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New 果冻影院 student residence on Caledonian Road
26 September 2013
A brand new 果冻影院 hall of residence, New Hall, on Caledonian Road, opened recently providing 350 extra bed spaces for 果冻影院 students in a central London location with excellent local transport links to our main campus in Bloomsbury.
It is a major investment in providing good quality, affordable accommodation for our students. The accommodation comprises a mixture of three to six bedroom 'cluster' flats as well as individual studios which have been designed with post-graduate students in mind.
New Hall also contains a central courtyard area, a large social learning space and two retail units. have built New Hall and are responsible for the design. A challenging aspect of the building design was the need for Mortar Developments to incorporate the existing fa莽ade, which is listed, into an appropriate hall of residence.
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final design complies with all necessary planning regulations in respect of
outlook, amenity and natural daylight. There are only around 40 bedrooms out of
350 that are behind the fa莽ade. Of these only 2 bedrooms have windows that are
significantly misaligned and will be available at a reduced rate.
New Hall has a farm of solar PV panels, to generate electricity, on the roof intermingled with wild flowers and a green wall to the western railway corridor. BREEAM Excellent has been submitted by 果冻影院 to the BRE for certification.
Teams in 果冻影院 Information Services Division and Student Accommodation (果冻影院 Estates) have worked tirelessly to enable us to open the doors to our students for the start of term. This has included Wi-Fi unit installations - absolutely key for our students. 听
New Hall did attract some negative media coverage recently. A piece in this week gives more information about the development and responds to concerns from students and local residents.
New Hall opened at the beginning of the 2013 academic year. .
Andrew Grainger, Director of 果冻影院 Estates