Sir Peter Cook’s mural-like Innovation Studio opens on UK university campus

2021-11-04T14:19:00-04:00

Arts University Bournemouth (AUB) in the United Kingdom is celebrating the opening of a new creative facility designed by Sir Peter Cook. The Innovation Studio is the second building on AUB’s campus designed by Cook, after his undulating Drawing Studio was opened in 2016 by Zaha Hadid. Cook himself graduated from AUB in the 1950s.

Image: Richard Bryant

The new facility will host a range of digital and physical manufacturing technologies, including Large Format Additive Printing, CNC milling, and waterjet cutting, alongside VR/AR technologies such as 3D body scanning and a green screen studio. The university sees the Innovation Studio as a space where students, graduates, university experts, and businesses can collaborate on real-world issues through design.

Image: Richard Bryant

“The space is a rich vessel for creativity and innovation,” said Cook upon the studio’s opening. “Those creating within these walls will almost certainly working towards solutions to some of mankind’s great...

Sir Peter Cook-designed drawing studio at the Arts University Bournemouth opened today

2016-03-03T13:34:00-05:00

The Art University Bournemouth’s new drawing studio, designed by alumnus Sir Peter Cook, is to be officially today by Zaha Hadid. It is the first purpose-built drawing studio to open in the UK for 100 years and is the renowned architect and founding member of radical collective Archigram’s first building in the country. The curved studio has been designed to emphasise natural light [...] there is a large circular north-light and a rear clerestory, which provides softer light.

Here are a few more images of the delightful little structure (via CRAB studio's website):

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Sir Peter Cook’s mural-like Innovation Studio opens on UK university campus

Sir Peter Cook-designed drawing studio at the Arts University Bournemouth opened today