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Wadham College was founded in 1610 by Dorothy Wadham, according to the will of her late husband Nicholas Wadham, a member of an ancient Devon and Somerset family. The central buildings, a notable example of Jacobean architecture, were designed by the architect William Arnold and erected between 1610 and 1613. They include a large and ornate Hall.
Buildings and architecture. Wadham’s architectural heritage spans a variety of building styles from the classical Oxford Gothic of the original buildings to the contemporary lines of the new Undergraduate Centre. Statues of the founders, Nicholas and Dorothy Wadham seen through the College entrance.
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These two connected buildings project a message that goes far beyond their modest scale. Despite the 25 per cent increase in area [over the previous buildings], we have enabled a significant decrease in gas and electricity usage. The site’s existing electrical infrastructure and low-temperature hot water systems have been re-used, in addition to th...
These wonderful new buildings make real our twin desires: to respect and adorn the beauty of our ancient site and to symbolise our college’s determination to engage with confidence in the promise of the modern world. The William Doo Undergraduate Centre and the Dr Lee Shau Kee Building (Access Centre) now stand as graceful marks of our continuing b...
The Access Centre’s façade has been designed to express verticality, taking cues from the existing College Hall, which has tall window openings. The design references the subtle range of colours expressed within the hall’s stained-glass windows, here achieved using printed PVB interlayer technology. The façade comprises a patterned frit to the glas...
Start on siteJuly 2018 Completion December 2020 Gross internal floor area 1,760m² (retained basement area: 497m²; site including landscaped area: 0.293ha) Construction cost Undisclosed ArchitectAL_A Client Wadham College, University of Oxford Structural engineerArup M&E consultantArup Landscape consultant Churchman Thornhill Finch Acoustic consulta...
On-site energy generation 8.6% Heating and hot water load 58.8 kWh/m²/yr Annual CO2 emissions 20.2 kgCO2/m²/yr Annual mains water consumption 37.8 m³/occupant/year (estimated) Airtightness at 50Pa 4.29 m³/h.m² U-valueswalls: 0.22 W/m2K; roof: 0.18 W/m2K; curtain wall/windows: 0.66 W/m2K Embodied/whole-life carbon 210 kg/m²CO2e Predicted design life...
'Wadham is the only college [in Oxford] which was built all at one go and has remained virtually unchanged since....' (or at least had when Sherwood and Pevsner first published their survey of Oxfordshire in 1974).
AL_A has built two new buildings at Wadham College in Oxford, United Kingdom. This project showcases the two new buildings designed and built for Wadham College.
May 5, 2021 · London-based architecture studio AL_A has designed two buildings for the University of Oxford that are wrapped in aluminium and etched glass to mimic stone and reflect the site's historic...
Jul 20, 2024 · The college was founded by Nicholas Wadham who died in 1609 but whose intentions were carried out by Dorothy (Petre) his widow. The buildings were begun on the site of the former house of Austin Friars, in April 1610 and finished in July 1613; the society was founded in 1612.
