Regent College London

With outposts across London, Regent College champions a higher education model grounded in flexible learning and vocational-led courses for the 21st century. To support the college’s aspirations, our design for its Harrow campus offers a diverse variety of learning and social spaces that can adapt to evolving educational needs.

The new campus enables Regent College London to expand and respond to growing demand in the higher education sector, as well as improve student experience with modern, tech-enabled facilities. Alongside four storeys of well-balanced learning environments, the building also provides a rooftop level of five residential apartments.

The inspiration for the design concept of the Regent College campus is the notion of the ‘journey’. Students are welcomed into an open and adaptable ground floor that centres on a large staircase, giving easy and active access to the educational floors above while providing a space to gather and interact. Across the upper floors of the campus, partitioned classrooms border central independent study spaces, lit by daylight flowing down through a central void.

The rooftop residential floor, accessed through a separate entrance with cycle storage, benefits from inset or terraced balconies. Externally, this floor is clad in brushed metal to provide a distinct identity while complementing the rest of the building’s architecture.

Biodiverse green roofs on the second and fourth floors and a biosolar roof on top of the building combines planting with solar panels, supporting natural ecosystems and providing clean, renewable energy for the campus.