Wigan University Technical College

The scheme transforms the historic mill interior, creating modern teaching spaces, from the basement to the second floor, along with extensive office and administrative support facilities on each floor.

Set in a conservation area, the iconic building is part of the Wigan landscape and has served formerly as a grain warehouse, a gas showroom and offices for Wigan MBC.

Wigan’s ground-breaking University Technical College has been fully fitted out to support curriculum specialisms which include food production, manufacturing, engineering, green energy and recycling.

Wigan UTC is home to the world’s first controlled environmental agricultural facility using a vertical high density growing system or in other words the world’s first educational vertical farm and one of only a handful of vertical farms in the world.

The refurbishment project meets the standards of design expected of an educational building, including robust acoustic and fire safety detailing. The building is fully accessible and DDA compliant.

Designed around contemporary thinking, the open plan layout allows for passive supervision of learners.

The office and support areas have been delivered to the same exacting design standard, whilst providing open spaces and state of the art IT connections to enable flexible working, communication and collaborative teamwork.