Imperial College South Kensington Masterplan

Imperial College was founded at South Kensington in 1888 as part of Prince Albert's vision for a large-scale cultural and scientific quarter emerging from the success of the Great Exhibition. Over the last 125 years, the campus has seen successive waves of development. This masterplan sets out a long-term framework of discrete projects which enable future growth and change to come forward in a more coherent way, in ways that help to define and strengthen the public realm and in ways that improve the quality of the campus environment for all.

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The masterplan particularly focuses on activating the spaces around the small but highly valued Queen's Lawn

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The campus today is restrained by its urban boundaries and occupies a variety of buildings of many styles and eras

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Consultation identified that many routes across campus necessitated moving through buildings

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Stronger shared spaces and more transparent routes

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Refurbished Junior and Common Rooms in the Sheffield Building

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Proposal for refurbished atrium in the Chemistry Building

City: London SW7
Uses: Education, Science and health
Client: Imperial College London
Status: Completed
Size: 12.5 ha