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A Learning Resource Center and Community Living Room at the Heart of Campus
ikon.5 architects

Eastern elevation at dusk

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Jeffrey Totaro

A Learning Resource Center and Community Living Room at the Heart of Campus
ikon.5 architects

View of beacon at dusk

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Jeffrey Totaro

A Learning Resource Center and Community Living Room at the Heart of Campus
ikon.5 architects

LRC Design Concept

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A Learning Resource Center and Community Living Room at the Heart of Campus
ikon.5 architects

Site Plan

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A Learning Resource Center and Community Living Room at the Heart of Campus
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First Floor Plan

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A Learning Resource Center and Community Living Room at the Heart of Campus
ikon.5 architects

Sustainability Diagram and Building Section

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Step Change in Building Design for the University of Nottingham
Make Architects

The Teaching and Learning Building

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Martine Hamilton Knight

Step Change in Building Design for the University of Nottingham
Make Architects

The building acts as a focal point within is setting

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Martine Hamilton Knight

Step Change in Building Design for the University of Nottingham
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The entrance hub is already widely used

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Step Change in Building Design for the University of Nottingham
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Wellbeing is promoted with views out wherever possible

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Step Change in Building Design for the University of Nottingham
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The more informal learning and social spaces are located around the perimeter of the building

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Step Change in Building Design for the University of Nottingham
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The building can be reconfigured by adding or removing internal partitions

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Step Change in Building Design for the University of Nottingham
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Light filled spaces overlooking the park

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Step Change in Building Design for the University of Nottingham
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The building has a flexible framework with column free floorplates that can be reconfigured by adding or removing internal partitions; generous breakout areas with multiple functions; and movable furniture that lets students and teachers define their own interactive spaces.

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Step Change in Building Design for the University of Nottingham
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Materials have been chosen for their longevity and simplicity.

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Step Change in Building Design for the University of Nottingham
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Make developed a clear, simple massing and layout diagram that showed stakeholders and planners that the setting of the adjacent buildings and trees would not be compromised.

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Step Change in Building Design for the University of Nottingham
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Entrances are located to pick up on key pedestrian routes to maximise permeability

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Step Change in Building Design for the University of Nottingham
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Due to the topography the building is embedded into its landscape and a major cantilever shelters the external space below

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Step Change in Building Design for the University of Nottingham
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Due the topography the building is embedded into its landscape

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Martine Hamilton Knight

Step Change in Building Design for the University of Nottingham
Make Architects

The learning hub at the entrance to the building has a mezzanine where students can study and socialise

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Make Architects