which allows light penetration from the southern side , but no direct sunlight to facilitate better working conditions .
Access flooring has not been allowed for and distribution of power data and telephones will take place with floor points on a grid layout .
Sufficient toilets with high quality finishes have been provided for – allowances of toilets are as per the Building Regulations .
The entrance lobby area is a double volume area with high quality wall , floor and ceiling finishes .
The building had to provide a minimum of 5 parking bays per 100m 2 of GLA . The precinct development rights require 50 % of the parking to be basement parking .
Parking Provided : Basement - 134 bays Ongrade uncovered - 90 bays On land parcel - 28 bays Total Parking - 252 bays ( 5 per 100m 2 )
Storage and archive areas have been allowed for in the basement which is ± 419m 2 .
Built on ex-university agricultural land , for a prominent engineering company , it was thought appropriate to use rationalism as the architectural language for the building . This rational , Apollonian box is not entirely static as it is engaged by a curved emotive dynamic element that forcefully penetrates the second façade skin leaving an eccentric entrance in its wake , whilst on
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