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environment. The Forum is augmented by more enclosed learningspaces to the rear,while cosier alcove spaces areprovided inthe ‘pods’ along the front elevation. The mezzanine floor offers quieter, moreintimate areas for study and social interaction, including flexible teaching rooms. The 2,100-square-metreTeaching Building, which has replaced several demolished buildings, contains large, state-of-the-artclassroomsand lecturespaces. Aclear external route is provided through the building to link the Plazawith outlyingareas. The building plays asupporting role in the ensemble of new buildings around the Plaza, and its architectural language complements that of the Pavilion. The large lecturespaces areaccessed externally from the raised colonnade. The elevations express the steel-framed structuralgrid and make use of multi-coloured brickworktodefine openings. Textureand grainare provided by varyingthe brick coursing. The upper floor contains three large lecture spaces. The central space has tiered seating, while the two on either side areflat-floor, allowing flexible furniturearrangements for different teaching modes. The lower floor has 10 classroom spaces of varying sizes. It is possibletojoin threeof these to formalarge flat-floorspace for ‘scale-up’ teaching and other large-format configurations. The high-performance acoustic partitions are motorised and openupatthe touch of abutton. Left Staircase to podium level of the Teaching Building; nightview. The use of generous double-height brickcolumns allowedthe architects to suggest a grandscale to addressthe Plaza. Brickwork also enabled articulation of the surfaces to add textureand relief to what wouldotherwise have been relatively blank elevations. Hit-and-miss honeycombbond brickwork allows secure night-timeventilation whilegiving adappled diffused lightduring the day. Brickalsooffered a degreeofrobustness externallyand internally in this demanding environment,while also helping to bringurban consistencytothe variety of different buildings. Glazed bricks were usedto add acolour contrastto the elevation of the Pavilion. Facing bricks were alsoused internally in the lecturetheatres to incorporate optimal thermal mass andprovide afocalwall. Right Brickwork paneldetails on the Teaching Building elevation. 10 •IBSTOCK <strong>DESIGN</strong> •AUTUMN 2016
BUILDING Pavilion and Teaching Building, Nottingham Trent University BRICKS IbstockNevado Geel,Rood Gesinteld, Alu SpecialYellow,Dark Grey,Light Grey, SkyBlue, Green Glazed ARCHITECT Evan VettoriArchitects MAIN CoNTRACToR GF Tomlinson BRICK CoNTRACToR Phoenix Brick PHoToGRAPHY Martine Hamilton Knight IBSTOCK <strong>DESIGN</strong> •AUTUMN 2016 •11
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