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LEFT AND PREVIOUS PAGE: Greenwich Stockwell Street Interior ABOVE: Greenwich Stockwell Street Exterior BELOW: Laidlaw Library mock-up for University of Leeds
would be a landmark within the city. Job highlights their outstanding work on the David Wilson Library at the University of Leicester, and their design for the £37m New Library continues in the same high-tech vein with levels and light wells that tessellate like Tetris blocks across six storeys. While the old building featured draughty corridors and staircases, the new design makes the most of space and natural light, promising Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Methodology (BREEAM) Excellence and a 50% reduction in energy usage. Job says accessibility and intuitive layout also played a huge part in the
New Library’s design, noting that unlike in the current library, the ground level will actually sit at ground level. “On the ground floor, as you come in, to your left will be a café, but to your right is a space … in which we can put on events, exhibitions and activities which showcase the research of the University, the collections, and all of the work that goes on here, so that we can engage with the wider community more.” Unlike many other universities,
Birmingham also had to take all of their existing print resources into account when it came to deciding the layout of the New Library. “In the lower ground floor, there’s an area that we
are calling Research Annexe,” says Job. “The upper floors of the library will have the rest of the texts in the building, and that’s around 12,000 metres of material. Of course what that means is if somebody in 10, 20, 30, 40 years needs to have it, it’s there and it’s accessible to them very easily.” At least the question of longevity has
been up to Birmingham University. For the University of Greenwich, it’s simply a necessity: the design for their £80m Stockwell Street building needed to stay in harmony with the rest of the historical landmarks in the UNESCO World Heritage Site. Despite this, the completed building seems to have pleased all parties,
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