Wed Jul 13, 2016 6:46 pm
I like the design of the two buildings. One is more "traditional" if you like, and will house a lot of labs, including specialist labs (on lower floors). The other will house social science researchers, 'collaborative', 'incubator' and 'exhibition' spaces and is a bit more interesting in terms of its form, with different floors being separate elements almost.
The bridge is also quite interesting - the steps down are off to the side of the main span of the bridge which ends in 'dead ends' - I could not see a lift there, but perhaps missed it (that's the obvious thing).
Only thing that's a bit of a shame is a large at-grade car park where the future phase 4 of the scheme will be located (2 more research buildings and a multi-storey car park). I can see they need that parking, but it does render the public realm a little problematic - especially the links to the existing buildings further south.