INTERIORS; EXTERIORS


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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 NordicCopper@aurubis.com


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Safe and sustainable working platform


CaberShieldPlus, from West Fraser (Trading as Norbord Europe Ltd), is a durable, P5 fl ooring which features a permanent, waterproof coating on both sides. Almost exclusively preferred now to P4 boards – for both new-build and refurbishment applications, the P5 particleboard panels are able to withstand the unpredictable British climate without deterioration. In fact,


if installed using CaberFix D4 adhesive, the boards have BBA approval for 60 days exposure to the weather while, for safety, the upper face is non-slip and colour-coded to distinguish this.


uk.westfraser.com


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Thermoblocks maintain continuity to ‘wrap’ for bespoke Bristol house build HMM PR Edit.indd 1 15/02/2022 11:28


Already well accepted across the UK construction industry as a quick and effective means of addressing cold-bridging around the perimeter of building oversites, or beneath parapet walls, Bristol based architects Marshall & Kendon have sought technical advice from manufacturer Marmox, regarding the integration of its Thermoblocks into the exterior insulation ‘wrap’ of a bespoke, near-to-zero timber frame construction. The founding partner of Marshall & Kendon, Jeremy Marshall, confi rmed: “It is our habit as a practice to always run insulation across the outside of the structure, wrapping them rather than putting it within the timber frame. In this instance, Thermoblock enables us to make the layer of insulation continuous as it passes through the loadbearing structure, while the airtightness membrane is continued up the outside of the sheathing boards. Our structural engineers were satisfi ed that Thermoblock offers more than adequate compressive strength and our main contractor, who is very innovative in their approach to timber frame construction, agreed to trial them.”


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