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Chicago Booth London campus completed by astudio

The new campus, located at 1 Bartholomew Close, is designed for the teaching of the University’s Executive MBA programme and non-degree executive education courses

by Georgina Johnston 17 September 2021

The University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business consists of 4,000 sq m of teaching and support space across the ground, first and second floor and design highlights include two classrooms for 100 executive MBA students, meeting rooms of varying sizes, hospitality spaces and administrative space. 

In their design for Chicago Booth’s new European campus building, astudio prioritised access to natural light, creating a new staggered internal staircase that enables light to circulate freely through the three floors. Throughout the building, the design includes a materials palette that combines industrial raw dark grey steel with matte natural oiled walnut as a modern take on the school’s impressive past. 

At the heart of the building, a feature wall pays homage to the University’s Nobel laureates, celebrating its status as a world-leading business school. 

Throughout the project, astudio sought to reflect the prestigious history of Chicago Booth as one of the longest established business schools in the US, while also drawing on modern design and architectural techniques to create an effective and empowering educational environment. Classrooms have been designed to cultivate learning and future leaders, with the ceiling geometry in the two classrooms inspired by the existing limited floor to ceiling heights as well as indirect light and acoustic requirements.


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