Site and Brief
The site is situated on the edge of the city of Manchester and lies within the campus of the University of Salford.
The brief for the building came from the predecessor of the University of Salford towards the end of 1994 and demanded a building which was a "fusion of design and technology" to house the Spatial, Graphic and Industrial Design Department of the university.
Hodder had 11 weeks to finish the design stage and begin development on site in order to ensure the EU grant was eligible.
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“I am not aware that any man has ever built on the spot which I occupy. Deliver me from a city built on the site of a more ancient city, whose materials are ruins, whose gardens cemeteries. The soil is blanched and accursed there, and before that becomes necessary the earth itself will be destroyed.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)