Master of Architecture Part II (MArch)
Lincoln School of Architecture and the Built Environment
Year 5 students visited the building site between the Sarah Swift building and the railway line. This gave them the opportunity to observe typical construction details of a steel structural system with pre-cast concrete stairs, commonly used in multi-storey buildings and in student projects.
This week Year 5 students had a chance to visit the site of the new student accommodation being developed near the High Street in Lincoln, within the curtilage of the old Stokes Warehouse. The project is complex and unusual because the construction team has to preserve two sides of the existing façade while putting up the new building.
The ground works are underway, the heavy support system for the preserved facades is in place and students were able to see the construction drawings in the site office.
site visit organisation and information: Dr Jill Zhao
photographs: Mark Hutchings, Jill Zhao