Wilson House Halls, Paddington

Whilst at BGS Architects, John Nortcliffe lead the design team to deliver Wilson House halls, a 326 bedroom halls of residence for Imperial College. This combined the refurbishment of an entire terrace of 47 houses and building a new 85 bed modular building, which had to be craned over the terrace piece by piece into a confined courtyard space behind, then wrapped in stock brick to meet stringent planning constraints. The project involved liaison with planners, conservation officers and over 50 party wall awards. Innovative use of box bay windows minimised overlooking concerns of the neighbours.