specially made acoustic baffles, which absorb sound. the wall panelling itself is kind of striated. in this building, you have two different aspects a library and a dance faculty, in the one space. from an acoustic point of view, you have to keep them apart, but from an ideological and cultural point of view, you want to connect them. so that was the challenge of this project. we ve designed the surrounds to the staircase so they re overlooked, so people can actually work there by standing at the edges overlooking the staircase. because there s something really phenomenal about people watching. the building is a concrete building, it is a concrete frame. we have a thermally active system, which allows the building to be cooled through that concrete. so not only is the concrete structure, but it s also environmental. for me, the one word that epitomises this building is open . it s very important to our students that they feel that this building i is here for them, and they can mov
i really love being in the foyer because you watch the buses going up and down and you see people on buses looking in, and they probably say to themselves, what goes on in there? i must come back and have a look some time. for me, the thing that makes town house really special is the combination of things, i suppose it s the light, it s the space, is the views from the building. it s quite soft, i think, actually, for a building that is predominantly concrete. it really lends itself to encounters between staff and student, student to students, and that s really important to us, that s the feel we were hoping to create with the building. the ceiling has these specially made acoustic baffles which absorb sound. they wall panelling itself is kind of striated. in this building, you have two different aspects, a library and a dance faculty, in the one space. from an acoustic point of view, you have to keep them apart but from an ideological and cultural point of view, you want
as a result of an riba competition in 2013. the building is surrounded on three sides by loggias, and that is an urban experience, which connects the university back to the town. the university aspired to reveal the activities of the interior of the building to the wider public. i really love being in the foyeru, because you watch the buses going up and down and you see people on buses looking in, and they probably say to themselves, what goes on in there? i must come back and have a look some time. for me, the thing that makes town house really special is the combination of things, i suppose it s the light, it s the space, is the views from the building. it s the space, it s the views out from the building. it s quite soft, i think, actually, for a building that is predominantly concrete. it really lends itself to encounters between staff and student, student to students, and that s really important to us, that s the feel we were hoping to create with the building. the ceiling has the