Sir Michael Uren Hub

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Sir Michael Uren Hub
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Sir Michael Uren Building, White City, from north side
Sir Michael Uren Hub
General information
AddressUnit 14, The Westworks, Wood Lane, Shepherd's Bush, London W12 7ED
Town or cityLondon
CountryUK
Coordinates 51°30′57″N0°13′30″W / 51.5157°N 0.2250°W / 51.5157; -0.2250
Construction startedJanuary 2017
OpenedDecember 2020
Owner Imperial College London
Technical details
Floor count13
Grounds25-acres
Design and construction
Architecture firm Allies and Morrison
Main contractor ISG

The Sir Michael Uren Hub is a 13-storey building on the north side of the elevated A40 Westway in London, designed by Allies and Morrison for the purpose of Imperial College's biomedical engineering research. It contains a 160-seat auditorium, social space, cleanrooms, and futuristic outpatients. It is named for engineer Sir Michael Uren and built using his engineered cement substitute, ground granulated blast furnace slag (GGBS).

Contents

It houses the School of Public Health's Environmental Research Group, the Musculoskeletal Laboratory (MSk lab) and the National Heart and Lung Institute (NHLI).

Location

The Sir Michael Uren Hub is situated on Wood Lane, Shepherd's Bush, London. [1] To its north is a 34-storey tower, to its east is an incubator building, and to its south is an elevated section of the A40 Westway. [1]

History

In 2014 Imperial College London announced that it was to build a biomedical engineering centre supported by a £40 million donation from Sir Micheal Uren and his foundation, at Imperial West, the College's 25-acre research and innovation campus in White City, west London. [2] The purpose was to house Imperial's biomedical and healthcare researchers, engineers, scientists and clinicians, along with spin-out companies, in one building. [2]

Work on the site began in January 2017. [1] It officially opened in December 2020. [3]

Design

The 13-storey Hub was designed by architects Allies and Morrison, and the project was managed by Turner & Townsend, with mechanical and engineering consultants Buro Happold. [1] Autodesk Revit provided the CAD software, and the building was inspected by Bureau Veritas. [1] ISG Ltd was the contractor. [4]

Structural features

The building has a triangular base and covers 18,150 square metres. [5] It has two long sides, covered in 1,300 GGBS containing four metre high vertical precast concrete fins, of which there are nine types. [5] [6] GGBS, a waste by-product of coal-fired power stations, was developed by Uren's company as a substitute for cement which produces a fraction of the carbon emissions. [7] The fins act to shade from the sun. [5]

It contains a 160-seat auditorium, social space, cleanrooms, and futuristic outpatients. [1] It houses the School of Public Health's Environmental Research Group led by Frank Kelly, the MSk Lab led by Justin Cobb and Alison McGregor, the Dementia Research Institute, the Centre for Cardiovascular Bioengineering, and 20 companies. [3] [8] Members of the National Heart and Lung Institute (NHLI) occupy space on the ninth floor. [9]

It has space for functions and exhibitions in the main entrance, adjacent to the ground floor cafe. [5] The auditorium and its foyer on the lower ground floor can be accessed via the main entrance and the research floors above can be accessed via secure entry. [5] A discrete second entrance near a vehicle drop-off - pick-up point serves the clinical facility. [5] There are toilets on all floors. [10]

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