At the heart of the UK, Leicester is a leading university
committed to international excellence, world-changing research and high
quality, inspirational teaching.
Founded in 1921 as a memorial to the Great War, the
University of Leicester has a proud history of ambitious projects that lead to
amazing discoveries. This is where genetic fingerprinting was invented in 1984
and home of the team who found King Richard III.
The site for the University was donated by a local
businessman, Thomas Fielding Johnson, in order to create a living memorial for
all local people who made sacrifices during the First World War. This is
reflected in the University's motto Ut vitam habeant – 'so that they may have
life'.
The compact campus contains a wide range of twentieth
century architecture, though the oldest building dates from 1837. The main
campus is a mile south of the city centre, adjacent to Victoria Park and
Wyggeston and Queen Elizabeth I College.
Built in the early 1960s the Bennett Building was designed
by Leslie Martin who was Chair of Architecture at Cambridge University and houses
the only juvenile Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton in Europe!
The building houses a number of smaller seminar rooms and
larger lecture theatres.
Ferco supplied lecture theatre seating in conjunction with Moss Architecture Interiors Ltd who were appointed through the university consultant framework as Designers & Contract Administrators.
The lecture theatre required bringing up-to-date to improve
comfort conditions and learner experience, through cohesively considering the
site, technology acoustics and interior design.
The brief provided by the university required the lecture
theatre interiors and facilities to be developed for:
The aim was to create a space able to deliver improved
learning functions through upgraded environments with improved acoustics and
comfort conditions.
Elements of the space which required improvement included
the seating, teaching wall arrangement and stage design, wall and ceiling
design, and acoustics.
Renowned for its comfort, function and versatility the ARC
One lecture theatre seat is ergonomically shaped with a contoured back and focuses
particular attention on lumbar support and encouraging correct posture.
The brief required the 393 ARC One seats to be integrated
with fixed writing tables in a straight row configuration in two flagship
lecture theatres.
The seats were upholstered in a fresh light green 24/7 Flax
from Camira Fabrics.
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