AIA UK Virtual Building Tour - The Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities by Hopkins Architects
Join AIA UK for the latest lunchtime talk in our Sustainability Series, focusing on exciting research into the structural reuse of concrete.
When: Wednesday 10 December 2025 @ 08:00 (Eastern US Time)/ 13:00 (UK time)
Where: ONLINE
CES Credits - Estimated 1.0 LU/HSW for AIA Members
RIBA Members may count this activity towards their CPD recording requirement.
Speaker
Jonathan Watts, Director at Hopkins Architects
Description
The Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities marks a step-change for Oxford, consolidating the Humanities into a critical mass of teaching, research, and outreach. For the city, it introduces within the building, a new public “street” and a major cultural venue, embodying collaboration as a foundation of its design.
Advanced modern methods of construction provided both speed and quality, while BIM and VR tools ensured precision across the design team, contractor, and supply chain, embedding the golden threads of fire safety, sustainability, and regulatory compliance.
Oxford’s global reputation in the Humanities drove the project’s ambition: to enhance models of learning, while embracing environmental and social sustainability and inclusivity. The Centre is targeted to be certified as England’s largest Passivhaus scheme and the world’s first Passivhaus Concert Hall.
