Working closely with staff and students, we refurbished the ground floor entrance area to the Aldridge Building creating an open plan, double height foyer as well as providing flexible exhibition/teaching spaces. An informal social space for students and staff accommodates ‘pods’ that were developed with artist Rob Colbourne. The former campus Auditorium, located at the heart of the campus, has been refurbished into a new Learning Resource Centre which acts as the main hub for the college. It incorporates a variety of teaching and meeting spaces as well as informal

areas for students and staff to meet, learn and socialise. The new Sustainable Energy Centre is the base for providing BMET’s curriculum which focuses on the development of sustainable technologies. Whilst the building accommodates the latest ‘active’ sustainable technology, we were keen for the building to also demonstrate elements of ‘passive’ sustainable design.