2&3 Park Square, Milton Park Oxfordshire, United Kingdom A fusion of Nature with Life Sciences
Client: Milton Park (MEPC) Size: 8,825m2
Located at the gateway to Milton Park, existing Buildings
Completion Date: 2025 Sustainability: Target - BREEAM Excellent Scope: Architectural and Lab Planning services
2&3 Park Square and their close surroundings provide the opportunity for architectural re-development and transformation into a truly unique, laboratory focused, sustainable development representative of and laying the framework for future Milton Park developments.
― WHY IT’S RELEVANT TO IMPERIAL
The architectural proposals & lab planning strategy was
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Retrofit of two existing buildings into high quality life-sciences research space
progressed through a rigorous iterative and analytical
Nature-based landscaping to create outdoor collaboration spaces.
quantity of public realm and amenity areas.
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Flexible and adaptable spaces
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Design taken from Stage 1 through to completion
process, with different design concepts and building massing profiles tested with special consideration paid to optimising the utilisation of the site and contributing to the quality and
Reuse Existing Reusing existing buildings has a key role to play in making our built environment greener and more sustainable. Central to the success of the project is the opportunity to re-use the existing fabric at 2&3 Park Square. As the buildings were granted planning permission in 2001, the existing fabric is considered to be in good condition.
Building 3 Park Square: 3 Storey Existing Office Building
Building 2 Park Square: 3 Storey Existing Office Building
Landscaping: Public Realm, Hard and Soft Landscaping