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cOllEgE OF
MUsic

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410 bEdrOOM sTUdEnT
AccOMOdATiOn in
lOndOn
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MKP were employed by balfour
beatty to re-engineer the
mechanical and electrical services
associated with Prince consort
Village, a new hall of residence for
the royal college of Music.
The project was unusual in that it
required high quality, acoustically-
treated bedrooms and 24 hour
practice rooms for the students.

The new accommodation
comprises 410 studio apartments,
en-suite, and standard rooms,
and includes an open-plan,
central amenity space, an informal
performance space, teaching
kitchens and a gymnasium.

The project is predominately
heated via electric heaters which
are offset by a large roof mounted
array of PV cells. MKP were
employed to tackle this change in
heating strategy from the original
concept and to ensure that the
acoustic treatment could be
coordinated within the extremely
tight constraints of the agreed
structure.
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