The Â鶹´«Ã½ is looking to reinforce its reputation as an innovative centre of excellence for engineering and design research, teaching and learning.
A competitive dialogue process has been launched today by RIBA Competitions, seeking possible designs for an iconic new Engineering and Design facility on the western edge of the main Â鶹´«Ã½ campus.
It will provide a new home for the University’s School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics as well as providing additional space for the School of Art, Design and Architecture.
The new facility – a key component of the University’s Campus Masterplan – will involve a dedicated new-build component and refurbishment of the 1970s Babbage Building, creating more than 10,000m² of research and teaching space.
It will combine re-equipped laboratories with modern, state-of-the-art resources that will enable engineering research to underpin the fourth industrial revolution, and create the attractive environment necessary to attract and retain high-calibre staff and students.
It will also inspire the development of new inter-disciplinary activities in teaching, learning and research, and nurture the innovative graduate engineers demanded by future society.
The new building will complement existing world-class facilities on campus – already used extensively by students, researchers and industry – and support initiatives including the Supergen ORE Hub, created with £9million funding from the , and iMayflower, recently awarded £3.5million by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.
