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Project Overview

Uliving, Linkcity’s student accommodation arm, worked with the University of Gloucestershire to create a comprehensive scheme transforming the Pittville campus into a new student village.

The Cheltenham campus, which had been previously used for teaching and learning, was transformed into a student village providing a high-quality living environment for first year, international and postgraduate students.

Pittville Student Village created a more appealing and contemporary facility catering for the needs of the modern-day student. It provided additional facilities and services to enhance the overall experience of living on campus, including the provision of a gym, dining hall, faith room, a new students’ union office and over 1,000 sq m of dedicated office space for university staff.

Project Information

£57m

VALUE (GDV)

791

STUDENT BEDROOMS

1,000

SQ M UNIVERSITY OFFICE

EXCELLENT

RATING awarded by BREEAM

Project Partners

Equitix

University of Gloucestershire

Project facilities

Refectory

Bar

Gym

Study space

Office for over 100 members of staff

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Student-centred Design

The £57m project to transform the Pittville Campus in Cheltenham was designed to create a high-spec and vibrant scheme which would ultimately increase demand for places at the University of Gloucestershire. Alongside the construction of 577 new student rooms, and the refurbishment of 214 existing rooms, our project delivered a student refectory, bar, gym, study spaces and offices for over 100 members of the University of Gloucestershire faculty staff.

Working within a Masterplan

The new buildings on Pittville Campus were designed in accordance with the university’s masterplan and the local council’s Urban Design Framework. In developing our proposal, Uliving were able to demonstrate that the massing of the buildings complemented both the existing built environment and that envisaged within the master plan. We are proud to have received the BREEAM certificate of Excellence for our work.

On Time and on Target

To complete this project, we had to meet very challenging timescales, with less than a year to hand the accommodation over to the university. The key to achieving this was the successful collaboration of all partners and the commitment and expertise of everyone involved.

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The new student village at Pittville will give our future students a great place to live, with well-designed and well-managed accommodation and good facilities in a wonderful location.”
Stephen Marston, Vice Chancellor of the University of Gloucestershire: