Zinc Cladding at AMPPS Alan Turing Building

ame sucessful supplied 5000m2 of pre-weathered zinc cladding on the £25 million University of Manchester's astronomy, mathematics, physics and photon science departments (AMPPS) - Alan Turing Building 

Architects Sheppard Robson used the flexibility of ame's Proteus hr system to achieve the long 6100mm x 600mm panels, whilst maintaining exceptional panel flatness.

The buidling is split into three cantilevered 'sliding fingers' and is linked by a four-storey atrium and the "bridges" provide interactive areas for professors, students and researchers. Looking onto the new University Place, the scheme boasts an over-sailing roof acting as a suspension system for solar-shading louvres and allows roof-level plant screening.

Links:

General Information:

http://www.mims.manchester.ac.uk/info/new-building.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Turing_Building

Photograph of Construction of the Alan Turing Building:

http://www.maths.manchester.ac.uk/~higham/photos/AMPS_long/index.htm