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Refurbishment demonstration centre design meets approval
Overall design by PRP Architects for a former Victorian pottery works in Stoke-on-Trent to become a new the ‘Centre of Refurbishment Excellence’ (CoRE) is to go ahead for Stoke-on-Trent City Council, the BRE and Stoke-on-Trent College.
The 6,000 sqm site will provide an integrated facility to bring together the UK’s talent, training and technologies to demonstrate best practice in sustainable refurbishment and retrofitting. The CoRE project will provide a new build college, conference area and demonstration space and will be a virtual hub and knowledge platform bringing together all stakeholders in the retrofit community, including a UK skills alliance.
The Enson Works site in the Longton area of Stoke-on-Trent was selected as it is an architecturally impressive landmark setting, containing dilapidated grade II listed structures, which presents a unique refurbishment challenge, which will undoubtedly regenerate the surrounding area.
An integral part of PRP’s design has been the retention of the three, grade II listed bottle kilns. In addition the CoRE provides:
Work has now commenced onsite for the project, with the new build college anticipated to be finished later this year. The project will benefit from £3.5m of European Union investment from the ERDF Competitiveness Programme 2007-13, managed by regional development agency One North East. The ERDF programme is bringing over £300m into the North East to support innovation, enterprise and business support across the region
PRP is a leading multidisciplinary practice and is currently undertaking various key regeneration projects across the UK. PRP is committed to design excellence and has won a large number of prestigious awards for its design and sustainability credentials.
More information: www.prparchitects.co.uk
One Response to “Refurbishment demonstration centre design meets approval”
ecoadmin says:
CoRE showcases best practice in retrofitting within the UK and PRP is part of the delivery of such a landmark building. The listed kilns form an integral part of the design and full height glazing floods the interior with natural light.