British film institute Archive refurb, Berkhamsted

Refurbishment of the BFI’s Archive and Conservation Building in Berkhamsted to improve working methods and to enhance team wellbeing and cohesion.
The project rearranges the existing building to bring teams closer together, allowing for more efficient and collaborative work processes.

In July 2018, MAP Architecture were appointed, via OJEU, to undertake a series of stakeholder engagement workshops with the BFI and to develop options for the refurbishment and restack of their existing Berkhamsted facility.

The J. Paul Getty Jnr. Conservation Centre, purpose built and opened 1986, has been extended and refurbished several times and now accommodates film, television and video conservation and archival projects and storage. A series of temporary buildings are now coming to the end of their lifespan and the project looked to integrate all of the services provided on site into the existing building.