This architectural fit out for the University of Edinburgh Appleton Tower building transforms outdated teaching areas into bright, functional spaces for modern learning.
Inspiring Spaces for the School of Informatics
The project involved reconfiguring part of one of the floors within the 1960’s Appleton Tower to form teaching, study and meeting room spaces for the School of Informatics. The existing teaching spaces had awkward circulation, with low ceiling heights and poor natural light to the main lobby area. Redundant services were removed to allow for raising ceiling heights and acoustically rated glazed screens were fitted to open up the lobby area to the study spaces.
The design was carefully coordinated in advance to allow the works to take place in a short window during the summer holidays and were completed on programme and on budget.
Completed 2023
Main Contractor – Ashwood Scotland Ltd
Building Services Engineer – Keenan Culbertson Ltd
Photography – Angus Behm, Square Foot Media