MAKING THE MOST OF RAMPHAL
The refurbished teaching rooms will accommodate many different teaching styles. IATL and AV Services will run open
classroom sessions from Tuesday 25 to Thursday 27 September, showing you what the new facilities have to offer. We’ll get
in touch with your department nearer the time to say when the sessions will take place and you can drop in whenever it
suits you best: there’s no need to book.
All rooms will be bookable in term time through Central Timetabling as before.
Teaching Rooms
REFURBISHING
RAMPHAL 2012
More layout alternatives
‘Open’, ‘flexible’, ‘light’, ‘user-friendly’. These
were the words that occurred most frequently
in IATL’s research prior to the re-design of the
Ramphal Building’s small teaching spaces,
and which informed our thinking before
and after our successful joint bid with Space
Management to the Capital Investment Fund.
46 seats
46 seats
We have had a rare opportunity to re-think
the internal design of eight of the teaching
rooms and, as those designs near completion
and building works begin, we want to share
the plans with the wider University. On the
pages that follow are some of the architects’
drawings and visualisations that show not
only the interior design of the teaching
spaces, but also how the public areas of the
building will be given a facelift to create a
more user-friendly and attractive space for
students and staff. The refurbishment work
will start in Week 6 of the Summer Term.
SPECIFICATIONS
1.A typical classroom (0.03, 0.04, 0.14,
1.03, 1.04, 1.13, 1.15) will have:
• New floor finishes
• Repainted walls
• Acoustic ceiling panels with integrated lighting and speakers
• Storage unit for furniture and AV equipment
• Manually-operated ventilation grilles to windows
• Wall-mounted glass writing board, black and white
• Stackable tables and chairs
• New signage to outside of the room
• New internal windows with integrated blinds in selected rooms
• Dual 1080p high definition projectors.
• Simple to use touch screen control system with ability to display multiple inputs on both screens.
• Document visualizers
• AV designed to support a variety of room layouts operable from multiple locations in the room
2.The International Portal (0.12) will
have the same specifications as the
standard teaching rooms PLUS:
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The refurbishment of Ramphal has been
informed throughout by an awareness
of the relationship of space to pedagogy
– something taken seriously by both the
architects, Berman Guedes Stretton , and
the enthusiastic and committed working
group drawn from across the university. The
brief to create physically and metaphorically
‘open’ spaces, in which student-centred
learning can flourish, has been balanced by
an acknowledgement that much excellent
teaching around the University takes place
in ‘standard’ room layouts. The re-designed
spaces make it possible – using the light and
easily stackable furniture, advanced technical
specs and easily stored AV equipment – to
transform the rooms very easily into a
multitude of configurations from ‘exam’
conditions to completely open. The spaces
will accommodate the widest possible choice
of potential teaching and learning scenarios.
The acoustics and ventilation of the rooms
will be upgraded. New lighting and flooring
has been specified, as has more manageable
furniture and materials, in appropriate
colours. In order to provide more openness
and light, windows will be placed in the
elevations of the teaching rooms that face
into the atrium, equipped with internal
blinds. We believe these improvements will
encourage an atmosphere conducive to
learning.
In addition, one of the rooms on the ground
floor has been designated as an ‘international
portal’ and has additional video-conferencing
technology that will permit a variety of
collaborative teaching and learning activities
with our partner universities overseas.
The project will be completed by the
beginning of September. In Week 0 IATL and
AV Services are arranging a series of sessions
in the new spaces to demonstrate the range
of possibilities they provide and to introduce
the new AV provision. We look forward to
sharing the potential of this exciting project
with colleagues who teach in these spaces
and welcome interest from all our colleagues
around the University
Dr Nicholas Monk
Institute for Advanced Teaching and Learning
High definition video conferencing system which will allow users to connect to multiple room-based VC systems, laptops and mobile devices.
Facility to record video conferences.
Facility to stream live video conferences to remote audiences.
Smart board
All fully supported by AV Services.
For up to date news on the Ramphal refurbishment project go to www.go.warwick.ac.uk/ramphalrefurb or contact:
Estates: m.k.osborn@warwick.ac.uk IATL: IATL@warwick.ac.uk
Audio Visual Services: audio.visual@warwick.ac.uk
Space Management and Timetabling: O.Bennett@warwick.ac.uk; roombookings@warwick.ac.uk
Designed by Hannah Jamieson Vickery
Printed by WarwickPrint
©2012 University of Warwick
Institute for Advanced Teaching and Learning
The space where collaborative learning happens
Institute for Advanced Teaching and Learning, University of Warwick, Millburn House,
Millburn Hill Rd, University of Warwick Science Park, Coventry, CV4 7HS
Cosmic Wallpaper by Simon Patterson, Ramphal Building
Atrium
Balcony
Existing
Tables with
integrated sockets
Firs
t
Benches
Fixed chairs
floo
r pl
an
General scope of work
Plans
‘International
Portal’
Screen for live stream
Projection
smart
board
GENERAL NOTES:
1. This drawing is to be read in conjunction with all
relevant engineer's and specialist's drawings and
specifications. Any discrepancies discovered
between drawings are to be reported to the CA
immediately.
2. Health & Safety - All specific drawing notes are to
be read in conjunction with the project Health &
Safety documentation
3. Do not scale from this drawing in either paper or
digital form. Use written dimensions only. All
dimensions are in millimetres. To check the drawing
has been printed at the intended scale this bar should
be 50mm long at A1 and 25mm long at A3.
General scope of removal work to atrium:
General scope of removal work to atrium:
Existing floor finish to be replaced/ overlaid - TBA
Existing floor finish to be replaced/ overlaid - TBA
Existing light fittings to be removed and replaced
Existing light fittings to be removed and replaced
Handrail to first floor balcony removed and replaced with
joinery item (shelf/bench).
Theatre wing 109
Drawing:06-109
48 m2
carpet
h:2,500 mm
All walls cleared from wall mounted items and re-painted.
New Storage
Drawing:06-009
19 m2
stair
01
24 m2
9
Theatre wing 108
Drawing:06-108
47 m2
carpet
h:2,500 mm
Open up internal walls to allow for new internal window
(indicated with orange on plan)
1,750
175 =
= 1,4
00
175
8x
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
1
2
9
Foyer 005
Drawing:06-005
249 m2
carpet
h:2,500 mm
10 x
175 =
1,750
004
floo
r pl
Switch rm
115
Gas
Teaching Rm 101 (115)
Drawing:06-101
84 m2
Capacity: 46
h:2,500 mm
plant
Cloak room
outside scope of work
80 m2
Rev: 1B
an
By: AA
stair
02
15 m2
113
WCs Male - 108
Teaching Rm 102 (113)
Drawing:06-102
94 m2
Capacity: 50
h:2,500 mm
Date: 10/05/2012
28 m2
40 m2
014
012
3 m2
Cleaners cpd
outside scope of work
3 m2
General scope of removal work to WC'
3 m2
und
stair
02
15 m2
Kitchen
lift motor
WC- Accessible 111
Gro
Teaching Rm 001 (014)
Drawing:06-001
84 m2
Capacity: 46
h:2,500 mm
WC- Accessible 110
Foyer 105
Drawing:06-105
121 m2
carpet
h:2,500 mm
Store
outside scope of work
8 m2
store
Teaching Rm 002 (012)
Drawing:06-002
92 m2
Capacity: 50
h:2,500 mm
WCs Female - 109
1,325
= 1,750
Existing light fittings to be removed
104
00
= 1,4
1,290
x 175
= 1,750
17510
175
3
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10 x
8x
Open up internal walls to allow for new in
(indicated with orange on plan)
Teaching Rm 103 (104)
Drawing:06-103
70 m2
Capacity: 38
h:2,500 mm
4
00
= 1,4
1 Lower window panel in each room to
controlled ventilation louvres
5
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
175
1
8x
Existing light fittings to be removed
Teaching Rm 003 (004)
Drawing:06-003
67 m2
Capacity: 30
h:2,500 mm
Existing floor finish to be replaced
103
6
175
8x
General scope of removal work to tea
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
7
= 1,4
00
003
New Storage
Drawing:06-009
20 m2
Teaching Rm 104 (103)
Drawing:06-104
70 m2
Capacity: 38
h:2,500 mm
10 x
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
stair
01
24 m2
1
General scope of removal work to theatre lobbies
General scope of removal work to teaching rooms:
Existing floor finish to be removed/overlaid (TBA)
Existing floor finish to be replaced
Light fittings to be removed & replaced
1 Lower window panel in each room to be replaced with
controlled ventilation louvres
8
1,750
175 =
10 x
6
5
4
3
2
1
A few skylight above replaced with matching openable skylights
Lecture Theatre outside scope of work
228 m2
Teaching Rm 004 (003)
Drawing:06-004
67 m2
Capacity: 30
h:2,500 mm
9
8
7
Lecture Theatre outside scope of work
380 m2
Handrail to first floor balcony removed.
All walls cleared from wall mounted items and re-painted.
Light fittings to be removed and replaced
Description: Planning
Broken taps removed & replaced
Berman Guedes Stretton
Architects + Designers
Ground Floor
Existing wall tiles removed
OXFORD
25 Cave Street
Oxford
OX4 1BA
LONDON
9B Ladbroke Grove
London
W11 3BD
Tel: 01865 791728
Fax: 01865 791732
Tel: 020 3220 0230
Fax: 020 3220 0231
GA PLANS
email: info@bgsarchitects.co.uk
www.bgsarchitects.co.uk
Client
University of Warwick
Project
Ramphal Building - Teaching rooms
Drawing Title
Existing wall mounted dispensers (hand-d
removed - wall made good where required
First Floor
First Floor
1:100