Queen Margaret University
Musselburgh, UK
The masterplan for Queen Margaret University (QMU) consists of a 45,000sqm mixed use commercial and Innovation Hubs located at the gateway to the University campus. The brief was to create a vibrant area, enhance the life of students and staff at the University, and provide a new local centre for both the established community and the potentially new community.
The design includes new streets and squares, reinforced existing routes, and created new bus and pedestrian connections to future developments and provided a range of facilities including retail, coffee shops, health and fitness, hotel, schools, carparks, and residential accommodation.
At the heart of the masterplan is the creation of the Innovation Hub that is part of a broader commercial development adjacent to QMU. Given its prominent location and transport links to London, the Innovation Hub is uniquely positioned to become a natural home for knowledge and innovation enterprise emerging from the hub and for companies wishing to move to co-locate with the region's unrivalled research and commercial excellence.
Phase One of the innovation hub is the development of the 5,000sqm Innovation Centre which will comprise grade A office suites, Category One laboratories, workshops, and meeting rooms/conferencing facilities.
The Innovation Centre will provide opportunities for students to embrace the innovation and enterprise culture and explore the possibilities of commercialising new ideas as part of their educational experience. The Innovation Centre will provide a home for enterprise initiatives, events and workshops and will showcase the inspirational, innovative students and staff from across the University.
The Innovation Centre will provide opportunities for students to embrace the innovation and enterprise culture and explore the possibilities of commercialising new ideas as part of their educational experience. The Innovation Centre will provide a home for enterprise initiatives, events and workshops and will showcase the inspirational, innovative students and staff from across the University.
team
Design Partner - Paul Rodgers
Architectural Team
Radek Szafran, Jose Castenada
consultants
10 Design - Lead Masterplanner & Lead Design Architect
Scott Hobbs Planning - Planning Consultant
Grontmij - Traffic Engineer
