Project Title: Glasgow University Saltire Centre
Project Value: £15.5m
Hulley contact: Bill Kilpatrick
Constructed as part of our framework Agreement for their five year campus redevelopment programme, the Saltire Centre is the largest single new-build project commissioned by the University. Replacing an outmoded library, this landmark building sits at the cutting edge of contemporary higher educational thinking. The principle underlying the building concept is that 'learning begins with a conversation'. Students are encouraged to learn from one another in a stimulating and appealing environment that ranges from formal and informal group areas, café spaces, incidental areas related to building circulation routes, through to silent 'monk cells'. Learning space also extends onto terraced, south facing garden areas, providing the campus with much needed high quality, outdoor civic space. Winner of an RIBA Award in 2006 the judges commented "This complex building acts as a focus for student activity and adds drama and spatial excitement at a cross roads between existing buildings. A high, sloping fritted-glass wall that shelters criss-cross access bridges intersects with a pierced metal drum that clads a wide circular stair and lift and creates a powerful abstract image for the centre. This building is a dynamic spatial experience."
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