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the building apart from the plant areas. Each one is purpose-built and pressed in a factory using a secret process to create a seamless panel that is able to have pattern imprinted on it, using Qbiss Artme panels. Every panel was made for a specific loca- tion on the building.
The precision panels are mounted to the concrete frame with just 1 mm tolerance. Bespoke flashing around windows and corners is used to manage the differences in tolerances between the cladding and concrete. Tebbatt comments: “The cladding adds a real crispness and sharpness to the building. The panels provide an almost perfect 90 degrees crease on the corner without a visible joint, making the building look clean and well defined.”
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The significant height between atrium floors, plus inclusion of glass balustrades, enabled the architects to maximise natural light
Structure and light
Structurally, the steel-framed atrium acts as a flexible link that can accommodate move- ment between two essentially separate
concrete-framed buildings utilising post- tensioned concrete slabs.
While the atrium is equivalent to nine stories high, making it nearly as tall as the demolished 10-storey studio block, it contains just four 5 m-high levels. Three steel bridges link the north and south blocks across the upper floors at each level – two for staff and students to use and one is reserved for transporting clean and dirty goods and equipment. On the ground floor a corridor behind a glass screen enables the movement of clean equipment and supplies and items requiring sterilisation or disposal without passing through public areas, separating ‘back of house’ functions from the front of house activities. The significant height between the atrium
floors, and the installation of glass balustrades throughout the atrium, has enabled the architects to maximise natural light, a design feature found throughout the building.
“Having lots of bright natural light
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