ACCESS CONTROL
ASSA ABLOY Door Group creates bespoke door specification for Royal College of Art
» DOOR GROUP , A UNIT OF ASSA ABLOY Opening Solutions UK & Ireland , has supplied the Royal College of Art ( RCA ) with a £ 485k bespoke door specification for its new Battersea campus , to allow for secure and compliant access control .
Designed by world-renowned architects Herzog & de Meuron , the new £ 135m campus has been created to help develop the next generation of creative entrepreneurs , spearheading the art school ’ s shift towards a science , technology , engineering , art and mathematics-focused postgraduate university .
The 15,500 sqm building project involved a long four-storey Studio Building with workshops , teaching and exhibition space , alongside an eight-storey Research Building for materials science , advanced manufacturing , and driverless car design .
The wide variety of rooms and working environments within the campus meant there were a mixture of different requirements - some areas were to contain high value equipment that need to be secured , others required doors that can withstand heavy usage .
Overall , the new campus required an access control solution that offered high security , and could handle a high volume of traffic , as well as meeting the standards required for fire and emergency escape door compliance .
With this in mind , Door Group created a specification tailored to the needs of the college , featuring around 320 doorsets including Powershield Steel Doors and SMARTec Timber doors , fitted with ASSA ABLOY Ironmongery , and installed by Comprehensive Carpentry Services Ltd . Bill Nichols , Managing Director of Comprehensive Carpentry Services Ltd , explained : “ The range of door sizes and ironmongery needed for this project was a real challenge , but the design
team support from ASSA ABLOY was outstanding .
“ They made sure the specification met all of the client ’ s requirements – something which many other manufacturers would not have been able to do .
“ We found the system very easy to install , and the doors were also fire-rated , tested and certified where required , meaning the whole specification was compliant and offered a safe and secure environment .
Dr Paul Thompson , Vice-Chancellor at the Royal College of Art , said :
“ This wonderful new building embodies all that is best and most vital about the RCA – open , collaborative , interdisciplinary and bold . It will help the RCA to realise its ambition of bringing creativity , tech , fine art and innovation all together under one roof and these new facilities will ensure the next generation of world-leading designers , artists and creative entrepreneurs have all of the best possible chance to envision a better future for people and planet .”
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