Faculty of Biological Sciences Refurbishment
About the project
This investment will improve modern collaborative research and study spaces and will ensure we can provide outstanding laboratories for student practicals and projects.
Architect’s impression of the new, open-plan lab space.
The Faculty of Biological Sciences is undergoing a major refurbishment to develop its teaching and research capabilities.
The Faculty of Biological Sciences has three schools: the School of Biomedical Sciences, the School of Biology and the School of Molecular and Cell Biology. The research community is accommodated in five buildings on the University’s main campus, with the refurbishment work focusing on the Garstang Building and the Astbury building, home of the Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology.
To be completed by summer 2021, the £32m investment by the University has already seen the first stage completed, with the construction of a two-storey teaching building. The teaching space was opened to staff and students in the Spring Term 2019.
The second part of the project, now underway, includes a floor-by-floor refurbishment in the Grade II listed Garstang Building on levels 7, 8 and 9.
Architect’s impression of the new office space.
Creating highly-flexible state of the art laboratories, offices and study space, the investment will provide an exciting new environment for an outstanding student experience and for large multidisciplinary research teams from across multiple faculties to work together.
The plans will also reduce the University’s energy consumption and carbon footprint, through upgrades such as window replacement and improved energy efficiencies through heating, cooling and ventilation.
Architect’s impression of the new lab space.