Templeton College, Oxford

Client: Templeton College
Project value: £0.6m
Brief: A new 110 seat lecture theatre
Sustainability Initiatives: mechanically assisted cooling using thermal mass in an undercroft.


The college required a new lecture theatre to be based on the 'Harvard Business School' model of a horseshoe plan to facilitate interaction between staff and students. The octagonal plan creates an intimate but generous space with cool air being introduced below the seating, supplied from an undercroft masonry labyrinth.

Winner: Vale of White Horse District Council Design Award 1999