在这样的教学楼里，谁不想学到凌晨两点半

                
                
威斯敏斯特大学是一所充满活力、多元化的国际性大学。学校位于英国伦敦的"心脏"地带。威斯敏斯特大学现有在校学生2万多人，分别来自150多个国家和地区。
学校的许多课程都获得了英国高等教育质量保障局(QAA)的"杰出"评分。此外，学校在艺术与设计、电子工程、法律、传媒与通讯等诸多领域所开展的研究均处于行业领先地位，还被英格兰高等教育基金管理委员会(HEFCE)评选为"把技能实践融入专业学习"的"
                
                 
威斯敏斯特大学传媒、艺术与设计学院在欧洲乃至全球的传媒教育中都占据重要地位，为世界传媒、艺术与设计行业培养了一代又一代记者、导演、摄影师、时尚设计师、艺术家和传媒人员。
学院的本科课程包括时装设计、动画、插图和视觉传播等，研究生课程则包括时尚、艺术与设计、摄影等。学院在媒体传播和艺术设计领域和还拥有实力雄厚的博士研究项目。
在2013年QS全球大学排名中，英国威斯敏斯特大学的传媒、新闻和传播专业排名英国第一、欧洲第二、全球第19。2014年，在全球拥有3亿用户的专业职业社交平台领英（LinkedIn）将威斯敏斯特大学列为最受雇主欢迎的大学之一。在传媒就业能力方面，威斯敏斯特大学的毕业生在英国大学毕业生中名列第14位。
                
                
威斯敏斯特学院新教学楼面积共2万4千平方米，是典型英式开放教育空间，为广大师生提供更先进的设施和设备。建筑有亲切和多样性的空间，可以让学生在其中进行非正式和正式的学习。
                
                
整个学习空间具有强大的适应性和灵活性，能够激励学生学习。从内到外充分考虑使用者需求，以及场地环境。建筑轮廓明确，具有鲜明的斯堪地维亚现代建筑风格。
一层建筑中庭联结建筑各处，是动态中心和核心。大厅中庭也影响了建筑立面造型，并使得内外交互增加。大厅中庭提供了明亮，开放，包容性的空间，并鼓励学生间的互动。
                
                
建筑的大部分公共功能，如展览区，剧场和咖啡厅，都安放在入口，与当地社区保持良好的通达性。内部木材与混凝土表面的对比，是一种斯堪地维亚设计传统的体现。
                
                
The new flagship Campus for City of Westminster College by schmidt hammer lassen architects is designed to support new ways of teaching and learning. The 24,000m2 College, won in a competition in 2006, provides much greater amounts of open learning spaces than typical colleges in the UK and holds state-of-the-art facilities for both students and staff. The building is designed to embrace interaction and diversity and allow
students to learn from each other, both formally and informally.
The learning spaces of City of Westminster College are adaptable and flexible so that, in addition to the integrated technology, the students’ development is supported by the diverse architectural spaces of the very building they are in. It is a design which encourages new ways of teaching and learning.
                
                
The College is located in the heart of Central London at Paddington Green on the site of its previous building,an inefficient and failing 1960s block. The building has been designed from the inside-out, responding to the needs of the diverse groups who use the College, as well as taking into account the sensitive local context. It appears as a clean-cut, modern building with a distinct Scandinavian heritage. The building’s simple geometric forms rotate around a terraced atrium, creating a unifying yet flexible organisation.The respective floor plans surrounding the atrium have visual connections from one floor to the other, making the atrium a dynamic centre and the heart of the College. The large atrium, which on some floors extends all the way to the façade, enhances the relationship between the inside and the outside. It offers light-filled, open and inclusive spaces which encourage the interaction between students.
                
                
To support connectivity with the local community, most public functions – including an exhibition area, a theatre and a café – are located adjacent to the main entrance before the security turnstiles. The choice of colours for the building is inspired by its context and by the change of the seasons, whilst the light timber panels lining the interior form a contrast to the exposed concrete surfaces and underline the Scandinavian design heritage.
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