Space to think,
time to learn
A £25 million creative learning environment for In the College Building there is a suite of
science and technology seven laboratories for telecommunications
Our School was able to create a customised
and networking. These have their own network
teaching and research environment in the
infrastructure, both cabled and wireless, which
£25 million Hatchcroft building on our Hendon
can be used for experimentation and design.
campus. For a School whose disciplines span
diverse fields, the challenge was to create a space
Product design and engineering facilities at
that would evolve with us. Our state-of-the art
Trent Park
buildings and specialist facilities are designed
In addition to our Hendon-based facilities,
for multiple uses by students, researchers and
we have a centre dedicated to product design
businesses for teaching, professional development,
and engineering at our Trent Park Campus in north
research and knowledge transfer activities – with the
London. This provides a studio-based environment
philosophy that each area can influence the other.
where students and researchers can take the design
and creation of artefacts through the entire
Superb lecture and presentation facilities
development process, including rapid prototyping
Our new building at Hendon has deliberately
using the most sophisticated computer-driven
brought together laboratory facilities to support
equipment. These facilities can be used for a wide
Computing, Biomedical and Sports Sciences and
range of application domains, including robotics,
Psychology, reinforcing the idea that people and
consumer electronics and unmanned vehicles.
technology need to be considered together, not kept
isolated in different disciplines.
This building provides spaces for students and
researchers to work together. For example, we
have an observation suite, where direct and video
observation can be used to study the ways in which
people behave when engaging with technology. This
comprises four laboratories clustered around a
central control room with one-way mirrors and
recording facilities.
There are seven 20-seater rooms containing a
wide variety of high-performance workstations.
These are primarily used as study spaces, where
individuals and groups can work. Equipment to
support areas such as electronic music, video
production, robotics or microprocessor design is
readily available, and the whole area is supported
by a team of technical staff.
Wehavespecialistlaboratoriesforforensic
computing,brain-computerinteraction,medical
imaging,audioandvideoediting.Infrastructurefor
thebuildingincludesavarietyofserversandthe
latestvirtualnetworktechnology,allowingusto
createbespokenetworkstosupportareasofourwork.
4 Engineering and Information Sciences
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