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New Campus Facilities
Holly Cross and The Oaks

New University facilities are proposed in locations that are
well connected to the Heart of the Campus. Improving
connectivity has been an important part of the design
development.

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It is the intention to provide improved hub facilities at
Holly Cross and The Oaks. Further engagement and
options assessment work is required to identify what
is required to best improve the student experience.

The facilities are:

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Music and Teaching Facility

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Medical Centre

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Keele Postgraduate Association (KPA) Building

The music and teaching facility and the medical centre,
located on the current E1 car park face onto a new
pedestrian-priority link.
The KPA building is repositioned further to the west,
providing a destination on the existing pedestrian route.

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Location Plan

Music and Teaching Space

Photographs and plan of the existing Social Hub.

Proposed Plans - Music & Teaching and Medical Facilities

A new music and Teaching space will be provided as part of the
first phase. The existing music and teaching facility, currently located
at Lindsay Hall, will be demolished as part of the redevelopment of
Lindsay Hall. A new music and teaching facility will be provided as
part of the first phase.

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performance
space

Located close to the heart of the campus and near to other
performance spaces such as the Student Union and Chapel, the
music and teaching facility marks the start of the new buildings on
this key pedestrian link.

car parking to
medical centre

The proposed new standalone music and teaching facility has been
designed from the inside out as series of acoustic “black boxes” laid
out all at one level.

View looking North West (existing commemorative trees not shown for illustration purposes).

Other spaces (reception, circulation, instrument stores) have been
positioned to minimise the risk of transfer of sound and better enable
the spaces to be used simultaneously, something which will prove to

Medical Centre
The existing medical centre will be replaced with a new medical
centre. This will be slightly larger than the existing GP facilities. The
single story building will be located at the ground level of the buildings
proposed on the E1 car park, fronting on to a new shared surface
space and forming a parking courtyard to the flank facing the new
Music Facility.

Music and Teaching
Facility Entrance

main entrance to
music & teaching
facility

Medical Centre
Entrance

main entrance to
medical centre

View looking North East across Keele Hall Road towards the proposed music and medical facilities.

Keele Post Graduate Association Building

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Bar & Kitchen

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Function Room

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Meeting Rooms

The proposals give a unique opportunity to bring a new purpose to
the ‘building of interest’ and will be carried out in a manner that is
sensitive to its mid-century heritage. House 99, a former warden’s
house, is an important building to the University and these proposals
will secure its future.

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main entrance to
kpa building

Entrance

The characterful spaces within the building, such as the sunken
lounge and fireplace, will provide cosy and comfortable spaces to
meet, whilst a new minimalist extension will provide a flexible social
space for events, served by a new bar and kitchen.

Bins Access

Lounge Area

Delivery Access

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Beer Barrel Storage

Proposed Plans - Extending and Remodelling KPA (House 99)

Delivery Access

Following consultation with members of the KPA, a new home will
be created for the Keele Postgraduate Association through the
remodelling and extension of House 99. The extended building will
be the same size as the existing KPA and provide a similar range of
social and meeting spaces.

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View looking South East across Horwood Hall Avenue towards the proposed KPA building.

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Ground Floor
Original plans of the 1960’s house

First Floor
View looking North across Horwood Hall Avenue towards the proposed KPA building.

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