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ANTHONY
GORMLEY OBE OPENS GOLDSMITHS’ BEN PIMLOTT BUILDING
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June 2005
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This
striking building, designed by Will Alsop, was opened on Tuesday
21 June 2005 by Goldsmiths’ alumnus Anthony Gormley. Named
in honour of the former Warden of Goldsmiths, Ben Pimlott, the
building is a new home for the Fine Art school and Centre for
Computation, Cognition and Culture.
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Roger
Preston & Partners has provided engineering designs,
however, more importantly, detailed environmental and
comfort analyses for this building with its fully glazed
North façade. Evaluation of the ventilation system
has led to the strategic positioning of openable windows
in the upper levels. This, combined with high ceilings
with concrete soffits providing passive thermal mass cooling
have allowed the building to achieve good levels of comfort,
even on the longest day of the year in the hottest few
days of June for many years.
The lower floors, which have a higher density of occupation,
are provided with a low energy semi-displacement ventilation
system.
Geoffrey Crosswick, the current Warden of Goldsmiths,
said the building is “providing an invigorating
and imaginative environment for creative activity.”
Footnote:
Ben Pilmott was Warden of Goldsmiths until his untimely
death in April 2004. He had a vision of the ideal university
as serving all the people, and of Goldsmiths securing
its place as leading national university for the creative
arts. He pursued those aims with unswerving commitment
and extraordinary energy. He was a passionate advocate
for Goldsmiths, using his personal standing and influential
network of contacts to advance its cause.
This new building is a fitting commemoration of the life
of a remarkable individual.
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