Description
Description
The addition of two new buildings for the Library and Business School and for the Knowledge Dock and Engineering School to the UEL Docklands Campus is part of the strategy to consolidate the university onto two sites - Docklands and Stratford.
The library is part of a new building containing the Business School and an IT barn and is on two floors with mezzanines and walkways across vast interior spaces. There is further space on the ground for archives and community activities relating to the collections. The space also includes a staffed Skillzone area, offering access to a range of services to enhance students' learning and employability.
Services include the library, networked PCs, IT teaching facilities, edit suites, Skillzone, Refugee Council Archive, Hackney Empire Archive and the British Olympic Association Library and Archive.
The project cost £16,000,000 including the Knowledge Dock and School of Computing and Engineering.
Awards
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The Building
The Building
Type of library
Campus/site library
Size
3158 m2
Floors
5
Architect
Matthew Brooke at BDP
Building contractor
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The Space
The Space
Features and services
Special services
Exhibition/display areas, Group study spaces, Hosting of other agencies, Teaching rooms
External features
Building shape
Internal features
Design features, Structural
Energy efficiency
Lighting
Accessibility provision
Access between floors, Access to building, Access within building, Assistive technology, Signage / guiding
Interior designer
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Furniture suppliers
ROC, Reska at Demco, Segment
Services and facilities suppliers
ROC, Reska at Demco, Segment
IT provision
Internet access, Laptop points, Public access terminals, RFID, Self service circulation, Number of public computer terminals: 725
Seats/study places
325
Stock
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