考文垂大学工程和计算机学院

Coventry University, Engineering And Computing Building

考文垂大学工程和计算机学院

London, England

伦敦，英国

项目面积：18000㎡

项目时间：2012年

The new building housing the faculty of engineering and computing was commissioned as part of an ambitious redevelopment programme. Engineering has a special resonance in Coventry, a city with a long history as a centre for innovative manufacture, and Arup Associates’ building is a striking symbol of this heritage but, more importantly, a dynamic centre for training the engineers of the future.

The brief for the faculty’s new home was for a building that would encourage the free exchange of ideas within an activity-led, project-based approach to learning. Arup Associates addressed the radical client brief, abandoning the idea of independent spaces around circulation routes, in favour of interconnected flexible spaces to enable natural ventilation and daylight, and for maximum visual connectivity and social interaction.

作为重新开发项目的一部分，该大楼用作考文垂大学工程和计算机学院教学楼。在考文垂大学工程是非常特殊的一个专业，因为考文垂是一个有很悠久历史的工业城市，Arup Associates设计的这座学院楼不仅作为该城市文化传统的象征，更重要的是可以培养更多未来的工程师。这栋建筑的设计宗旨是在学习中注入创造的活力，促进更多的沟通和交流。Arup Associates摒弃了最初将独立空间放置于环形交通流线周边的想法，决定设计灵活互通的空间，具备自然通风及日光，同时最大程度地加强视线的联系性和社交活动。