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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!
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 could be delayed after a scaffold on the building site collapsed.
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£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 and Sport and Exercise Sciences) 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
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 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
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ged
This new building is very forgettable.
Matches what's already there!!! :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by Waterways
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.
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
Contractors moved on site yesterday morning (Tuesday 25 March) and started work on the new Byrom St science building. :034:
Crikey that was quick.
There must have been a 'bung' to guarantee getting planning permission.
I am sure LJMU was just well organised. :slywink:
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.
Howie AKA Snappel :PDT10:PDT11
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.
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Howie
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.
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).Quote:
Originally Posted by wallasey
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Progress on the new Science block at Byrom Street (09 March 2009)
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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.
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
Not all structures with a built in overhang are silly though as the pic on the left proves.
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hmmmm, nope she's not silly at all lol
But, she's still much better than them buildings
The wonders of make-up ey :unibrow:
To be honest, I prefer her without...
Make up, that is
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
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Originally Posted by scouse smurf
Improved floor space without increasing the footprint I'd guess.
I don't think we'll get anything remembering David Moores in the city.