Case Study: RGU, Strategic Support Building.
Location: Garthdee Campus, Aberdeen.
Download: rgu-strategic-support-building.pdf


Robert Gordon University, Strategic Support Building

The Strategic and Support Services Building is a naturally ventilated office building for staff of The Robert Gordon University estates and finance teams, and is the first building in the broader masterplan for the University's Garthdee Campus.

The building incorporates open plan office accommodation over four floors, with meeting rooms and an executive suite forming a recessed penthouse level, incorporating a terrace opening up to views over the surrounding landscape.

Greenroom IKM completed the natural ventilation analysis and design for the main open plan office space to prove the cross flow ventilation strategy was acceptable. This building design also incorporates concrete bubbledeck structure which will provide additional thermal mass to aid the passive summer cooling strategy. A full intelligent lighting control syetem and BMS were also designed by our practice.

Winner of the Aberdeen Civic Trust Award

Location
Aberdeen

Client
Robert Gordon University

Contract Value
£3.3 million

Size
2,000 m2

Design Team

Architect
RMJM Scotland Ltd

Structural Engineer
Create Engineering

QS
Turner & Townsend

Project Manager
Davis Langdon

Main Contractor
Robertson Construction