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SCHOOL OF DIGITAL ARTS, MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY
The university had an overall aim to achieve a campus that incorporates environmental sustainability into all aspects of the estate
A further example of the open plan approach is the staff offices, whose design is hoped to promote better connection between staff and students. In all spaces, finishes are “deliberately limited and restrained” say the architects, which allows them to be easily reconfigured, with the interior design deferring to the effectiveness of the students’ collaborative work. The concrete frame provided important acoustic benefits, crucial in this project, and with the building being highly serviced, the architects were able to expose services to again limit the mass of the building. Wilby believes that making the building’s structure and services readable is very important in education facilities, showing how it is constructed, but also in suggesting how it could be adapted. Internally, much of the fixtures and fittings are movable.
Sustainability The university’s aim was to incorporate environmental sustainability into all aspects of the campus. As well as the fabric first
the result of the lean approach to materials use. This meant only applying internal finishes where required for performance – e.g. for noise reverberation. “High embodied energy soft floor finishes” were minimised, ceilings omitted to expose concrete soffits (and services), benefitting thermal mass. Transport distances were minimised using local suppliers where possible – such as in the case of SODA’s innovative aluminium cladding. This was designed to be demountable, and potentially reused. g
approach, passive design principles were also used, including high insulation levels. It is a leaner building than the brief, with both higher activity, and better environmental quality for users. SODA features “low energy active systems,” accredited using BREEAM and an “environmental sustainability project tracker.” Carbon analysis (using the practice’s own FCBS Carbon calculator tool) produced an “upfront A1-A5 carbon” figure of 608 kg CO2
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