Edinburgh University: 7 Bristo Square - Wellbeing Centre
7 Bristo Square was built as a student centre 1966-73 by Morris & Steedman. Concrete modernism with stilts and ribbed towers. Currently teaching and office space and the university's health centre.
In January 2018 it was announced £8.4 million would be spent creating a new Health and Wellbeing Centre at 7 Bristo Square. www.ed.ac.uk/students/inspiring-students/we-are-investing
We are promised a significant reconfiguration of the lower three floors will peel away decades of unsympathetic additions to this Modernist gem.
"A colour palette derived from the Cherry Blossom avenue at The Meadows, comprising soft tones and natural textures will temper the hard surfaces of the 1970s Brutalist building, create a calming, stress-reducing environment. Furthermore, colour will be used to designate space, as part of the way-finding strategy and also to introduce contrast for the visually impaired."
Page/Park design: pagepark.co.uk/project/architecture/university-edinburgh-...
Due for completion at the end of 2019, the extension to the ground floor of the building will provide an accessible entrance from Bistro Square. When completed, the building will be a health and wellbeing hub for students housing the Counselling and Disability services, University Medical Centre and the University Pharmacy. It will offer 36 one-to-one consultation rooms, a lounge and an accessible internal arcade.
www.scottishconstructionnow.com/article/work-starts-on-un...
Page\Park Architects; Harley Haddow engineers; Civil & Structural Engineer ARUP; Morrison Construction construction.
Robert Steedman (b. 1929) and James Morris (1931-2006) qualified as architects at Edinburgh College of Art in 1955. They are said to have been influenced by Marcel Breuer, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Richard Neutra. The practice won a number of prestigious awards including Saltire and Civic Trust Awards, European Architectural Heritage Medal and two Royal Institute of British Architects Awards for Scotland.
A booklet about this celebrated partnership can be downloaded from Historic Scotland: www.historic-scotland.gov.uk/architectsvolume1.pdf
Scottish Architects www.scottisharchitects.org.uk/architect_full.php?id=400368
In 2013 the university announced plans to spend £34m on improvements to the McEwan Hall and Bristo Square.
Ongoing updates: www.ed.ac.uk/estatesprojects/central-area/live-capital-pr...
Urban Realm article: www.urbanrealm.com/news/4305/University_of_Edinburgh_subm...
Article by architectural historian Clive Fenton on the 1960s redevelopment of the central area: edit.ed.ac.uk/articles/issue/2/last-word/ (Summer 2015 edition)
Edinburgh University: 7 Bristo Square - Wellbeing Centre
7 Bristo Square was built as a student centre 1966-73 by Morris & Steedman. Concrete modernism with stilts and ribbed towers. Currently teaching and office space and the university's health centre.
In January 2018 it was announced £8.4 million would be spent creating a new Health and Wellbeing Centre at 7 Bristo Square. www.ed.ac.uk/students/inspiring-students/we-are-investing
We are promised a significant reconfiguration of the lower three floors will peel away decades of unsympathetic additions to this Modernist gem.
"A colour palette derived from the Cherry Blossom avenue at The Meadows, comprising soft tones and natural textures will temper the hard surfaces of the 1970s Brutalist building, create a calming, stress-reducing environment. Furthermore, colour will be used to designate space, as part of the way-finding strategy and also to introduce contrast for the visually impaired."
Page/Park design: pagepark.co.uk/project/architecture/university-edinburgh-...
Due for completion at the end of 2019, the extension to the ground floor of the building will provide an accessible entrance from Bistro Square. When completed, the building will be a health and wellbeing hub for students housing the Counselling and Disability services, University Medical Centre and the University Pharmacy. It will offer 36 one-to-one consultation rooms, a lounge and an accessible internal arcade.
www.scottishconstructionnow.com/article/work-starts-on-un...
Page\Park Architects; Harley Haddow engineers; Civil & Structural Engineer ARUP; Morrison Construction construction.
Robert Steedman (b. 1929) and James Morris (1931-2006) qualified as architects at Edinburgh College of Art in 1955. They are said to have been influenced by Marcel Breuer, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Richard Neutra. The practice won a number of prestigious awards including Saltire and Civic Trust Awards, European Architectural Heritage Medal and two Royal Institute of British Architects Awards for Scotland.
A booklet about this celebrated partnership can be downloaded from Historic Scotland: www.historic-scotland.gov.uk/architectsvolume1.pdf
Scottish Architects www.scottisharchitects.org.uk/architect_full.php?id=400368
In 2013 the university announced plans to spend £34m on improvements to the McEwan Hall and Bristo Square.
Ongoing updates: www.ed.ac.uk/estatesprojects/central-area/live-capital-pr...
Urban Realm article: www.urbanrealm.com/news/4305/University_of_Edinburgh_subm...
Article by architectural historian Clive Fenton on the 1960s redevelopment of the central area: edit.ed.ac.uk/articles/issue/2/last-word/ (Summer 2015 edition)