WilkinsonEyre has completed an undergraduate village for the Dyson Institute of Engineering and Technology. The landscaped village of timber modular-housing pods, with communal amenities and a central social and learning hub, is based within the Dyson Malmesbury Campus in Wiltshire. As well as establishing a new typology in student accommodation, the project breaks ground in the design, master planning and precision engineering of truly modular prefabricated building technologies for rapid construction.
Photography: Peter Landers
Dyson Institute of Engineering and Technology is a new model of learning that integrates a higher education campus into the context of commercial industry, research, and development. The village is where a new generation of engineering students will live while they work alongside the Dyson Global Engineering Team and study for an engineering degree. The pioneering approach to materials and construction and fresh thinking on student wellbeing echoes the ethos of innovation that runs throughout the campus. Photography: Peter Landers
The village is designed to accommodate up to 50 Dyson Institute of Engineering and Technology students plus visiting Dyson staff. The high-quality living pods are fabricated from cross-laminated timber (CLT) in a factory for rapid on-site assembly. The pods are arranged in units, two to three stories high, to create a welcoming social space and appealing addition to the campus alongside the larger industrial buildings.

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