A photographic assignment by Pembroke College, Oxford University to document the intricate renovation of their Hall, Kitchen and Forte Room in the heart of Oxford. The photographs are produced for Pembroke College’s archival and marketing purposes and a full photographic audit was made of the existing historic buildings at the start of construction. The full archive of images can be seen here which is updated monthly. The architects are Berman Guedes Stretton and the contractors are Benfield & Loxley.
March 2010: Original Pembroke College Kitchen during gutting
March 2010: Pembroke College Hall before Refurbishment
April 2010: Historic door openings revealed
May 2010: Foundation for one of the new lifts
May 2010: New load-bearing steelwork in old kitchen
May 2010: New block walls and gutting of Forte room
May 2010: Installing new joists in dining hall
June 2010: Installation of underfloor heating in the dining hall
June 2010: New opening floor and restored timber-work in the roof of new kitchen
June 2010: Repairing brickwork in the new kitchen
July 2010: New steelwork around new lift shaft
July 2010: New floors in kitchen
July 2010: Uncovering of historic fireplace and groundwork in old kitchen
July 2010: Craning in of ventilation units
August 2010: New blockwork in old kitchen
August 2010: New blockwork in old cellars
August 2010: Installing props in dining hall wall opening
August 2010: New entry next to dining hall entrance
August 2010: Painting colour swatch samples in the dining room
August 2010: Restored roof cavity above new kitchen
August 2010: Installing new wastewater pipes
August 2010: Extraction units take shape in new kitchen
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Photography © Quintin Lake, 2010
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