该建筑旨在支持下一代学生工程师，旨在打破工程学科之间的界限，促进更大的合作，并通过吸引来自更广泛社会领域的学生使工程更具包容性。该建筑共有三层，占地 8,500 平方米，设有教学工作室、模拟套房、实验室和专业工作室，可容纳各种学科。

Designed to support the next generation of student engineers, the building aims to break down boundaries between engineering disciplines, enable greater collaboration, and make Engineering more inclusive by attracting students from a wider cross-section of society. Set over three floors and 8,500m2, the building features teaching studios, simulation suites, laboratories, and specialist workshops accommodating a wide range of subjects.

这份简报承认了“社会学习”空间在传统教学之外的价值，以鼓励合作。一个重要的设计限制是超过20个不同实验室和车间的空间和服务需求——AHR的回应是根据实际需求堆叠住宿:沉重的车间和“创客”空间在一层;一楼设有专业实验室;轻一点的实验室和顶楼的办公室。

The brief recognised the value of ‘Social Learning’ spaces outside of traditional teaching to encourage collaboration. A significant design constraint was the spatial and servicing requirements of over 20 different labs and workshops – AHR’s response was to stack the accommodation based on practical requirements: heavy workshops and ‘maker’ space on the ground floor; specialist laboratories on the first floor; and lighter labs and offices on the top floor.

在有限的场地内，这造成了跨楼层空间的不均匀分布，因此AHR的解决方案是将体量翻转出来，围绕中庭组织空间，随着你向上移动，空间会变得更大。这一策略使得建筑具有保温性和成本效益，同时创建了一个符合教师愿景的中央社会学习空间。该图表几乎完全消除了传统的走廊，使建筑感到安全和包容，特别是对孤独的学生在夜间工作。

Within a constrained site this created an uneven distribution of spaces across floors, so AHR’s solution was to flip the massing inside out and organise spaces around a central atrium, with a void that gets bigger as you move upwards. This strategy made the building envelope thermally and cost-efficient while creating a central Social Learning space that met the faculty's vision. The diagram almost completely removes traditional corridors, making the building feel safe and inclusive, particularly to lone students working at night.

中庭顶部是一个引人注目的 1000 平方米的木结构北光屋顶，其中包含实用的“创客空间”（一楼）、协作工作空间（一楼）和俯瞰下方活动的安静学习空间（二楼）。独特的耐候钢覆层在 UWE 校园总体规划的中心营造出大胆的形象。

开放的柱廊面向主干道，并为进入建筑提供了一个温馨的门槛。该设计非常灵活，可以在较长的使用寿命内进行更改，并采用了严格的结构网格。立面遵循一个 1m 的模块，带有垂直带状窗户，允许最大的灵活性重新安置内墙。

The atrium is topped by a dramatic 1000m2 timber-framed north-light roof which encloses practical ‘maker space’ (ground floor), collaborative workspace (first floor), and quiet study spaces overlooking activity below (second floor). Distinctive Corten steel cladding creates a bold presence at the heart of the UWE campus masterplan. The open colonnade faces the main thoroughfare and provides a welcoming threshold into the building. The design is very flexible to change over a long lifespan and a strict structural grid was adopted. Elevations follow a 1m module with vertically banded windows allowing maximum flexibility to relocate internal walls.

服务遵循环绕中庭边缘的“环形主通道”，延伸到周边的房间，所有这些都旨在提供最大的建筑寿命。该项目是在现场交付的，并有一个雄心勃勃的时间表，在设计工作开始整整三年之后向学生开放，最后8个月期间是第一波Covid-19疫情的高峰。虽然第一年的入住率有限，但宽敞的空间和自然通风策略使工作人员和学生能够在疫情期间使用该建筑。

Services follow a ‘ring main’ around the atrium edge feeding off to perimeter rooms, all intended to provide maximum building lifespan. The project was delivered on a live site and to an ambitious timescale, opening to students exactly three years after design work commenced, with the final eight months during the peak of the first wave of Covid-19. While occupancy was limited during the first year, the spaciousness and natural ventilation strategy has enabled staff and students to make use of the building throughout the pandemic.

该大学的目标是到2030年实现碳中和。概要包括BREEAM优秀，重点是运行能量和DEC B运行能量评级。该建筑的设计是为了长期适应高效的结构网格。耐候钢覆盖层不需要维护，窗户的使用寿命将超过60年。1000平方米的中庭屋顶采用胶合板和CLT，抵消了125t的碳。这座高度服务的建筑非常符合RIBA 2025气候目标，通过稳健的设计策略，将为适应和改变提供非常长的寿命。

The University has targeted carbon neutral by 2030. The brief included BREEAM Excellent, with a focus on operational energy and a DEC B operational energy rating. The building is designed for long-term adaptability with an efficient structural grid. Corten steel cladding requires no maintenance and windows were selected that would exceed 60-year lifespan. The 1000m2 atrium roof is glu-lam and CLT which has offset 125t of carbon. This highly serviced building performs extremely well against the RIBA 2025 climate targets and through robust design strategies will provide very long life with minimum barriers to adaptation and change.

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建筑师：AHR

地点：英国

面积：8500平方米

年份：2020