Wright & Wright Architects have won permission to build a development of new buildings and a reworked Victorian villa on the college’s Norham Gardens site to accomodate 128 students.

The buildings will be made by prefabricated, cross-laminated timber load-bearing frame which was locally sourced. Energy will be produced by air source heat pumps and bi-solar green roofs. Moreover, they will follow the Passivhaus standards, whereas the the Victorian house will be retrofitted following some Passivhaus principles.

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