| Architect |
Wilkinson Eyre |
| Date
Built |
2011 |
| Location |
Queen Mary
University, Mile End Road Campus |
| Description |
|
Wilkinson
Eyre say that this striking building, for
Queen Mary University, ".... forms
part of the institution’s ongoing
development programme and provides a new
public face for the campus on the Mile
End Road." They add that,
"... The building accommodates the
entire History Department and includes a
timber-clad 300-seat auditorium and
foyer, centrally-bookable seminar rooms
and a top floor senior common room. A
60-seat film and drama studio, licensed
for public performances, projects over
the pavement and is clad in glass panels
with a digitally printed artwork by the
artist Jacqueline Poncelet. ... ... A glazed corridor with external brisesoleil acts as a buffer zone to the first and second floors, sheltering the academic office space from the busy Mile End Road outside, such that they are all naturally ventilated and look into an internal courtyard. The building has 10% on-site renewable energy via ground source heat pumps and has a BREEAM 2006 rating of Very Good." |
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Queen
Mary University Arts 2 Building, London
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