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News Release from: Marley Eternit | Subject: Fibre cement rainscreen panels
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Marley Eternit panels clad flagship
University
Fibre cement rainscreen panels from Marley Eternit are cladding the focal point of a campus at Brunel University.
Fibre cement rainscreen panels from Marley Eternit are cladding the focal point of a campus at Brunel University that is the flagship of an ambitious masterplan to rationalise accommodation across four sites The 12mm Natura panels in through-colour Anthracite were specified by Rivington Street Studio Architecture for a 5,300m2 library extension at the university's Uxbridge campus after the practice conducted a space analysis of the existing accommodation
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 22 Jul 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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The £6.3million project was awarded planning permission in (for the university) a record four months and before the masterplan had even been approved.
The rainscreen cladding system was installed using hooks and rails by LSC on the elevations of the stair cores and other ground-floor elements.
Brunel University has been investing over the past three years in a multi million pound masterplan for improved teaching, research and sporting facilities at its Uxbridge campus that was built in the 1960s.
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There is an ambitious programme of construction underway and the library extension was the first project within the masterplan.
The project brief called for an image and accessibility improvement, an increase in the number of study spaces, a 40% increase in the bookstock capacity and accommodation of relocated stock from the university's satellite libraries at Twickenham and Osterley.
Great emphasis was placed on the building being tolerant for the future for there is pressure on the university to increase book stock in line with its academic competitors as well as an increase in computer-based research and the development of its e-library.
The library is at the geographical and social heart of the Uxbridge campus for the new building not only accommodates the library expansion but also provides a cafe, cash office, computer help desk and student services functions as well as several large teaching rooms.
The development site was situated to the east of the existing library which was accessed via a flight of external steps, with a limit of four storeys imposed by the planning authority.
The new building creates an entrance at grade which also provides ramped pedestrian access to the campus boulevard.
Conceived as two large offset blocks separated by a core and void area, the existing library building is symmetrical about both axes and the offset blocks of the new building help to articulate the elevations as well as signal the new combined entrance.
The structure consists of a ribbed concrete soffit which is arranged in 1.7metre-wide bays.
A fair-faced in-situ concrete frame was chosen for its economy and thermal performance and a shallow raised floor system is utilised throughout the building.
The building is naturally ventilated where the functions allow - louvres at the top of the atrium draw air through the building by a vertical stack effect.
Automatic opening windows are controlled by the building management system and open during summer nights to remove stored heat in the concrete slabs and absorb cooler air.
Deep reveals and aluminium brise soleil shade the east and south windows from the summer sun.
Marley Eternit's Natura panels, matched by aluminium composite tray, were specified for the external wall cladding as they complemented each other and emphasized the building's planning.
Horizontal and vertical joint lines are carefully coordinated.
Rivington Street Studio Architecture have used Marley Eternit's Natura cladding before on a number of education projects including a centenary building at the College of North East London and at Rose Bruford College in Sidcup.
Project architect David Tucker said: "We specified Natura at Uxbridge for its inert, dark grey matt finish to act as a contrast to the reflective silver aluminium cladding". Request a free brochure from Marley Eternit ...
"It was a key material for cladding the stair cores.".
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