A belief in the power of Drawing and its central role in artistic creativity is vociferously shared by Stuart Bartholomew, the Vice Chancellor and Head of Arts University Bournemouth and its architect alumnus, Sir Peter Cook. In 2014 Bartholomew invited Cook to design this building, which is dedicated to that pursuit. Cook?s office CRAB (the Cook-Robotham Architecture Bureau) with Jenna Al-Ali as Project Architect have then developed an instrument that is to be used by the students of all of its 17 departments. These range from painting, sculpture and Illustration, through to architecture, costume, drama, and model-making with the result becoming the first such dedicated Drawing Studio as a stand-alone structure to be built in a British art college for more than 100 years.
Architects: CRAB Studio

Location: United Kingdom, Dorset, Poole

Architect In Charge: Sir Peter Cook and Gavin Robotham

Design Team: Prof. Sir Peter Cook, Gavin Robotham, Jenna Al-Ali

Area: 170.0 sqm

Project Year: 2016

Other Consultant Teams: AKT II, P3r engineers, PT projects, HED

Main Contractor: Morgan Sindall

Site Area: 1755 m2

From the architect. A belief in the power of Drawing and its central role in artistic creativity is vociferously shared by Stuart Bartholomew, the Vice Cha...