IMPACT Swansea University Research Facility, Welsh Higher Education Building, Architect
IMPACT Swansea University Research Facility
New Welsh Higher Education Architecture – design by AHR Architects
7 Jun 2019
Institute for Innovative Materials, Processing and Numerical Technologies Swansea
Design: AHR, Architects
Swansea University?s £35m new research facility IMPACT reaches completion
An AHR-designed advanced engineering research facility for Swansea University has reached completion. The Institute for Innovative Materials, Processing and Numerical Technologies (IMPACT) is part of the University?s strategic expansion of the College of Engineering and, as a Centre of Excellence, will provide a unique colocation facility for academia-industry partnerships in ambitious research and development.
photos courtesy of AHR Architects
The transformative design combines laboratory and office space for top talent to partner up and conduct world-leading science in the fields of advanced engineering, modelling and materials.
Gary Overton, director at architecture and building consultancy practice, AHR, said, ?As a powerful, collaborative environment, we approached the design for IMPACT in a way that prioritised a multidisciplinary way of working throughout. The environment stimulates ingenuity by working with the people inside, embedding connectivity between core research areas so that the industry and academia feel like the spaces are encouraging them to work together as one....