St Leonard’s University

This project for Edinburgh University involved revitalizing a brutalist 1970s sports hall, integrating it with modern sports facilities and support spaces.

The development introduced:

• A 25m swimming pool

• Specialist sports laboratories

• Teaching spaces and offices

• New support accommodation

The aim was to establish a state-of-the-art hub that would enable the university to market its specialist sports development facilities as a business.

Strategic new support spaces were designed to seamlessly connect to the existing structure, improving circulation and accessibility within the old concrete sports halls.

To compensate for the previous building’s lack of visual appeal, the new design created a formal frontage to the street, reinforcing its architectural presence in a location near the Scottish Parliament.