Wilson Mason Architects has been appointed to deliver a heritage-led refurbishment of a computer laboratories facility set within London\u2019s iconic University of Greenwich campus.<\/p>\n
Located within the Old Royal Naval College at Greenwich, the project will transform a first-floor teaching space within the Grade I listed King William Court.<\/p>\n
The building forms part of the Greenwich Hospital Scheduled Monument within the Maritime Greenwich UNESCO World Heritage Site.<\/p>\n
Wilson Mason is providing architecture, interiors, heritage, Building Regulations and CDM Principal Designer services on the project. The project will refurbish the university\u2019s existing computer laboratories, which were originally fitted out around 2000 when the university first occupied the site.<\/p>\n
After 25 years of intensive use, the facilities are being upgraded to support current and future teaching methods, improve capacity and enhance the student experience, while carefully preserving the building\u2019s historic fabric.<\/p>\n
Wilson Mason began work on the project with a feasibility study in September 2025 and has led the design through the early stages. The practice will now continue its involvement from Stage 4 onwards as part of the client design and monitoring team, with construction works due to commence in late May 2026 and completion scheduled for August 2026 ready for the start of the new academic year.<\/p>\n
The scheme has required a highly sensitive approach in response to the heritage significance of the building, including no fixings into masonry and stonework, no new services penetrations through masonry and limited opportunities to disturb the historic floor construction.<\/p>\n
Dominique Haslam, partner architect at Wilson Mason\u2019s London office, said: \u201cWe feel enormously proud to be working with the University of Greenwich on this important refurbishment at King William Court. This is a project of real significance, not only because of the value it will bring to students and teaching staff, but also because of the extraordinary historic setting in which it sits.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur approach has been to develop a carefully considered, light-touch design that responds to the constraints of a Grade I-listed building and Scheduled Monument while creating contemporary, flexible and future-facing learning spaces. It has been a genuinely collaborative process with the university, Historic England and the wider consultant team, and we look forward to seeing the project progress on site.\u201d<\/p>\n
The design strategy for the project includes bespoke joinery interventions, carefully integrated servicing routes and multifunctional elements that support teaching, acoustics, lighting control and ventilation. The design also includes reinstatement of double sash window operation to support the natural ventilation of the space.<\/p>\n
Sustainability has been addressed through the replacement of existing cooling units with more efficient contemporary systems, improved natural ventilation, the specification of materials with high recycled content and end-of-life recycling potential, as well as a modular approach that will allow future adaptation and reassembly.<\/p>\n
Throughout the scheme, any newly introduced elements have been designed to perform multiple functions while minimising impact on the historic structure.<\/p>\n
A programme of survey and opening-up works, undertaken with consent from Historic England, has helped the team better understand the construction of the building, existing service routes and opportunities for sensitive interventions. This collaborative approach has supported the progression of the design and the timely securing of Scheduled Monument Consent.<\/p>\n
The wider consultant team on the project includes Maris Interiors as building contractor, Gardiner & Theobald as project manager and cost consultant, Hoare Lea as MEP, acoustics and AV consultant, and Price & Myers as structural engineer.<\/p>\n
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