The new Student Centre is a brand-new building, designed from the ground up with student needs and the student experience at its heart. It provides practical support with a new Student Enquiries Centre and 1,000 new study spaces, radically improving the way students move and learn on campus.
Swift Crafted led the carpentry, joinery and fit-out package under a GC Works 1 (NEC-based): Design and Build subcontract, testing our ability to achieve the highest level of quality in the shortest space of time. During the busiest stage of the project, Swift Crafted employed over 55 carpenters working across 8 different floors on various workfaces – our forward-thinking site management team worked around the clock to ensure the project was completed in time for Christmas. Swift Crafted collaborated with the architects, Nicholas Hare, to design an American White Oak themed interior, within a fair-faced concrete backdrop, focusing around acoustic wall and ceiling panelling to maximise the quality of student study spaces. All timber was sustainably sourced directly from a range of suppliers across our international supply chain. We managed the design process throughout the project with particular emphasis on lead-in times – cutting our typical manufacturing period substantially in order to achieve the tight construction programme. The most challenging element of the project was the integration with the detailed MEP package – though well-planned Revit models assisted with this difficult level of interfacing. The sustainably designed and built New Student Centre is a focal point for study, events and student life - an essential space to think, explore, collaborate, discover and challenge – a project Swift Crafted are proud to associate themselves with.Slatted and Veneered timber acoustic wall linings
Topakustik® perforated sound absorbing acoustic wall panels
Demountable acoustic slatted timber ceiling systems
Skirtings, window boards & blind boxes
Internal timber and laminate doorsets
Glazed atrium screens & slatted wall linings
Bespoke furniture (tea points, worktops, food preps, storage walls, café servery)
Reception desk & student enquiries desks
Glass display cases
WC fit-out (IPS, back paited glass, mirrors, trims, group 2 fittings)