Structural Engineering and Public Health Design for Anglian Ruskin University
Anglia Ruskin University
East of England
Anglia Ruskin University’s Faculty of Health and Social Care in Chelmsford is a state-of-the-art medical education facility housed in a technologically advanced building and a key part of the development of the university’s campus expansion programme.
Royal Haskoning has provided structural engineering and public health design services, working with main contractor SDC Construction Group and Ridge Architects. The design allows for 4,000 sq m of specialist medical teaching space in a four storey construction with fully co-ordinated finishes, including architectural featured glazing and terracotta rain-screen cladding.
The design uses materials with extensive thermal mass such as exposed concrete soffits and dense blockwork walls to significantly reduce the amount of energy that the building will consume in its lifetime. The building has natural ventilation through its high level windows which, when left partially open overnight in summer, will draw in cooler air that will be absorbed to keep the building cool during the day. Heavy insulation also reduces heat loss in winter.