Bristol University has revealed its plans to build three huge tower blocks for almost 1,000 students at Temple Quarter. Part of the site was earmarked for Bristol Arena, but the city centre venue was scrapped in September 2018 by Bristol Mayor Marvin Rees after a value for money report found an ‘alternative use’ would be better. Instead, a privately-built arena could be created in the converted Brabazon Hangar at Filton Airfield on the edge of the city. Now Bristol University has changed its plans for a new state-of-the-art campus at Temple Quarter. It is proposing to put all of the campus’ student accommodation together on what has been known as ‘Arena Island’. A major conference and exhibition centre is planned for part of the island, and now the University of Bristol has revealed the plan for its section of the site, which include three large-scale blocks of student halls. The accommodation is proposed to reach 21-storeys high, and be home to up to 953 students. The university has always intended to put some student accommodation on the site, but has increased the amount – meaning all the accommodation blocks on the campus will in this one space. The campus itself will be based there as well as on the old Cattle Market site and former Royal Mail sorting office site next to Temple Meads station. It will be a campus for up to 3,000 students, so less than a third of them will be able to live on the campus…. [Read full story]
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