International Centre for Inclusive Environments
Project: |
New Concept Building |
Status: |
Outline Proposals |
Location: |
The University of Reading |
Client: |
The Trustees of Inclusive Environments |
Contract Value: |
£45m |
The Building will be an exemplar of best practice in the design, construction and management of inclusive and sustainable environments. It will incorporate the latest technology for intelligent buildings and be environmentally sensitive.
It will consist of teaching rooms, a conference centre, exhibition space, fully accessible residential accommodation and a building laboratory for carrying out full-scale building research and development together with ancillary research accommodation.
In educational terms the building will act as the equivalent of a Teaching Hospital for the Construction Industry by providing a meeting place between Research, Postgraduate Teaching and Enterprise.
Quantity Surveyor:
Gardiner & Theobald
Structural Consultant:
Anthony Hunt Associates
Building Services Consultant:
Max Fordham LLP
Product Design Consultant:
IDEO
Key Services:
Brief Writing, Project Management, Construction Techniques, Design for Disabled People, Development Plans, Full Architectural Service, Product/ Component Development, Sustainable Design, Computer Visualisations and 3D Modelling.
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