Michael Uren Biomedical Engineering Research Hub is a fourteen storey building (Lower ground, ground and twelve upper storeys) located in London. The building is triangular in plan shape, is approximately 54m in height, measured from fire brigade access level to the topmost occupied floor, and has a footprint of circa 1,300m2. The building is served by one firefighting shaft accessed from the south, containing a firefighting lift, wet rising fire main, and a ventilated firefighting lobby.
The Hub is one of the flagship buildings at the College’s White City Campus, a new 23-acre district dedicated to research and innovation in science, engineering, medicine and business. Designed as a collaborative facility, it will provide space for Imperial’s world-leading researchers, engineers, scientists and clinicians to work alongside one another to address some of the most pressing biomedical and healthcare problems of our time. It will further life-changing research into new and affordable medical technology.
Research areas will include new technologies for the early detection, monitoring and treatment of cancers; the development of minimally invasive implants; regenerative medicine and technology to aid recovery from nervous system injuries. The Hub will incorporate a clinical facility side-by-side with multidisciplinary laboratories and offices for translational research initiatives, providing patients with direct access to the latest innovations in healthcare
The 14-storey arrow-shaped facility will feature a hybrid concrete and steel frame structure. A full-height steel frame nose cone, forming the apex of the arrow, will house the building’s complex mechanical and electrical services infrastructure. A glazed façade with prefabricated and geometrically distinct concrete fins to two elevations will provide solar shading as well as complementing the building’s striking design
