National Graphene Institute / Jestico + Whiles
Offices and labs are intermixed on
Led by EC Harris through the OGC
all floors to offer individual research
Framework, the design team also
teams the facilities needed to operate
includes CH2M Hill, which has provided
coherently in one area. These teams are
specialist architectural laboratory
expected to include industry partners
design and M&E consultant services,
that will collaborate on research with
and Ramboll, which provided Civil and
the University. More than 35 companies
Structural services.
from across the world have already
chosen to partner with The University
of Manchester on graphene-related
projects.
The building is enclosed by an economic
inner skin comprising a proprietary
composite cladding panel system that
provides weather tightness and thermal
insulation and accommodates flush
windows and other openings as required.
Fixed to the outside of this inner skin
is a separate perforated stainless steel
‘veil’ which wraps around the volumes of
the disparate elements of the building
continuously to provide a unifying
texture and coherent, fluid shape.
The ‘veil’ is made of hundreds of black
mirror stainless steel panels, each one
containing thousands of perforations that
make up the equations used in graphene
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research.