power and data to machines. Carefully
co-ordinated services around the
building and mostly hidden from view
under covers, mean the space will feel
uncluttered, a design prerequisite. The
360 degree, eight metre high glazed
external elevation is free spanning from
ground to roof using a Schuco steel
curtain walling system.
Using 3m by 1m glazed modules
the façade develops a module
predominately with a horizontal quality.
The brise soleil around the top one
third of the glazing to reduce highlevel glare and overheating; a system
of circular profiles run perfectly around
the perimeter supported off the curtain
walling. Out board of the main façade is
a unique ‘V’ system of circular tubes to
brace the principle structure in a very
expressionistic way.
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Andrew Fallon, Head of Estates
Development at the University of
Sheffield, said of Bond Bryan Architects,
“I was very impressed with their
emphasis on aesthetics as well as
sustainability with a design which
meets the project brief but which also,
in the spirit of excellence, exceeds my
expectations.”