Detail of Ben Pimlott Building, Goldsmiths, University of London from New Cross Road. Designed by Will Alsop, Alsop Architects
The Ben Pimlott Building designed by Will Alsop and completed in 2005. The following snips are from the architects website Goldsmiths College has an international reputation as an incubator of British Art at a time when the UK leads contemporary art throughout the world. The college had undergone rapid expansion over the previous two decades and was in need of studio and teaching accommodation in order to retain its status. SMC Alsop was appointed after an open International competition in January 2002 to develop an overall vision for a New Arts Complex that would deliver much needed additional accommodation in a number of phases. The first phase delivers 3,600sqm of teaching and studio facilities for the Visual Arts Department as well as digital media laboratories and a major new research unit, called the Centre for Cognition, Culture and Computation. The Phase One building, completed in January 2005, has been designed as a robust seven storey box with an industrial aesthetic to reflect the rough and tough studio space within. Three sides of the box are clad in metal with punched windows for daylight and ventilation where required. A layer of metal surface relief breaks up the mass of the silver coloured metal cladding and casts shadows during the day. At night industrial light fittings scattered across the elevations throw pools of light and shadow across the metal surfaces. The large north elevation of the building is entirely glazed to flood the building with natural daylight and to reveal the unique mix of studios, digital media laboratories and scientific research laboratories within. Bill Brand BillBrand
Size: 5100px × 3414px
Location: Goldsmiths, University of London, New Cross Gate, London SE14, England, United Kingdom, UK
Photo credit: © Bill Brand / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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