Writtle University College, Chelmsford

Formerly an office block, the internal spaces were opened out to create four sociable study rooms available to students day and night.

Writtle University College

Quality, connectivity, accessibility

From the outset, there were three key requirements of the project: quality, connectivity and accessibility. The area was to be a distinctly social space, with no fixed PCs but with students’ own device use to the fore.

The client was looking for a clean, contemporary look, with colours specifically chosen to suggest an air of purposeful studiousness, maintaining a calming atmosphere whilst at the same time promoting concentration.

FG Library & Learning provided a variety of products ranging from individual upholstered stools to low and high-back sofas, high-back chairs, flexible device tables, Oasis Linear Team Booths with desking and integrated power and data sockets, height-adjustable desks especially designed for wheelchair users or those with mobility issues, a teardrop media table and divided study carrels both with integrated power sockets.