Case Study:
Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies
This new building provides a state-of-the-art facility for veterinary students on one site. The accommodation provides two 200-seater lecture theatres fitted with multi-media technology, a library, a study landscape area, a restaurant, seminar rooms, as well as teaching and research laboratories. A dramatic light filled atrium, which wraps around the lecture theatres, links the mains spaces together and provides a focus for student and staff interaction. A number of measures were taken to integrate the building into the landscape, including a green roof, and reduce its environmental impact. As much top soil as possible, excavated for the building’s foundations and hard landscaping, has been retained and reused on the site. Existing subsoil was also mixed with lime and used for road and car parking areas. These initiatives minimised the amount of material needing to be transported off site as well as reducing the need for greater quantities of new materials.
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