Project & design lead - Design Engine Architects - 2019

Solent University required an expedient and economic approach to re-imagining their Maritime Safety Training Centre at Warsash.

It’s a fascinating campus and collection of buildings associated with all aspects of safety training . This includes a separate Fire Training ground and a HUET (helicopter under water escape training) pool.

The proposed new buildings make reference to coastal and dockyard marine architecture, where structures typically take the form of wide span gable ended buildings, designed to accommodate boats and equipment, with easy access to slipways.

The new buildings are clad in a textured metal material, typical of marine and boatyard architecture. It was designed to be dark in colour so as to be visually recessive and non reflective against the backdrop of trees, while also making use of signature colour highlights for branding and signage.

The project started on site in 2019, but was paused following the Covid epidemic.