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The library and the dance studios together, trying to create a sort of social hub? hm hm, hm hm, exactly. they were looking for a showcase building and what that meant was not that it was a show off building but a building that revealed what was happening inside the building to the passers by, to the outside. do you think that this is about changing the way university education might be? because, i mean, a lot of the students, they are not from university backgrounds. right. their parents didn t go to university, they re often first generation. you know, it s quite inviting, isn t it? it is, absolutely. and i think everybody has to feel at home, no matter whether i suppose that s what struck us about the university is it s so culturally diverse and that we had to think about integrating so many people in many different ways so that they feel comfortable. so if it is a gender or if it s about race or if it s about culture or it s about religion, they all feel like they should belong, ....
To make university life open, accessible, collaborative, social. receiving the award for grafton architects, gerard carty. and we have the winner with us now. gerard carty from grafton architects, congratulations. must be a good feeling. it s absolutely astonishing. we re really astounded. we re delighted that we ve won this prize, but particularly for the university, because this is something that s so important that we speak about what university education is aboutand. one of the extraordinary things about this is the client, as much as anything, isn t it? yeah. because they had this strange vision about inviting in the public, getting the library and the dance studios together, trying to create a sort of social hub? hm hm, exactly. they were looking for a showcase building and what that meant was not that it was a show off building but a building that revealed what was happening inside ....
But particularly for the university, because this is something that s so important that we speak about what university education is about and. one of the extraordinary things about this is the client, as much as anything, isn t it? yeah. because they had this strange vision about inviting in the public, getting the library and the dance studios together, trying to create a sort of social hub? hmm hm, hmm hm, exactly. they were looking for a showcase building and what that meant was not that it was a show off building but a building that revealed what was happening inside the building to the passers by, to the outside. do you think that this is about changing the way university education might be? because, i mean, a lot of the students, they are not from university backgrounds. right. their parents didn t go to university, they re often first generation. you know, it s quite inviting, isn t it? it is, no, absolutely. and i think everybody has to feel at home, no matter whether what ....
Vision about inviting in the public, getting the library and the dance studios together, trying to create a sort of social hub. exactly. they were looking for a showcase building and what that meant was not that it was a show off building but a building that revealed what was happening inside the building to the passers by into the outside. do you think that this is about changing the way university education might be? because, i mean, a lot of the students are not from university backgrounds. their parents didn t go to university, they re often first generation. you know, it is quite inviting, isn t it? it is inviting, absolutely. everybody has to feel at home, no matter what. i suppose what struck us about the university, as it is so culturally diverse and we had to think about integrating so many people in many different ways so that they feel comfortable. so if it is about gender or race or culture or religion, they ll feel like they should belong, so it is like little world, reall ....
Gerard carty from grafton architects, congratulations. must be a good feeling. oh, it is absolutely astonishing. we are really astounded, delighted that we have won this prize but particularly for the university because this is something that s so important that we speak about what university education is about. one of the extraordinary things about this is the client, as much as anything, isn t it, because they had this strange vision about inviting in the public, getting the library and the dance studios together, trying to create a sort of social hub. exactly. they were looking for a showcase building and what that meant was not that it was a show off building but a building that revealed what was happening inside the building to the passers by into the outside. ....