Learning Resource Centre, University of Ulster, Magee Campus
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  • Learning Resource Centre, University of Ulster, Magee Campus
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Learning Resource Centre, University of Ulster, Magee Campus

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The project was awarded within a winning UK–wide restricted design competition. Our response incorporates over 600 networked reader spaces and 700 linear metres of bookstacks over three levels, arranged around a central open atrium. Noisier café, group study and ancillary spaces are isolated from these main reading rooms, in a block above the main issue desk area. Panoramic views over the River Foyle are through a highly glazed east façade which has been ‘engineered’, with a bespoke designed solar shading system as part of a passive ventilation philosophy – a first within a major building in Northern Ireland.

 


 

  • Client
  • University of Ulster, Magee College
  • Location
  • Londonderry
  • Role
  • Lead Consultant & Architects
  • Nature of Project
  • Provision of new Learning Resource Centre, containing networked reader spaces, bookstacks, group study rooms, electronic classrooms and associated support facilities
  • Contract Value
  • £4.5m / €6.9m
  • Date of Commission
  • November 1999
  • Stage Complete
  • September 2002

 

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