Sitting amongst existing 1960s institutional buildings and the Grade II listed Royal School of Mines, the Tanaka Business School houses teaching, research and office facilities. The School, with structural, building services, civil, geotechnical, IT, AV and communication systems consultation by Buro Happold, has been divided into two parts: the teaching element is within a new building and the office areas within three refurbished floors of the existing Royal School of Mines. The entire new-build element, together with a new College entrance, is cloaked in a protective envelope, creating a year round usable atrium space within. The 24m-high glass facade will hang from roof and wind loads will be carried back to the columns via slender T-section struts. The atrium is capped with white translucent ETFE pillows measuring 20 x 4.2 metres. These provide better insulation than glass and will admit generous amounts of filtered daylight into the atrium space. In the event of fire the pillows can be released to act as
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Sitting amongst existing 1960s institutional buildings and the Grade II listed Royal School of Mines, the Tanaka Business School houses teaching, research and office facilities. The School, with structural, building services, civil, geotechnical, IT, AV and communication systems consultation by Buro Happold, has been divided into two parts: the teaching element is within a new building and the office areas within three refurbished floors of the existing Royal School of Mines. The entire new-build element, together with a new College entrance, is cloaked in a protective envelope, creating a year round usable atrium space within. The 24m-high glass facade will hang from roof and wind loads will be carried back to the columns via slender T-section struts. The atrium is capped with white translucent ETFE pillows measuring 20 x 4.2 metres. These provide better insulation than glass and will admit generous amounts of filtered daylight into the atrium space. In the event of fire the pillows can be released to act as
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