蘭卡斯特大學工程學院

英國貝爾里格

設計單位： 約翰·麥卡蘭建筑事務所

機電工程： AECOM

混泥土顧問：David Bennett聯合公司

承包商： Eric Wright建筑施工公司

項目經理：Faithful+Gould

景觀設計：約翰·麥卡蘭建筑事務所

結構工程：科廷咨詢公司

建筑面積：4 700平方米

竣工年份： 2014年

項目攝影： Nick Gutteridge

Architects： John McAslan + Partners

MEP Engineers： AECOM

Concrete Consultant： David Bennett Associates

Contractor： Eric Wright Construction

Project Manager： Faithful+Gould

Landscape Architect： John McAslan + Partners

Structural Engineers： Curtins Consulting

Area： 4 700m2

Year： 2014

Photographs： Nick Gutteridge

蘭卡斯特大學工程學院的這棟新大樓設置了各種各樣的工作室、實驗室和學術辦公室，可容納各種高度專業的學科。除了為越來越多的教職員工和學生提供新的學術空間外，蘭卡斯特大學還提出了雙重任務：設計一座能夠改善工程學院公眾形象和工作環境的建筑，建造一座高度可持續的設施，取得英國建筑研究院環境評估方法（BREEAM）“杰出級”認證。

約翰·麥卡蘭建筑事務所設計的4 700平方米新工程學院大樓，在設計競賽中獲勝，該設計源于三個根本目標：設計一片建筑和鄰近的公共區域，改善校園環境，實現總體規劃的宏偉目標；打造一個以研究為基礎的環境，促進教職員工協同合作，提升工程學院的形象；提供一個靈活的工作環境，促進工程學院豐富多樣的課程和研究方向發展。

該建筑位于蘭卡斯特大學前體育中心舊址，規劃簡單。在平面布局中，中間是一座6米寬的中庭，兩座60米長的學術附樓被中庭隔開。建筑與周圍景觀融為一體，在一端創造了一個新的公共前院，另一端創造了一個類似規模的服務配送場，可直接通過周邊道路進入。機械和工程車間區域最承重，占據了一樓空間；高層則混合了較小的實驗室空間、學術和支持空間。

從新的公共廣場開始，一個四層高的正門直接通向位于中庭盡頭的入口。將中庭構想為“非正式互動交流的協作空間”，中庭與兩側附樓的各個位置相通，間隙區域的樓梯帶、行走路線和樓梯平臺可以為人們制造偶遇機會。

該建筑與前身不同，采用厚重的玻璃透明結構。通常來說，高度封閉的車間和實驗室區域基本上是看不見的，而這座建筑打破了這種先入為主的偏見，喜迎自身的用途和功能。

建筑根據校區現有特征和材料完整性，使用了限定顏色的優質材料。簡單重復的玻璃纖維增強水泥（GRC）框架，點綴著帶紋理的磚板、精美細致的穿孔陽極氧化鋁板和落地玻璃。內外包覆相同的材料，根據背景和朝向進行微調。因此，南立面深入展示，而北立面則幾乎齊平。

內部同樣使用相同色調的材料和變化節律。與側面建筑附樓的功能性物質相反，白橡木樓梯和通路溫暖而有手感，蜿蜒穿過樓層到達屋頂。屋頂最初設想了一個花園，但尚未實現。

建筑的質樸美感和裸露的混凝土框架需要仔細協調大量的機械和電氣服務設施，借助建筑師、結構工程師和機電分包商在現場安裝前共享BIM模型加以實現。該建筑是完全無障礙的包容性設計，各處均設有平面無障礙通道。整個建筑物提供無障礙設施，包括教學區域、衛生設施和茶點設施。

This new home for the School of Engineering at Lancaster University provides a diverse range of workshops; laboratories and academic offices， accommodating a variety of highly-specialist disciplines. In addition to providing new academic space for an expanding cohort of staff and students the University’s brief was twofold; to create a building which would improve the public face and working environment of the department， and to build a highly sustainable facility achieving BREEAM Outstanding.

John McAslan + Partner’s design for the new 4700 sqm Engineering Building， won through design competition， arose from three fundamental aims; to create a piece of architecture and adjacent public realm that would enhance the campus environment and fulfil the ambitions of the masterplan; to provide a research-based environment which engenders staff collaboration and celebrates the profile of the school; and to provide a flexible working environment that promotes the diverse curriculum and research interests of the department.

Located on the site of the former university Sports Centre the building’s plan is simple." Two 60m long academic wings， slipped in plan and separated by a 6m wide central atria， engage with the landscape to create a new public forecourt adjacent to the spine at one end and a similar scale service and delivery yard directly accessed via the perimeter road at the other. The heaviest mechanical and engineering workshop spaces occupy the ground floor volumes; whilst upper levels provide a mixture of smaller lab spaces; academic and support spaces.

From the new public square; a four-storey portal leads directly to the entrance located at the end of the atrium." The atrium is conceived as a ‘collaborative space for informal interaction and discourse’， whereby the interstitial volume becomes an opportunity for chance encounters afforded through a ribbon of stairs; routes and landings which connect at various locations to the academic wings either side.

Unlike its predecessor the building is heavily glazed and transparent." It celebrates its use and function and challenges the preconception of heavily enclosed workshop and lab spaces which are largely unseen.

The building uses a limited palette of high quality materials which build upon the existing character and material integrity of the campus. A simple repetitive expressed frame of GRC is interspersed with panels of textured-brick; finely detailed perforated anodised aluminium panels and floor to ceiling glass." The same materials wrap both inside and out but subtlety change according to context and orientation， so that the south elevation is deeply revealed whilst the north is almost flush.

Internally the same palette of materials and rhythm continues." In contrast to the functional materiality of the buildings wings， there is a warmth and tactility to the white-oak timber staircase and circulation which winds its way up through the levels to roof level， where a garden was originally conceived but is yet to be realised.

The building’s raw aesthetic and exposed concrete frame required the careful co-ordination of the extensive mechanical and electrical services， which was achieved by a shared BIM model between architect， structural engineer and the Mamp;E subcontractor ahead of site installation. The building is fully accessible and inclusive， with level access throughout. Accessible facilities， including teaching space， sanitary and refreshment facilities are provided across the building.