Liverpool John Moores University Developments

[Kev]

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THESE are the first pictures of how Liverpool's new £23m art and design school will look.

Councillors yesterday approved planning permission for the impressive new academy to be built next to the city's Metropolitan Cathedral.

The five storey glass-fronted building will provide a new home for all art and design courses at Liverpool John Moores University under one roof.

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looks nice ;)

[Max]

Man, bloody students are getting too much good treatment in this city! :mad:

[FKoE]

Man, bloody students are getting too much good treatment in this city! :mad:



Yep to much concern for the CITY, than for the PEOPLE.

[Max]

Funny when my mum tells them off for not sorting out their wheelybins. Don't blame her though we have the leave the alleygate doors open for them because they have no key and some of them are even leaving it were it can be burned!

Hate the way some have thrown bin bags in the alley too since they know they don't collect them that way no more and rats tore the bin open and my dog eat of it and got sick! :mad:

[Howie]

More views of the Art & Design Academy

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View of the Academy from Mount
Pleasant at night

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View of the Academy from the
Metropolitan Cathedral plaza

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View of the Academy from Hope Street,
showing both the building and the new
public open space

:)

[Kev]

Funny when my mum tells them off for not sorting out their wheelybins. Don't blame her though we have the leave the alleygate doors open for them because they have no key and some of them are even leaving it were it can be burned!

Hate the way some have thrown bin bags in the alley too since they know they don't collect them that way no more and rats tore the bin open and my dog eat of it and got sick! :mad:

Its about time we gave all those posh students an asbo :p

[Scousemouse]

Yep to much concern for the CITY, than for the PEOPLE.
Since when have students not been people? Education, Education, Education! :p

[Kev]

Education is the key my friend :) and I don't mean 'that' education Maxy :p

[Wormella]

Ahh, but your forgetting something, the more students you get into a city, lured by nice new buildings suitied to how their courses work and the facilities they need, the more money they spend.

And students are an important part of any city's economy.

On the whole students are lovely :rolleyes:

[Kev]

Ahh, but your forgetting something, the more students you get into a city, lured by nice new buildings suitied to how their courses work and the facilities they need, the more money they spend.

And students are an important part of any city's economy.

On the whole students are lovely :rolleyes:

That is right - I was a student myself 10 years ago and most of does go on beer :p

[FKoE]

Since when have students not been people? Education, Education, Education! :p

Oh don't get me wrong, students are great, and they do bring in business to the city, my point being is that, all this construction and investment benefits who, which segment of the populace benefits again? :unibrow:

[Howie]

Pays my wages :nod: which pays the wages of the bar staff in the Ship & Mitre et al. :lol:

[FKoE]

So a new university campus is built, the breweries get rich!!! and the students and staff get bevvied... I like it :smoke:

:)

[Howie]

Think it's known as 'trickle down' economics. http://www.websmileys.com/sm/drink/trink38.gif

[Scousemouse]

I was just trying to figure out where this was going to be built, is it on the site ofthe Irish Centre? Howie's 'More views of the Art & Design Academy' pics seem to have disappeared! Hope that's not a bad omen, after all the phantom tram ran around there...or did it? :lol:

[Howie]

pics will be back - the servers down for maintainance. it is to be sited where the st nicholas centre and car park currently are.

[Max]

That is right - I was a student myself 10 years ago and most of does go on beer :p

How much went on pizza and takeaways?

There good for the economy but the money will go to cleaning the mess they leave!:doubt:

Some complain about having a lack of money and not being able to pay rent and stuff but yet they can go drinking all the time and get so many takeaways! Some get all the money they want from their parents as well so it seems by the nice fancy cars they have.

One of the postives is theres so many babes in my street.:unibrow:

Years ago there was no students here no over half are.

[Kev]

I know the point u are making Max - its the 'student house culture' and I've seen 'em myself. But we cannot tar all students with the same brush :p

[Howie]

Designs on the future
Jul 13 2006
EXCLUSIVE by Nick Coligan, Liverpool Echo

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LIVERPOOL'S best young artists will celebrate Capital of Culture in a new academy after a long-awaited project won international support.

European officials today agreed to hand over £2.5m to John Moores University so it can start work on a showcase building in the shadow of the Metropolitan cathedral.

The academy will house up-and-coming artists from JMU's art and design school, as well as a "hothouse" where new cultural businesses will grow.

University staff are already planning a Liverpool fashion week, a Merseyside design fair, international exhibitions and displays by local artists.

The £23.5m academy will replace several older city-centre university buildings, including the art school attended by John Lennon.

Building work is expected to start at the end of the month, with the five-storey complex completed in 2008.

Professor Michael Brown, vice chancellor at JMU, said: "This sends out a strong signal about the importance of investing in art and design.

"The academy will be a launch pad for new talent and exciting business ventures.

"It is highly appropriate that it will open during 2008, when Liverpool becomes European Capital of Culture, but its impact will extend far beyond the year of celebration.

"The academy will ensure that JMU, future generations of students and the city continues to play an influential role in creative arts for decades to come."

The academy will be a showcase for fashion, architecture, interior, product and graphic design and fine art.

Today's grant from the European Objective One is the last big piece in a funding jigsaw put together to pay for the Brownlow Hill complex.

JMU has also launched a fundraising campaign to make sure that it will have the most modern facilities available.

Richard Nutter, Objective One director, said: "The academy will be much more than a land-mark building.

"There is an identified skills shortage in architecture, product and graphic design, printing and photography in Merseyside, which the academy will address.

"Local firms will be able to use the workshops and hi-tech equipment normally beyond their means."

The academy plans are on public display on Friday at the St Nicholas Centre, in Great Orford Street, from noon-2pm.

nick.coligan@liverpool.com

Source: icLiverpool (http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100regionalnews/tm_objectid=17378539%26method=full%26siteid=50061% 26headline=designs%2don%2dthe%2dfuture-name_page.html)

[Howie]

Discover the Design Academy
13 July 2006

Open invitation to view LJMU's plans for the new Art and Design Academy

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Liverpool John Moores University is saying goodbye to its St Nicholas Centre, which is making way for a new £23.5 million Art and Design Academy.

With work due to start on site in two weeks' time, we would like to give you the chance to find out more about this new Academy, which is certain to become one of Liverpool's newest architectural landmarks when it opens in 2008.

Between 12 noon and 2 pm on Friday 14 July at the St Nicholas Centre (Great Orford Street, Liverpool L3 5YD) you'll be able to see architectural plans plus a scale model of the new development.

You'll also be able to talk to staff from our School of Art and Design and Property Services Division who'll be able to tell you all about the Academy, including its new public art gallery, sculpture garden and cafe.

LJMU believes the new Academy will revolutionise the teaching of art and design in the city while also giving the Metropolitan Cathedral the truly great setting it so rightfully deserves.

Everyone is welcome, so please come along.

Light refreshments will be served.

Source: LJMU News Update (http://www.ljmu.ac.uk/NewsUpdate/index_82257.htm)

[bobbymac]

I was wondering if they still had 'Panto day'? And if the magazine 'Pantosphinkz (?) was still around.

[Howie]

I was wondering if they still had 'Panto day'? And if the magazine 'Pantosphinkz (?) was still around.
You're showing your age bobbymac. The University of Liverpool charity magazine Pantosphinx hasn't been seen on the streets of the city for some 30 years. :rolleyes:

Used to luv the jokes! ;)


PS. The city now has three universities:


The University of Liverpool (http://www.liv.ac.uk/) - a traditional middle-class academic institution (the original 'red brick' university);


Liverpool John Moores University (http://www.ljmu.ac.uk/) (formerly Liverpool Polytechnic) - a modern working-class vocational institution which began life as a Mechanics Institute; and


Liverpool Hope University (http://www.hope.ac.uk/) (formerly Liverpool Institute of Higher Education) - the latest to acquire university status with a background in religious education and teacher training.

[Max]

I know the point u are making Max - its the 'student house culture' and I've seen 'em myself. But we cannot tar all students with the same brush :p


Can with the ones in my street.:Colorz_Grey_PDT_16:

[bobbymac]

No Pantosphinx? Darn it all t' hell and back. I loved the jokes too.:celb (6):

[Howie]

PS. The city now has three universities:


The University of Liverpool (http://www.liv.ac.uk/) - a traditional middle-class academic institution (the original 'red brick' university);


Liverpool John Moores University (http://www.ljmu.ac.uk/) (formerly Liverpool Polytechnic) - a modern working-class vocational institution which began life as a Mechanics Institute; and


Liverpool Hope University (http://www.hope.ac.uk/) (formerly Liverpool Institute of Higher Education) - the latest to acquire university status with a background in religious education and teacher training.


Fame School on track to be a university
Jul 21 2006
By Sam Lister Daily Post Staff

SIR Paul McCartney's Fame School is on track to becoming a university after winning higher education status from the Government, the Daily Post can reveal.

It means the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts (http://www.lipa.ac.uk/) can now apply directly for state funding and could join the city's three other universities by giving out its own degrees by 2008.

It is believed to be the first institute to win the designation after setting up from scratch, and the news timely coincides with its 10th anniversary.

Founding principal Mark Featherstone-Witty said: "This is great news. It is what we have been working towards. It's poetic it has happened in our 10th year.

"It means the city now has four higher education institutes - the three universities and us.

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:)

[Kev]

That's brilliant news Howie. Plus we must have lots of Uni's compared to other cities.

[Howie]

That's brilliant news Howie. Plus we must have lots of Uni's compared to other cities.
And I'm sure that we will attract even more students to annoy Max. :slywink:

[Kev]

And I'm sure that we will attract even more students to annoy Max. :slywink:

lol :)

[Howie]

Third of graduates need no degree
Jul 23 2006

A third of university graduates are in jobs that do not need a degree, according to new figures.

Many are stacking shelves, washing dishes or working in bars, figures prepared for The Press Association (http://www.pressassociation.co.uk/) by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (http://www.hesa.ac.uk/) (HESA) showed.

The news agency said 34.4% of British students who finished their first degrees in 2004-05 and went into full-time jobs were in "non-graduate" work.

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[Howie]

Students put £252m a year into Liverpool's coffers
Aug 7 2006
By Sam Lister Daily Post Staff

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LIVERPOOL students are worth £252m a year to the city's economy, a new study has revealed.

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[Howie]

LJMU Art and Design Academy (http://www.ljmu.ac.uk/ada/)
(Check out the archive images) :thumbsup:

[Paul D]

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[Howie]

I like the look of this project, in particular the new public space between the academy and the cathedral. :thumbsup:

[FKoE]

Until the signs go up that say 'don't walk on the grass'

[Max]

I like the look of this project, in particular the new public space between the academy and the cathedral. :thumbsup:

That the part that has Subway and Tesco?


And I'm sure that we will attract even more students to annoy Max.

Only just noticed that.:eek:

I only want the women ones attracted, the dudes are pansys.

[Howie]

Record numbers want to study in Liverpool
Sep 12 2006
By Kate Mansey Daily Post Staff

RECORD numbers of students are picking Liverpool as their first choice when deciding which university to go to.

While popular institutions across the country have seen a dip in the number of applications, due to the introduction of top-up tuition fees, Liverpool has seen a boost in applications.

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[Howie]

Lennon's art school goes with Yoko Ono's backing
Oct 26 2006
by Kate

Mansey, Liverpool Daily

Post

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YOKO Ono has backed a

controversial development that involved selling off John Lennon’s old art school to fund a new design academy in Liverpool

The widow of the legendary

Beatle was guest of honour at the launch of a fundraising campaign for Liverpool John Moores University’s new art and design centre.

University

officials caused a stir when they sold off four buildings, including Lennon’s former art school, in order to help pay for the new £23.5m,

academy.

After being bought by Maghull Developments, the building in Hope Street where the musician studied is now earmarked for conversion into 28

flats.

The sale of the art school, plus three other university buildings was carried out to raise money for the new development next to the Liverpool

Metropolitan Cathedral.

It was also aided by a £2.5m grant from European Objective One funding. But they need another £5m to complete the building

which is due to open to students in September 2008.

In order to do that the university is seeking sponsorship or donations from corporate friends of

the university.

Meeting in New York, JMU Vice Chancellor Professor Michael Brown joined JMU Chancellor Emeritus Cherie Booth for a private lunch where

Yoko Ono was the guest of honour.

The lunch was held for 25 Manhattan art executives as the university worked to build contacts overseas.

A

spokeswoman for the university said Yoko Ono was aware that Lennon’s old school was released in order to fund the academy building.

The spokeswoman

said: “Yoko Ono was really thrilled and interested in the design academy.”

But Yoko Ono’s involvement in fundraising has surprised some

people.

Campaigners have fought against the plan to sell off the four buildings which are: Hahnemann Building, 42 Hope Street; 68 Hope Street; 2

Blackburne Place and Josephine Butler House.

Nick Stanley, a director of Annexe Inc, Liverpool, which provides homes for the cultural industries and

the arts, said: “It is surprising that Yoko Ono is backing something that would see John Lennon’s old school turned into flats. It seems an odd

decision.

“But it is even more surprising that JMU does not have the money to fund the project even after selling all these buildings.

“I’m

astonished that they need to fundraise when I thought that they had the cash there in the first place. My view is that the art school and the life it brought

to Liverpool was a key part of what makes Hope Street a really good and interesting place.”

kate.mansey@liverpool.com

Source:

icLiverpool (http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/liverpooldailypost/news/regionalnews/tm_headline=lennon%2Ds-art-school-goes-with-yoko-ono%2Ds-backing%26method=full%2

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[Howie]

Liverpool Screen School
10 November 2006

Phil Redmond backs North West's first Screen School

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It's already the most filmed location in the UK outside London and boasts an impressive list of creative talents who have helped transform the broadcasting industry. Now Liverpool is planning another premier by becoming home to the North West's first Screen School.

Developed by LJMU, the Liverpool Screen School will embrace all forms of digital media, offering practice-based education and training on all aspects of TV, film, journalism, radio and news production as well as computer games, interactive media and animation. The new School has the backing of the BBC, Granada, FACT, EMAP and Trinity Mirror as well as leading figures such as Phil Redmond, co-founder of Mersey Television.

Phil Redmond, who is also an LJMU Honorary Professor, said: ''LJMU has always been quick to grasp technological solutions and the Screen School embraces the seismic shifts in digital technology that have changed how we engage and interact with, not just films, TV and radio but also the internet, our mobile phones and games consoles. The digital content industry in Liverpool has the potential to become one of the greatest in the world. We already have competitive games companies, design houses and production studios. The Screen School will build on this and strengthen the creative industries sector still further.''

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The development of the Screen School marks the next stage in LJMU's drive to become a national centre of excellence in all aspects of digital technologies. Professor Roger Webster, Dean of LJMU’s Faculty of Media Arts and Social Science, said: ''Creativity has always been one of Merseyside's greatest resources. The Liverpool Screen School capitalises on this potential and by dissolving the boundaries between film, television and multimedia production and embracing the potential of new technologies, we can give our students a huge advantage in this increasingly important sector.''

Professor Webster continued: ''If the planned relocation of the BBC goes ahead, the North West will be the largest broadcasting centre outside London. The Liverpool Screen School will ensure that the region as a whole and Liverpool in particular will have the skilled and creative practitioners that the broadcasting industry needs in order to capitalise on emerging opportunities and technological developments."

Over the next three years, LJMU is planning to develop a new building to house the Screen School, bringing its programmes in journalism, media professional studies, screen studies and interactive media together under one roof. Boasting state-of-the-art filming, editing and post-production facilities, the Screen School will form an integral part of the University's new Creative Industries Campus along with the University's new Art and Design Academy, due to open in 2008.

Vice Chancellor Professor Michael Brown, said: ''We are a University very much connected to industry and the Liverpool Screen School is the latest manifestation of our long term commitment to equipping our students with the skills demanded by today’s employers.''

Margaret McClelland, Development Executive at the BBC, agreed: ''It's essential that Industry works with education to meet the skills agenda, developing both new skills and a new generation of talent. That talent needs to be capable of developing new products and ideas to bring technology to life for audiences. Existing professionals also need access to development and it's important that education and industry work together here too. The Screen School is a valuable addition to the industry in the region.''

Pictures:

Top: Professor Roger Webster and Phil Redmond

Bottom: Phil Redmond joins students and TV studio manager Kellie Loughlin

Source: LJMU News Update (http://www.ljmu.ac.uk/NewsUpdate/index_85317.htm)

[Howie]

Art and Design Academy update
25 January 2007

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Picture (l-r): Marc Wilde, Wates, John Shannon, Wates, LJMU Vice-Chancellor Professor Michael Brown and Martin Jennings, Davis Langdon, pictured overlooking the Art and Design Academy construction site.

Construction work begins on new Art and Design Academy

Construction work on LJMU's new £23.5 million Art and Design Academy officially started on 22 January 2007.

Professor Michael Brown, LJMU's Vice Chancellor and Chief Executive, said: ''This is a very exciting day for the University. It's taken three years to reach this point but as the construction teams move in, our dream of building a new Art and Design Academy is one step closer to becoming a reality. The Academy is a major contribution from the University to the city. Not only is it the only major new cultural building to open while Liverpool is European Capital of Culture but the University's investment will deliver architecture of outstanding quality, tailored to the importance of its site next to the Metropolitan Cathedral.''

He continued: ''Beyond 2008, this Academy will ensure that future generations of students and the City continue to play an influential role in the creative industries for generations to come. As such the Academy will be a real force for change, not only in terms of how we teach art and design but also in terms of how the University interacts with the creative industries and the wider community.''

Following a competitive tendering process, Wates Construction Ltd secured the contract to build the Academy. Davis Langdon is project managing the development on behalf of LJMU and has been tasked with achieving its completion in time for the start of the new academic year in autumn 2008.

Martin Jennings, a Partner at Davis Langdon said: ''We are delighted to have successfully managed the Art and Design Academy project to the point where the visionary requirements of the University, and the iconic design solution developed by Rick Mather, will now become a reality.''

Wates now has 74 weeks to complete the building, which will require between 300 and 350 people during peak phases of construction. John Shannon, North West Regional Director for Wates, said: ''Securing this contract was a massive win for Wates, because the Academy is such a prestigious and iconic building. This development demands the highest quality construction standards and that's what we are committed to delivering.''

The Academy's concrete frame is expected to be completed by October 2007, with all external walls built and watertight by March 2008. Wates are working to a completion date of summer 2008, when the fit-out phase of the development will begin.

LJMU's School of Art and Design will officially move into the Academy for the start of the new semester in September 2008.

The University has been awarded a £2.5 million European Regional Development Fund grant from the Merseyside Objective One programme to support the development of the Academy and its creative industries agenda.

Source: LJMU News Update (http://www.ljmu.ac.uk/NewsUpdate/index_86184.htm)

[Howie]

Six hurt in 30 foot plunge horror at John Moores University
Sep 20 2007
By Mary Murtagh and Ben Turner, Liverpool Echo

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BUILDERS working on Liverpool John Moores University’s new £23.5m art and design academy fell 30ft when scaffolding collapsed.

Six men are in hospital today, one seriously hurt, after the scaffolding they were standing on fell as they layed a concrete floor

Five ambulances and two fire vehicles attended the scene at the junction of Duckinfield Street and Brownlow Hill, near the Metropolitan Cathedral.

Other workers tried to pull their screaming colleagues from the debris and wet concrete.

One suffered serious back injuries and is in a serious condition at the Royal hospital.

Five others with fall-related injuries are being treated for non life threatening injuries.

The men are believed to be from outside the Merseyside area.

One workman said: “I had only finished work an hour before when this happened.

“I’ve been up to the site this morning and it is all shut down.

“The guys who were injured are from places like Oldham and Bradford. They were pumping concrete for a new floor and it went from under them. Everyone was screaming and panicking.”

Firefighters spent two hours making the site safe until staff from the Health and Safety Executive arrived to start their investigation.

The building has been under construction for three months.

The five-floor academy is being built next to the Grade I listed Metropolitan Cathedral, on the site of the St Nicholas Centre, to house all the JMU’s art and design facilities under one roof.

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But the plans caused controversy as it has involved the selling off of many key city centre buildings, including the art school attended by John Lennon.

Conservationists have raised concerns about the new building not being in keeping with the local area.

It was due to open next year.

A spokesman for the Health and Safety Executive said: “I can confirm we have been informed and now await further details from the emergency services.”

The Northants-based contractors MPB Structures Limited said it could not comment while investigations were ongoing.

This is the latest in a catalogue of incidents on Merseyside building sites .

In January a Polish workmen was killed when a crane crashed 120ft into a city centre building site between Seel Street and Colquitt Street.

Two months later father-of-two Keith Wharton was killed by a frame which fell from a crane at the Stackright Building Systems site on the Knowsley industrial estate.

On March 29 a man was killed when a crane toppled over at Wavertree Boulevard.

Source: Liverpool Echo (http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2007/09/20/six-hurt-in-30-foot-plunge-horror-at-john-moores-university-100252-19819464/)

[petromax]

Liverpool's population has fallen consistently for 60 years. Plenty of births, so we are still leaving in droves.

Population has gone up in last three years because of students, a good proportion of whom stay when they are finished at university and help the city's regeneration.

As ever the other lot at the other end of the East Lancs are fully aware of the benefits and aim to be in the top 25 university cities in the world.

Go see the money being spent on the Anson Road or better still, don't!

[Howie]

Site horror halts work at Academy
Sep 21 2007
by Mary Murtagh, Liverpool Echo

WORK on the new £23.5m Liverpool John Moores University Art and Design Academy (http://www.ljmu.ac.uk/ada/) could be delayed after a scaffold on the building site collapsed.

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[Howie]

£20million new science building
11 December 2007

The first phase of LJMU's 10 year vision for its City Campus was unveiled with the submission of a planning application to develop a new £20million purpose-built science building at Byrom Street.

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Subject to planning permission, work is due to start on the new building in April 2008, with completion due for the start of the first semester in 2009.

The development will enable LJMU to consolidate the majority of its teaching and research in science and technology within one strategic Liverpool city centre site.

Professor Michael Brown, LJMU's Vice Chancellor explained: "According to The Guardian, LJMU is the top ranking university in the North West for delivering research that has real impact. This new building has been designed to accommodate laboratories with advanced facilities that will enable us to take our science research, particularly in the area of sport and exercise sciences, in new and exciting directions.

"LJMU is a university with a new approach to higher education and our talented academics and researchers need facilities that will enable them to continue delivering outstanding research results. We are also striving to become the university whose graduates are most valued by employers. But in order to have 'fit for purpose' graduates you need 'fit for purpose' buildings, where students can gain both a thorough grounding of their chosen academic discipline and secure vital work-related skills and experience. That's why this new science building is just the beginning of our plans for Byrom Street and our City Campus. Over the next 10 years, we are planning to invest a further £80million so that we can provide the highest quality facilities for our students, staff and partners."

Situated on a major route into the city and accommodating the Faculty of Science and the Faculty of Technology and Environment, Byrom Street is one of LJMU's major landmarks.

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The new science building, designed by architects at Austin Smith Lord, Liverpool, will enable LJMU to relocate two academic Schools in the Faculty of Science (Psychology (http://www.ljmu.ac.uk/psychology/) and Sport and Exercise Sciences (http://www.ljmu.ac.uk/sportandexercisesciences/)) from the Henry Cotton Building (Webster Street L3) to Byrom Street. Around 50% of the new building's 6,400 sq.metre floorspace will be given over to specialist teaching and research laboratories, with the remainder being used for teaching, IT suites and staff accommodation. Given the variable topography of the site and the close proximity of suburban housing along its perimeter, the building has a stepped design, which architect Dominic Wilkinson describes as a being a "box within a box".

Access to the building will be via a double height foyer with cascading staircase and small café. An interior "box", on the lower and upper ground floors, will house specialist sport and exercise science labs. Many of these require very controlled environments and minimal natural light, such as the sleep lab (or temporal isolation laboratory), which is used by LJMU scientists analysing the role of the human body clock to manipulate waking and sleeping cycles.

LJMU's School of Sport and Exercise Sciences is ranked as the UK's number one for both teaching and research in this field. The specialist facilities housed within the new building reflect the School's elite status and will include an indoor 70-metre running track and labs for testing cardio-vascular ability, motor skills and bio-mechanics functions. The building will also have additional biochemistry and psychology teaching labs.

Whereas the labs are highly specialised in design, the general staff and teaching accommodation is designed to be very flexible. As far as possible, layouts have been 'future proofed' to ensure that they can be easily adapted for different uses, with ancillary uses and services clustered together in designated zones.

The building is divided into two main blocks, with the higher 5-storey section located towards the main entrance of Bryom Street and the lower 3-storey element located to the rear. The circulation block will be clad in slate grey eternity panels, set against a glass skin made up of cast glass planks that will give the building a high degree of transparency. When looked at obliquely, these glass panels will also give off a shimmering effect bringing a degree of movement and lightness to the facade.

LJMU is aiming to achieve the BRE's BREAM environmental rating of 'very good' for the new building, which will use a Biomass boiler burning UK-sourced wood pellets and a rain water harvesting system.

Architect Dominic Wilkinson said: "This has been a very challenging project that has pushed us to find creative ways to accommodate both the needs of students and staff with the very specialist requirements of research labs. We opted for the double height entrance foyer because we wanted to give the building a sense of drama, to give people a real sense of arrival when they entered the building. As this building is just the first phase of a master plan for Byrom Street, we hope that it sets a high benchmark for future developments on the site."

Pictures:


Top - Artist's impression of the proposed new £20 million science building

Middle - Artist's impression of the Byrom Street campus showing the location of the new building in relation to existing facilities.


Source: LJMU News Update (http://www.ljmu.ac.uk/NewsUpdate/index_92457.htm)

[Howie]

New sports science facility opens
12 December 2007

£1.5million Centre promotes work-related learning and enhanced graduate skills development

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The School of Sport and Exercise Sciences (http://www.ljmu.ac.uk/sportandexercisesciences/) official opening of its new £1.5million Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning facility (pictured above) attracted an audience of 100+ key stakeholders from elite sporting organisations and clubs, sports equipment manufacturers, health professionals and community organisations.

The new state-of-the-art learning environment exemplifies LJMU's new approach to higher education, where high quality research is being harnessed to give students opportunities to gain work-related learning experiences that will enhance their professional skills and employability. During the lively launch event guests took part in 'CETL in Action' taster sessions, which included testing the facility's new strength and conditioning equipment, finding out more about support services for the University's elite sports scholars and feeling the impact of active gaming using a Nintendo Wii.

LJMU secured £4.85million from the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) three years ago in recognition of its teaching excellence in the fields of PE, Dance, Sport and Exercise Sciences. New facilities have already opened in the Faculty of Education, Community and Leisure, and the completion of the Sport and Exercise Sciences building marks the end of the planned CETL infrastructure developments. Professor Tim Cable, Director of the School of Sport and Exercise Sciences, explains: "We're raising the bar on what we expect from students and the pressure is now on them to perform by engaging effectively with work-related learning, either in our CETL building, in the labs or out in the workplace."

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Professor Cable stresses that the School's CETL activities are integral to the University's teaching and learning strategy, making both the sport and exercise sciences degrees more applied and experiential, and providing best practice models for colleagues across LJMU. "Over the last three years we've been busy developing facilities that directly impact on student employability, transforming the curriculum and looking at ways to make both staff and students more entrepreneurial," he says. "Conceptually this has been a big shift but all of the changes we've made have been underpinned by sound scientific processes. This was very important to us and now all staff are fully engaged with what we are trying to do."

Activities within the new Centre will focus on two core areas: elite performance and community health and fitness. Thanks to CETL funding, the School has been able to employ two Sport Science Support Officers who are identifying opportunities for students to engage with work-related learning, either through 'hands on' projects or simulated activities as part of their degree studies. They also work closely with students and placement mentors to encourage and monitor the development of their world of work skills.

The Centre's Human Performance Unit is designed to enable LJMU's sport and exercise scientists to work with elite athletes, developing bespoke training and assessment programmes. The current list of clients includes Premier League Football Clubs such as Manchester Utd FC, Everton FC and Liverpool FC, reflecting the School's status as the UK's top sport sciences department. While students won't engage directly with these elite athletes, this work enriches the curriculum, giving them insights on professional practice through problem-based learning and demonstrations.

Students also work directly with individuals, albeit under supervision, taking part in community health and fitness research. This research is examining the role that exercise plays in healthy ageing and disease prevention, with a particular focus on specific groups, such as people suffering from heart disease or osteoporosis, the elderly or the obese. Such engagement will not only enhance the students' understanding of research design and delivery, but also the development of 'soft' skills, such as emotional intelligence, empathy and interpersonal skills.

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Staff are also benefiting from the CETL funding, with enhanced sabbatical opportunities where they can spend from six months to a year working with employers, identifying the key skills required by graduates and ways to embed this within the curriculum. Postgraduate students will also be able to apply for sports science internships, working alongside the Sport Science Support Officers. The first of these internships will be announced in the new year.

Professor Cable continues: "Our new approach has already paid dividends, as we've more than doubled our enterprise income, from £150K to £330K, and that was before the new facility was finished. By 2010, we are aiming to generate an income of £700K and increase our profit margins. This will enable us to maintain staffing levels and make all of our activities sustainable by the time the CETL funding finishes in two years."

Source: LJMU News Update (http://www.ljmu.ac.uk/NewsUpdate/index_92532.htm)

[Ged]

I remember them building that highest block in the render shown above. We lived in Gerard Crescent's Thurlow House at the time and our back veranda overlooked the Tysons site with the two massive cranes there. I had to rush in and get my lego out then :)

[Howie]

I remember them building that highest block in the render shown above. We lived in Gerard Crescent's Thurlow House at the time and our back veranda overlooked the Tysons site with the two massive cranes there. I had to rush in and get my lego out then :)
That's the block I work in. Abseiled off the roof a few years back to raise money for the Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation.

[Waterways]

This new building is very forgettable.

[Howie]

This new building is very forgettable.

Matches what's already there!!! :rolleyes:

[Kev]

PLANNERS have given the go-ahead for a £20m science building and laboratory in Liverpool city centre.

Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) will transform its Byrom Street campus with a five and three-storey building described as a “box within a box” design.

The building will house laboratories, accommodation and a 70-metre running track.

The plans were passed despite concerns from local residents about the loss of 70 car parking spaces on site, encouraging students to park on residential streets.

Council planning officers said no parking problems were evident when they visited the site and neighbouring streets.

But LJMU has agreed to replace some of the lost spaces and provide £25,000 for a residents parking scheme if the council decides it is needed.

The building will have an outer box housing a foyer and cafe.

[Howie]

New science building
25 March 2008

Planning permission granted for new Byrom Street development

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LJMU has received planning permission to develop a new purpose built science building at its Byrom Street Campus.

Once completed in 2009, the development will enable the University to consolidate the majority of its teaching and research in science and technology within one strategic Liverpool city centre site, following the relocation of its School of Sport and Exercise Sciences and the School of Psychology.

Around 50% of the new building's 6,400 square metre floorspace will be given over to specialist teaching and research laboratories, with the remainder being used for teaching, IT suites and staff accommodation.

Access to the building will be via a double height foyer with cascading staircase and small cafe. An interior "box", on the lower and upper ground floors, will house specialist sport and exercise science labs. Many of these require very controlled environments and minimal natural light, such as the sleep lab (or temporal isolation laboratory), which is used by LJMU scientists analysing the role of the human body clock to manipulate waking and sleeping cycles.

Professor Michael Brown, LJMU's Vice Chancellor said: "The laboratories and advanced facilities in this new building will enable us to take our science research, particularly in the area of sport and exercise sciences, in new and exciting directions."

Given Byrom Street's varied topography, architect Dominic Wilkinson says that it has been a "challenging project" but one that he hopes will set "a high benchmark for future developments".

LJMU's School of Sport and Exercise Sciences is ranked as the UK's number one for both teaching and research in this field. The specialist facilities housed within the new building reflect the School's elite status and will include an indoor 70-metre running track and labs for testing cardio-vascular ability, motor skills and bio-mechanics functions. The building will also have additional biochemistry and psychology teaching labs.

Whereas the labs are highly specialised in design, the general staff and teaching accommodation is designed to be very flexible. As far as possible, layouts have been 'future proofed' to ensure that they can be easily adapted for different uses, with ancillary uses and services clustered together in designated zones.

Work is due to start on the new building in April 2008, with completion due for the start of the first semester in 2009.

Source: LJMU News Update (http://www.ljmu.ac.uk/NewsUpdate/index_93866.htm)

[Howie]

Contractors moved on site yesterday morning (Tuesday 25 March) and started work on the new Byrom St science building. :034:

[buggedboy]

Crikey that was quick.

[macateb]

There must have been a 'bung' to guarantee getting planning permission.

[Howie]

I am sure LJMU was just well organised. :slywink:

[Howie]

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[Ged]

Great pics Howie. I used to live just there, first where the police station now is and then in the tenements that were almost facing it. I remember the taller JMU building being built in 71, it was just known as the polytech then.

[Kev]

Howie AKA Snappel :PDT10:PDT11

[wallasey]

The new building is really comming along now...although there's now nowhere to park on the Byrom Street campus!

There's been some work going on inside the main building with corridors being given a lick of green and white paint!

But if your wanting a canteen...don't come ere! Its all been coffee bar'd.

[Howie]

I understand the pressures on the space over the next couple of years until all the planned developments have been completed. It does seem though that at the moment the need for teaching accommodation has won over providing other facilities. I fully agree with you, that given the location of the site and the large number of staff and students there, having only three over-priced kiosks is far from ideal. Personally I miss the bar more than the canteen. :unibrow:

PS There is car parking available at Camden Street (by the National Express coach station) - only 5 minutes walk away.

[wallasey]

I understand the pressures on the space over the next couple of years until all the planned developments have been completed. It does seem though that at the moment the need for teaching accommodation has won over providing other facilities. I fully agree with you, that given the location of the site and the large number of staff and students there, having only three over-priced kiosks is far from ideal. Personally I miss the bar more than the canteen. :unibrow:

PS There is car parking available at Camden Street (by the National Express coach station) - only 5 minutes walk away.

I only started there this September, but I have heard the old bar was one of the highlights of Byrom Street! But if your wanting a coffee (black) it will set you back ?1.25! They sell butties and strange warm sandwich things, but the only canteen to be found at LJMU (to my knowledge) is at the Avril Robarts centre.

The Car-park on Camden Street isn't an idea which has suited most lecturers! Most of them now use public transport, especially those on the Wirral!

From a photographers point of view, I hope this new block will be high enough to get some good views over Marybone ect! I have already found a nice room on the 10th floor where I can get some views from. The idea is that in 4 years time, I'll take the same views again.

[Howie]

From a photographers point of view, I hope this new block will be high enough to get some good views over Marybone ect! I have already found a nice room on the 10th floor where I can get some views from. The idea is that in 4 years time, I'll take the same views again.

The new block is only 5 storeys at the front and 3 at the back, (see artist's impression below of how it will look).

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[Howie]

Progress on the new Science block at Byrom Street (09 March 2009)

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[Ged]

Great info Howie. I think i've mentioned before, I watched that tallest building being built in 1970/71 from our tenement back veranda which was a stones throw away. There's a pic on my site taken from a veranda lower down the square where you can see the 2 tysons cranes. the static T shaped one and the one with the moving jib. St. Annes church, St Anne street is captured on it to just before its demolition.

[scouse smurf]

What is it with building having an overhanging bit ?

I saw the Beetham tower in Mancland the other week and thought it looks so silly. There's a few in our fair city too

[Ged]

Not all structures with a built in overhang are silly though as the pic on the left proves.


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[scouse smurf]

hmmmm, nope she's not silly at all lol

But, she's still much better than them buildings

[Ged]

The wonders of make-up ey :unibrow:

[scouse smurf]

To be honest, I prefer her without...

Make up, that is

[Howie]

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[Howie]

Byrom Street cladding project
18 May 2009

The cladding project at Byrom Street to upgrade the external facia of the James Parsons building and the ten storey tower will commence on Tuesday 26 May.

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The aluminium cladding system will make the buildings watertight and will complement the new buildings completed and planned for the Byrom Street campus.

The cladding will overlap the existing external walls so that staff and students are not overly disrupted throughout the installation.

The first two weeks on site will be concentrated on site set-up by the appointed contractors D & B Facades - with the cladding process to follow from mid-June.

Any queries about the project should be forwarded to Tracey Price, Director of Campus Developments, at t.a.price@ljmu.ac.uk or Colin Davies, Director of Capital Projects, at c.g.davies@ljmu.ac.uk

Pictured: a visualisation of the cladding on the buildings at Byrom Street

Source: LJMU News Update (http://www.ljmu.ac.uk/NewsUpdate/index_99315.htm)

[kevin]

What is it with building having an overhanging bit ?

I saw the Beetham tower in Mancland the other week and thought it looks so silly. There's a few in our fair city too


Improved floor space without increasing the footprint I'd guess.

[Espresso Bar]

I don't think we'll get anything remembering David Moores in the city.