Fallowfield Student Village has reached Financial Close, moving the £530m redevelopment of the University of Manchester’s campus into construction.
Reaching Financial Close has moved the £530m redevelopment of the University of Manchester’s Fallowfield campus into construction. The scheme is set to become the world’s largest single-phase Passivhaus-certified purpose-built student accommodation scheme, and CAD21 is part of the engineering team behind it.
3,300 student beds sit across 29 residential blocks, with four neighbourhood hubs and a central hub for the shared side of student life. The blocks are mid-rise, up to 14 storeys.
What makes it demanding is the construction method. Fallowfield is the UK’s largest precast, MMC-led development, and that method means services can’t be chased in once the panels are up. Every conduit route has to be cast into the concrete and agreed with the precast manufacturer before a panel is made, which brings the design right to the front of the programme. Seven of the blocks are Higher Risk Buildings, taken through the Building Safety Regulator’s Gateway 2 process.
The scheme targets operational energy around 50% below conventional new-build student accommodation, alongside net zero carbon in operation.
We’ll share the full picture once the buildings are up and performing.
Image credits to: Sheppard Robson and Unbuilt Studios
