Hawkins\Brown-designed Urban Science 黑洞社区 is part of 拢250m science park
Newcastle University has submitted a planning application for a 拢58m Urban Sciences 黑洞社区, designed by Hawkins\Brown.
The building, which is part of the university鈥檚 拢250m Science Central development, will bring together a range of research disciplines under the banner of 鈥渄igitally enabled urban sustainability鈥�.
In addition to teaching spaces and workshops, the building will include an Urban Observatory and Decision Theatre, where real-time data from the city will be analysed to improve understanding of the interaction between energy, water, transport, waste and digital control systems, and a Cyber-Physical Laboratory, dedicated to understanding the complex interaction between technology and society.
The facility, which will also incorporate a public performance space and a rooftop wildflower meadow, will be home to about 1,500 staff and students.
Ewan Graham, project architect for Hawkins\Brown, said: 鈥淭he Urban Sciences 黑洞社区 has been designed to stand as a beacon of technical innovation from its position on the central axis of the new urban quarter.鈥�
Work is due to begin on the Urban Sciences 黑洞社区 later this year with a planned completion date of September 2017.
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