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The Oculus at the University of Warwick
English Campus in Warwickshire, England, UK – design by Berman Guedes Stretton, architects
30 May 2017
The Oculus
Architects: Berman Guedes Stretton
State-of-the-art teaching centre becomes focal point of University of Warwick campus
Berman Guedes Stretton has created a new visual focal point for the University of Warwick. A new state-of-the-art teaching centre named The Oculus features an impressive 18m tall glazed frontage to University Road beneath a striking curved laminated timber roof. The Oculus is the latest addition to the Russel Group university?s main campus and is the first new building in a new phase of development.
The £19.1m centre delivers much needed lecture and seminar spaces for the ever-expanding student population and is the first interdisciplinary building on campus that will be used for teaching by all departments. The 4,750sqm building contains two large lecture theatres, 12 seminar rooms, flexible social learning spaces and a café.
The two tiered lecture theatres, with 250- and 500-seat capacities, are stacked beneath the dramatic timber roof. The larger upper theatre, now the largest on campus, is open to the underside of the timber roof and benefits from ample daylight and a state-of-the-art edge blended projection screen.

The wings of The Oculus accommodate 12 top quality, flexible seminar spaces, ranging in size ...