Wycliffe Hall

Project Description

Wycliffe Hall is a permanent private hall of the University of Oxford, affiliated with the Church of England, specialising in philosophy, theology, and religion. The redevelopment aims to enhance its educational facilities while respecting its historical context and architectural integrity.

The site is notable for its rich academic history as well as its proximity to the University of Oxford. The redevelopment includes vital modifications to educational spaces, allowing better accessibility and a more conducive learning environment.

Project Description

Our team was commissioned for to our expertise in interpreting architectural surveys and design drawings to produce visuals that would effectively communicate proposals to the client and stakeholders. These visuals played a crucial role in securing funding and forming a part of the planning application.

Given our pre-existing involvement with the project, NPA Visuals was perfectly positioned to create both internal and external visualisations, ensuring alignment with the architectural vision.

The focus of the project included the construction of external facade entrances and a new refectory at the rear. Key tasks we undertook were:

• Producing two watercolour-style CGI images to depict the proposed changes.
• Taking interior and exterior views, including façade photographs, to accurately reflect the existing structure.

The visualisations aimed to convey restoration, addition, and removal of specific architectural features, ensuring that stakeholders could envision the final outcome. Utilising tilt-shift photography, we captured a complete photographic record of the building’s frontage, overcoming the challenges posed by large trees obscuring various views by creating perspective-corrected images. The images were presented as watercolour CGIs to provide an evocative impression of the completed project, allowing flexibility in interpretation rather than strict realism.