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he project report in our special supplement devoted to architectural innovation with metal uses the material (plus LED lighting) to boldly display its identity on its exterior. The School of Digital Arts at Manchester Metropolitan University sees


the Bath offi ce of the currently very prominent practice Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios using metal to give a strong identity to a new, largely windowless structure competing for attention in a tight urban campus.


The building’s frontage is covered with a relatively ‘low res’ (and therefore less energy intensive) LED screen, which still however enables a 20,000 pixel moving image. This means that work by the college students, staff and other artists can be vividly displayed, to show the fruits of the academic faculty as it innovates the design of ubiquitous screen- based work in all its forms.


While this is a very vibrant way to use metal allied with light to really bring a facade to life, the subtle metal cladding surrounding the rest of the building should not be ignored. The elegant, somewhat zinc-like folded aluminium pleats provide texture and variation throughout the day, and show how what could be an austere, monolithic ‘box’ can become a celebration of materiality.


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And this came from locally-sourced workmanship, being sourced from a Stockport supplier who did all the folding. This kind of sensible but artful metal architecture shows what can be achieved if you speak to suppliers and fabricators early on; you might not realise that they are capable of providing!


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This supplement also includes some insightful comment from copper fi rms on the timeless aesthetics of that material, a great zinc case study at the University of Cambridge, aluminium’s security credentials, and the merits of steel roofs. We hope you enjoy reading.


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The Manchester Metropolitan University School of Digital Arts (SODA), designed by FCBStudios featured a fi ve-storey digital light wall where thousands of LEDs are mounted, displaying the work of staff & professional digital artists. Cover image © Hufton + Crow


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