Planning permission has been granted for Caruso St John's project to expand social facilities at Darwin College, Cambridge, with a new garden room beneath the college's Grade II listed octagonal dining hall, designed by Howell, Killick, Partridge & Amis.
The original dining hall from 1966 was built at first-floor level, with car parking below. The new garden room uses this area to create a continuous ground-floor of social spaces, reflecting the layout of the upper level, and creating much-needed provision for events, informal study and collaboration.
The Garden Room will enable College members to meet and engage with one another in a casual, light-filled setting which enjoys the surrounding aspect of the gardens. It also closes off a space which currently opens directly onto the busy road, providing a sense of completion to the existing site.
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