Green Templeton College
Feilden Fowles’ plans for a mixed-use development for Green Templeton College (GTC), University of Oxford improve its main accommodation, academic and social facilities, while continuing to decarbonise its estate. The primary aims of the development are to enhance facilities for students and the wider GTC community on the central college site, including provision of high-quality student study bedrooms, an enhanced entrance and porters’ lodge, doubling dining capacity and much needed student study space. The proposals embody GTC’s ethos of ‘making the world a better place to live in’ contributing positively to the sustainability of the College estate and to the architectural heritage of Oxford.
The approved scheme, which will be built to Passivhaus Standard and reduce the site-wide carbon emissions by over 40%, comprises:
- Three new purpose-built accommodation buildings;
- A new dining hall and associated facilities;
- A new, improved Porters’ Lodge and associated office facilities;
- A new single-storey café and informal study space;
- A series of landscape interventions designed by Dan Pearson Studio, complementing the new buildings and enhancing the existing gardens, resulting in a biodiversity net gain of over 16%.
