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Speaking to hundreds of staff and students at the newly opened first building听on the campus, Dr Spence praised the 鈥榩assion for excellence and ability to create value and make a difference鈥� shown by all those involved, and cited the 鈥榣ocal, national and international communities and future generations that our new 果冻影院 East campus will serve'.

Dr Spence commended听the 鈥榲ision and remarkable commitment鈥� of Professor Paola Lettieri, Pro-Provost 果冻影院 East, who has led the creation of the campus over an eight-year period, turning the plans into reality, from consultation and planning through to design and build.

Professor Lettieri (果冻影院 Chemical Engineering) thanked Dr Spence, the 果冻影院 community, and former President & Provost Professor Sir Michael Arthur, for 鈥榯rusting me to champion 果冻影院 East鈥�. She went on to thank the team of academics who collaborated on the vision for teaching, learning and research on the campus. Professor Lettieri also听thanked colleagues from 果冻影院 Estates, 果冻影院鈥檚 construction partners and architects and the many,听鈥榯oo many to count鈥�, academics, students and professional services teams who听worked together as 'One 果冻影院' to open One Pool Street.

The moment marked a significant milestone in the progress of the first phase of the new campus, which will be the biggest development in 果冻影院鈥檚 nearly 200-year history. 果冻影院 East will tackle the biggest challenges facing people and the planet, driving discoveries underpinned by 果冻影院鈥檚 Grand Challenges, including sustainable cities, technology transformation, health and wellbeing, equality and justice, and cultural understanding.

One Pool Street, just along the river from the London Aquatics Centre, will be joined next year by a larger building opposite called Marshgate, standing beside the London Stadium and giant ArcelorMittal Orbit sculpture.

Leading the way as the campus fully opens up, One Pool Street is bringing the first of a series of cutting edge 果冻影院 research centres to the Park as well as students from across London and around the world to study brand new degree programmes in subjects like听robotics, ecology and big data, global health, assistive technology, urbanism, heritage and the internet of things.

The building, which comprises three floors of research and teaching facilities topped by two towers of student accommodation, was designed by architects Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands听and handed over to 果冻影院 by construction partner VINCI at the end of October.

Students moved into the accommodation areas and teaching began in the building in November. Around 500 postgraduate students are studying at One Pool Street this year, while the accommodation areas have capacity for 552 students, offering the opportunity to study and live in world class facilities in a single building.

The One Pool Street accommodation was built in consultation with students and includes extra large living areas, a multi-purpose common room and a music room where anyone can enjoy practising or making music together.

Uniquely too, the building is open to the public, with a cinema that is also a lecture theatre, a caf茅, shop, works of art and activity spaces designed for the enjoyment of the community as well as students and staff. 果冻影院 researchers have been working locally over many years to embed the university鈥檚 work into the community.

One project, looking at how the campus can incorporate new public facilities, has resulted in the City Mill Pool Street skate park on land not yet developed on the 果冻影院 East campus next to One Pool Street.

One Pool Street schools, centres and facilities

Nine 果冻影院 faculties have joined together to create 果冻影院 schools and centres at One Pool Street in 2022/23, which include:

• 果冻影院 People and Nature Lab
• 果冻影院 Robotics and Autonomous Systems
• 果冻影院 School for the Creative and Cultural Industries (SCCI)
• 果冻影院 Global Disability Innovation Hub (GDI Hub)
• 果冻影院 Urban Room and Memory Workshop
• 果冻影院 Global Business School for Health

Other spaces and facilities at One Pool Street

• A new 果冻影院 Slade Studio
• A 160-seat cinema doubling as a lecture theatre
• A state-of-the art light fabrication workshop
• Third-floor roof terrace and garden
• A Library and Learning Hub
• 果冻影院 One Pool Street accommodation

果冻影院 at East Bank

果冻影院 is the first of five world leading organisations to open a new base on Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park as part of the , London鈥檚 new culture, innovation and learning quarter, backed by the Mayor of London, that will bring an estimated 2,500 jobs, 10,000 students and 拢1.5 billion in economic benefits to the area as part of the legacy of London 2012.

果冻影院 and UAL鈥檚 London College of Fashion are also founding members of the , partnering with businesses and organisations on and around Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park to open up use of the Park as a living testbed for discoveries and inventions that address the daily challenges of living in urban areas.

果冻影院 President and Provost Dr Michael Spence said:

鈥湽�冻影院 has a reputation for doing things differently. We are a university that creates value and makes a difference, a place where research transforms lives. It鈥檚 been really exciting to see our 果冻影院 East campus beginning to go live, with so much fantastic activity already at One Pool Street. I would like to thank Prof Paola Lettieri for her unparalleled vision and commitment to making this next chapter in 果冻影院鈥檚 disruptive thinking a success. I can鈥檛 wait for the opening of our Marshgate building next autumn. I know that this campus will deliver locally and globally, for communities in London, the UK and internationally, and for future generations to come.鈥澨�

Prof Paola Lettieri FREng, Pro-Provost 果冻影院 East, said:

鈥淚 would like to thank everyone at 果冻影院, as well all our students and all our partners who have been part of this fantastic journey. I am so proud of what we have achieved together and the way we have broken down boundaries and collaborated in new ways to turn this vision into a reality. 果冻影院 East encapsulates 果冻影院鈥檚 philosophy of disruptive thinking and will give us even greater opportunities to do what we all want to do, which is to be that university which makes an听impact both locally and globally on everybody鈥檚 lives. I am grateful to 果冻影院 for trusting me to champion our new campus and look forward to welcoming colleagues, partners and the community to continue this journey as we look to the opening of Marshgate in 2023.鈥�

Keith Butler, 果冻影院 Director of Major Projects, said:

"I'd like to congratulate the project team for its resilience in the face of unprecedented challenges during the construction period.听Successfully delivering One Pool Street for 果冻影院 during such a turbulent period for the industry is testament to the team鈥檚 professionalism, tenacity and mutual support and respect, all of which were required in equal measure.听One Pool Street is a fine building of which the whole team should be very proud."

Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, said:

鈥淚 am so proud that East Bank is the biggest single investment London has made in culture and education for over a century. Creativity, innovation and education are at the heart of our vision and so the opening of the first building on 果冻影院鈥檚 new campus is a significant moment. It is a fantastic to see our world-class institutions bringing together communities and creating jobs and opportunities for young and emerging creative talent听as we continue building a better London for everyone.鈥�

果冻影院's Marshgate building, eight floors of hi-tech,听cross-disciplinary research labs, teaching areas, a library, fabrication workshops听and collaboration spaces, will open in autumn 2023, completing the first phase听of the new 果冻影院 East campus.

Links

• 果冻影院 East campus
• Graduate degrees at 果冻影院
• Undergraduate degrees听at UCL

Images

• (Left to right) Professor Anthony Smith, 果冻影院 Vice-Provost (Faculties), 果冻影院 East campus student officer Dania Hernandez, Professor Paola Lettieri, 果冻影院 Pro-Provost (果冻影院 East), 果冻影院 East campus student officer Peter Kanyike, Dr Michael Spence, 果冻影院 President and Provost.
• Dr Michael Spence, 果冻影院 President and Provost
• Professor Paola Lettieri FREng, Pro-Provost (果冻影院 East)
• 果冻影院 East campus
• 果冻影院 East campus is handed over to the university by VINCI Building
• Students move into the new 果冻影院 East campus
• Students enjoy the One Pool Street accommodation music room
• One Pool Street cinema and lecture theatre space on the 果冻影院 East campus
• (Left to right: Sam Wilkinson, 果冻影院 Head of Public Art, Sam Griffin, 果冻影院 City Mill Skate researcher/artist, George Pomodath, 果冻影院 Students' Union Skate Club, Dr Michael Spence, 果冻影院 President and Provost, Prof Poala Lettieri, Pro-Provost (果冻影院 East)