Architects appointed for new vet school
The University of Surrey has appointed leading architecture firm Devereux Architects to create a master plan for its new School of Veterinary Medicine.
The new school is one of the largest and most prestigious future development sites at the university. The building will sit within the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, and comprises three complimentary and inter-related buildings, totalling approximately 9000m2 - an Academic Building, Veterinary Skills Centre and a Veterinary Pathology Facility.
Positioned at the corner of the new campus green at Manor Park, the building will have naturally ventilated office and teaching spaces along one side of the atrium, and research spaces and lecture halls along the other. The roof of the atrium will be shaped to guide rising, warmed air into the plant room where the heat can be extracted and reused.
The new academic building will provide "world class teaching and research laboratories, lecture theatres, and flexible break out spaces organised around a common shared atrium. Professor Lisa Roberts, Dean of the Faculty of Health and Medical Services commented: "We were very impressed with the design concept for the new School of Veterinary Medicine that Devereux Architects presented at the tendering stage.
We are looking forward to working with the professional team at Devereux Architects to deliver this major project for the University of Surrey."
Darius Umrigar, Director of Devereux Architects and leader of the project said: "We are delighted to have been selected to design this exciting and important project for the University of Surrey.
"Our involvement in this flagship development continues our extensive recent work in designing and delivering world-class research, teaching and training facilities across the bioscience sector both in the UK and internationally."
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