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“Integrating architecture, interior and landscape, we have designed a campus that will deliver a first-class teaching and research environment which will assist the University of Manchester’s ambition in becoming one of the top 25 research universities in the world,” says Francesco Veenstra, Partner at Mecanoo and Design Team Leader for this project. “MECD will have a strong identity that reflects Manchester’s past, present and future, as a city of pioneers, continued to be led by discovery.”

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建筑师们认为，设计的目的是在建筑使用者和公众之间建立一种渗透感，把开发作为现有校园与周围城市之间的门户。建筑材料的钢和砖的选择，是为了表现出强烈的形式和清晰的结构在正面。Mecanoo将这种效果比作一个类比：建筑为引擎。

According to the architects, the design is meant to establish a sense of permeability between those using the building and the public, the development acting as a gateway between the existing campus and the surrounding city. The building’s materials choices of steel and brick are meant to present strong articulation of form and clear structure in the facade. Mecanoo likens the effect with an analogy: building as engine.

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该项目的目标是建立一个设施，鼓励在灵活的环境中开展研究和教学活动，既为今天做好准备，又能够适应未来的变化。该建筑的一些关键设施是底层制造空间、灵活的实验室、定制的项目区域和互动学习环境。这座大楼的巨大面积-70，590平方米(760，000平方英尺)-将容纳大学的四所工程学院和工程与物理学院的两所研究机构，这将进一步发展交叉合作的可能性。

The goal of the project is to establish a facility that will encourage research and teaching activities in a flexible environment, both ready for today and able to adapt to future changes. Some of the building’s key facilities are ground floor maker spaces, flexible labs, bespoke project areas, and interactive learning environments. The building’s vast size – 70,590 square meters (760,000 square feet) – which will accommodate the University’s four engineering schools and two research institutes from the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, will further develop the possibilities for cross-collaboration.

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“这一令人兴奋的新校园发展是一生中一次的项目，它建立在曼彻斯特工程和科学领域值得骄傲的创新和发现遗产之上，该遗产始于1824年曼彻斯特力学研究所的成立，”大学工程和物理学院副院长兼院长马丁·施罗德教授(Martin Schr Der)说。“MECD将曼彻斯特工程作为跨学科教学和研究的重点。我们将培训未来的工程师，发现并应用新的知识，帮助工业和社会增加财富和就业，克服气候变化、有限的自然资源和不断变化的世界市场的全球挑战。“

“This exciting new campus development is a once in a lifetime project that builds upon Manchester’s proud heritage of innovation and discovery across engineering and science that began with the establishment of the Manchester Mechanics’ Institute in 1824," says Professor Martin Schröder, Vice-President and Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences at the University. “MECD brings Manchester Engineering into one building as a focus for interdisciplinary teaching and research. We will train the engineers of the future and discover and apply new knowledge to help industry and society to increase wealth and employment and to overcome global challenges of climate change, finite natural resources and changing world markets.”

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目前的拆除工作将为这座新设施让路，该设施定于2020年完工。

Current demolition work will make way for the new facility, which is scheduled for completion in 2020.