D’Overbroeck’s College, Oxford
October 2017

Glazing products from the Hybrid range of SENIOR ARCHITECTURAL SYSTEMS were used in the restoration and extension of a former Masonic Hall in Oxford to form a new sixth form campus for d’Overbroeck’s College.

The construction materials for the new build elements, which comprise a new sixth form college and separate hall, have been specified to complement and enhance the existing Italianate Villa style of the older building. Doors, windows and curtain walling from Senior’s Hybrid range, which features aluminium on the exterior and engineered timber on the interior.

Fabricated and installed by Soundcraft Doors and Windows for main contractor Kingerlee Ltd, Senior’s Hybrid series 3 curtain walling system and Hybrid series 1 windows were installed. As well as complementing the existing architecture of the site, the Hybrid system ensured that the required U-values and thermal efficiency requirements were met.

Hybrid curtain wall and windows were also installed to the college’s new hall adjacent to the main building and which provides dining facilities and a 180-seat auditorium for performance and events. A key challenge was the creation of the hall’s curved elevation that features a complex faceted curtain wall screen.

Soundcraft also installed Senior’s robust SPW501 aluminium doors, with an attractive feature of the college’s main building being an attractive 300mm deep entrance door system.

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