Michael Hopkrns & Partners, with the technological support of Ove Arup & Partners and the assistance of landscape designer, Battle McCarthy, have made the ambitions of Nottingham University to be a leanding light in the English Midlands a reality. This university building is a fine example of practical architectural design based on sustainable and innovative construction principles combining with the requirements of a centre of learning and technological research. Hopkins has already made a name for himself in the field of sustainable building. Here he has achieved true synergy between technology and respect for the environment. The envolope provides a complex array of high-tech functions to serve the 'body' of the building. This has allowed modification of the way that the parts of the whole are assembled, creating a completely new approach in which each element is designed to relate osmotically to the surrounding environment. environment.

L’UNIVERSITÀ SOSTENIBILE: IL CASO DI NOTTINGHAM / Chiarantoni, Carla Antonia; Chiarantoni, Carla - In: Costruire sostenibile SAIE -Book / C. MONTI, R. RODA, R. M. RONZONI A CURA DI. - FIRENZE : Alinea Editrice, 2002. - ISBN 88-8125-614-2. - pp. 202-209

L’UNIVERSITÀ SOSTENIBILE: IL CASO DI NOTTINGHAM

CHIARANTONI, Carla Antonia;
2002-01-01

Abstract

Michael Hopkrns & Partners, with the technological support of Ove Arup & Partners and the assistance of landscape designer, Battle McCarthy, have made the ambitions of Nottingham University to be a leanding light in the English Midlands a reality. This university building is a fine example of practical architectural design based on sustainable and innovative construction principles combining with the requirements of a centre of learning and technological research. Hopkins has already made a name for himself in the field of sustainable building. Here he has achieved true synergy between technology and respect for the environment. The envolope provides a complex array of high-tech functions to serve the 'body' of the building. This has allowed modification of the way that the parts of the whole are assembled, creating a completely new approach in which each element is designed to relate osmotically to the surrounding environment. environment.
2002
Costruire sostenibile SAIE -Book
88-8125-614-2
Alinea Editrice
L’UNIVERSITÀ SOSTENIBILE: IL CASO DI NOTTINGHAM / Chiarantoni, Carla Antonia; Chiarantoni, Carla - In: Costruire sostenibile SAIE -Book / C. MONTI, R. RODA, R. M. RONZONI A CURA DI. - FIRENZE : Alinea Editrice, 2002. - ISBN 88-8125-614-2. - pp. 202-209
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