James Dyson Building, University of Cambridge Architecture, Advanced Laboratories, Centre
James Dyson Building, University of Cambridge
Centre for Engineering Design, England, UK – design by Nicholas Hare Architects
4 Mar 2017
James Dyson Building at University of Cambridge
James Dyson Building at University of Cambridge
Design: Nicholas Hare Architects
New photography © Alan Williams photography
The new building occupies a restricted, but important site adjacent to the existing Department of Engineering building and with frontage onto The Fen Causeway ? a busy artery into and out of Cambridge. The building aims to raise the department?s profile by providing a ?window? into its varied activities and to improve its somewhat undistinguished entrance forecourt.
The new extension consists of nearly 2,900m2 of postgraduate research and teaching space over four floors, providing open-plan research floors, academic offices, meeting rooms and support spaces. Additional seminar spaces are provided on the ground floor and further teaching and break-out areas are located within a glazed element that links the new facility to the existing Baker Building at each level.
?This new space for Britain?s best engineers at the University of Cambridge will catalyse great technological breakthroughs that transform how we live?.

Sir James Dyson

The department?s campus is very congested with little space for further expansion. Our brief was therefore to maximise the amount of usable spac...