A 1930s telephone exchange in Cambridge, UK, has been retrofitted and converted into a "joyful and welcoming" office building by architecture studios Architype and Eve Waldron Design.
Named Entopia, the building was adapted for Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL), a part of the School of Technology at the University of Cambridge.
A telephone exchange in Cambridge has been converted into an office
Architype's and Eve Waldron Design's interventions have provided a mix of meeting rooms and flexible work areas for up to 375 people, alongside breakout and event spaces.
While providing a staff base for CISL, these facilities also accommodate The Canopy ? a workspace hub aimed at eco-entrepreneurs and small businesses. The building was built in the 1930s
CISL's brief for the retrofit required the team to improve the building's energy performance and meet various rigorous energy standards, such as Passivhaus, as well as to minimise material waste and consumption throughout.
Architype led the architectural retrofit, while Eve Waldron Design carried out the interior overhaul in line with these sustainability goals.
It was overhauled for Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership
"The Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership wrote a very ambitious and challenging brief for the project, which set stringent targets for the building's performance, as well as the overarching aspiration to be an exemplary retrofit that in itself would be ...