“Not only does the Temerty Building provide excellent research and learning facilities, it offers generous and stimulating communal spaces for people to forge connections and exchange ideas – creating the productive friction that characterises many of the best research institutes”, says MVRDV founding partner Nathalie de Vries. “While thoughtfully integrating with the rest of the Medical Sciences Building, the Temerty Building brings a new atmosphere to this portion of King’s College Circle: it is transparent, open, and welcoming to all, allowing campus life to thrive at the heart of the university.”
“The Temerty Building’s design is about bridging worlds”, says Diamond Schmitt principal Don Schmitt. “It prioritises functionality and durability, but also ensures the building will be warm and inviting. Its lower floors form a crossroads for the wider university community and opens to the surrounding landscape for the first time in 50 years. The building will support deep focus, as well as foster greater connection, with an emphasis on spatial clarity and natural light, while fitting seamlessly into the iconic landscape of King’s College Circle.”
