The University of Northampton, Waterside Campus has been highly commended at the 2020 Civic Trust Awards. MCW architects received the award at a ceremony on 6 March at the Imperial War Museum North in Salford, Manchester.

The University commissioned LUC as a core design team member for their £330m new campus, working with MCW architects, CPMG and Stride Treglown.

We were involved from the outset of the six-year project, developing an ecologically sensitive landscape masterplan to transform 25 hectares of contaminated riverside, derelict factories and a power station into the University’s new campus. We designed a bold structure of routes, spaces and places, reinforced by lines and grids of trees, to provide a distinctive character to the whole site.

As well as public realm and landscape design, LUC provided LVIA, input to masterplanning and enabling works, produced a Green Infrastructure strategy and interfaced with ecological and technical support during construction.

The campus opened in September 2018 with high praise from students and staff.

Read more about Waterside Campus, University of Northampton.