HOST VENUE

Loughborough University

Loughborough University is one of the top research-led universities in the UK with more than 19,400 students from over 135 different countries. Its main campus in Loughborough (East Midlands) is one of the largest singlecampus in the UK and has been singled out with a Green Flag Award as one of the nation’s best green spaces. The university also has an extraordinary postgraduate campus set in the heart of Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in London.

Loughborough University is consistently in the top 7 in every UK university league table and top in its region. In 2019, it was named University of the Year by The Times. The QS World University Subject Rankings has named Loughborough the best university in the world for sportrelated subjects for five consecutive years. Over 100 students, alumni, and Loughborough-associated athletes travelled to Tokyo to compete in the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games, winning 35 medals in total. The results of the 2021 Research Excellence Framework (REF) published in May 2022 show that 91% of Loughborough University’s research is world-leading or internationally excellent. The results particularly underline the wide-ranging positive impacts that Loughborough’s research has on the world and the outstanding performance of our researchers in the field of the Built Environment, led by the School of Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering.

School of Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering

The School of Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering is home to the 3D Concrete Printing Research Group. The school’s vision is to be the world’s leading integrated centre for built environment research and education, attending to the entire lifecycle of both buildings and infrastructure through our research and teaching.

It has a thriving community of over 60 academic staff, 40 technical and support staff and over 240 active researchers that include fellows, associates, assistants, engineers, and doctoral researchers around the world. Our diverse research community is our great strength and is key to our pursuit of research, enterprise, and educational excellence.

Our interdisciplinary ethos underpins research within the school, with colleagues undertaking research at the interface of subject boundaries or drawing upon each other’s expertise to provide new insights. Our key research areas include zero-carbon, resilient buildings, infrastructure and cities in a world under pressure from rising urban populations, ageing infrastructure, resource constraints and multiple hazards. The results of the 2021 Research Excellence Framework indicate that 93% of our research is world-leading or internationally excellent, being ranked second in the UK for research in the Built Environment.

Conference venue location

The conference is located in the Edward Herbert Building (EHB) in the center of campus and occupies the atrium, bar area and rooms EHB.1.04, EHB.1.10A and EHB.1.10B.

Walking routes nearby

Take time out and get some fresh air. We ahve two lovely short walks to keep you fresh for the conference activities.

Fruit walk map Blubell woods walk map Sulpture trail walk