Redbridge College – proposal to rejuvenate a 1960s building
Client: Redbridge College of Further Education
Status: Proposal completed August 2005
Our proposal was to inject light and colour into the space to create a dramatic and uplifting new face to the building.
By introducing a two storey, transparent box we created a new entrance. The box extended back into the central courtyard to enclose an existing steel link bridge that would be used to access two new mezzanine pods that would hover over the entrance.
The pods were clad in blue, translucent, glass planks and lit from above making them glow. A new staircase was inserted to become the main stair up to the first floor wings.
Key departments would be showcased in the two elliptical pods, whilst a new café would share the ground floor with the main entrance, creating a vibrant shop window into the life of the college.
