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EXTERNAL ENVELOPE
Educational Nordic Copper T
he architectural clarity of a new
teaching facility at Gresham’s School in Norfolk – incorporating panels of Nordic Brown Light pre-oxidised copper alongside full-height glazing – typifi es an innovative approach to education. Enabled by Sir James Dyson, a former pupil at the school, the centre for Science, Technology,
Engineering, Arts and
Mathematics (STEAM) education is a state- of-the-art structure at the heart of the School campus. WilkinsonEyre’s design develops and refi nes the evolving STEAM building typology, and follows a modern aesthetic integrating industrial components with landscaping and low energy systems. The
two-storey exposed steel frame
envelopes a mixture of large panels: some glass and others Nordic Brown Light pre- oxidised copper – either opaque or with square perforations adding transparency whilst
screening glazing behind. Some
of the panels are set back within the structure,
introducing landscaped open areas which can be used for outside teaching.
Integrated planting blurs the Al-Ani Spence, WilkinsonEyre,
boundaries between outside and in. The thoroughly modern building remains sympathetic to its historic context and its scale refl ects that of the 1916 school chapel across the lawn. Meanwhile, the patterns in the oxidised copper panels mirror the decorative fl int details on the chapel elevation. Yasmin
Director at said: “This building will
provide contemporary teaching spaces for the investigation of the sciences and the arts simultaneously, enhancing critical thinking and promoting innovation. The building itself – through the clarity and honesty of design and construction - becomes a teaching tool in its own right.” With an area totalling 4,000 m², teaching spaces are generous and fi lled with light. They include classrooms,
laboratories,
workshops, an auditorium and open-plan common spaces able to host a variety of teaching and learning uses. An inviting and interactive internal courtyard, doubling up as circulation, features an arts hub, seating area, and IT point and facilities, further reinforcing the integration of art, design, and science.
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The building is equipped with the latest technology to ensure the highest levels of teaching, from robotics and Artifi cial Intelligence to programming and machine learning. The building will also provide greatly improved opportunities for the outreach programme which Gresham’s runs with local schools.
A growing series of building studies exemplify the best in contemporary architecture with Nordic Copper today.
www.nordiccopper.com
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