Sussex Institute, AJ Buildings Library

Sussex Institute by John Pardey Architects Brighton (2005)

Entrance pavilions for the five schools of Sussex University

Data

Professional team

Begun Mar 2004

Architect John Pardey Architects

Completed 2005

Client University of Sussex 2

Floor area 269m

Main contractor Mansell Construction Services

Sector Education

Structural engineer Barton Engineers

Total cost ÂŁ723,947

Services engineer GTA Consulting

Procurement JCT 98 with quantities

Quantity surveyor Robinson Low Francis

Address University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, BN1 9QL, United Kingdom

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Photographs

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Photo credits: James Morris

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Drawings

Campus map

Site plan

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Ground floor plan

First floor plan

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Section A-A

Section B-B

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Sussex Institute, AJ Buildings Library

Published on Jul 29, 2012

jpa / John Pardey Architects

The first in the series, the Sussex Institute, was designed to link two separate buildings; a new double height foyer, conceived as a folded, aluminium clad plane, cedar lined internally, provides a ‘gateway’ into the school. This links directly to a new steel framed loggia structure, wrapping around two sides, to create a semi-enclosed court that links the two blocks housing the Institute. The building uses a passive environmental approach. Large areas of glazing appear under natural shading of the building itself, and no artificial ventilation or air-conditioning is provided. Instead, the building relies on orientation of glazing, cross ventilation and user controls with simple strategies as opening ventilation panels.

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