre and College quads and gardens. Red weathering steel and gabion baskets provide a contextual accent and reference to the red earth and stone in the Herefordshire landscape.
The completion of the Community Studies Centre delivers inspiring and dynamic surroundings for College students, and one that respects both the local and global environment. The College now has a first-rate education campus with modern, fit-for-purpose buildings, rationalised patterns of movement and high-quality public space.
You can view more photos of the developments at the campus by visiting the Hereford Campus section of the Picture Gallery.
