The following information is from the building user guide produced by the architects, Architectus CHS Royal Associates . The design of the Academic Offices aims to create intimate and discrete spaces with individual control of heating, lighting, shading and ventilation. The offices face directly north. The combination of highly insulated concrete panels and internal masonry walls provide high thermal mass, which limit internal temperature fluctuations.
Radiators integrated in the window wall provide heat.
These radiators have thermostatic valves with limit stops, allowing the occupant to change the temperature within pre-set limits. The end walls are predominantly glazed, allowing good daylight penetration into the room. The overhang created by the balcony of the office above gives shading. This is supplemented by a moveable shutter. The shutter's two sets of cedar louvred blades can be rotated using the central sticks.