Schuster Laboratory
| Schuster Laboratory | |
|---|---|
 | |
| General information | |
| Type | Academic teaching and research |
| Location | Manchester |
| Coordinates | 53°28′1.71″N 2°13′50.62″W / 53.4671417°N 2.2307278°W |
| Completed | 1964[1] |
| Owner | The University of Manchester |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 7 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Fairhurst, Harry S. & Sons[2] |
The Schuster Laboratory (also known as the Schuster Building) houses the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Manchester. It is located on Brunswick Street, Manchester, within the Science and Engineering section of the University.[1] It was constructed in 1964.[1]
Architecture
The building was built during a time of expansion for the University, with the construction of a new Science Quadrangle. The Schuster Building was one of the later buildings constructed on this Quadrangle. The Electrical Engineering Laboratory, on the northwest side, was completed by 1954 and named the Williamson Building.[3] This was followed by the Simon Engineering Laboratories on the southwest of the quadrangle, finished in mid-1962, and the Chemistry building on the southeast which was completed by October 1964. Approval for the Schuster Laboratories had been approved, and planning was nearly completed, by the end of August 1962.[4]
The building was designed by Fairhurst, Harry S. & Sons, of the Fairhurst Design Group,[2] and was completed in 1964.[1]
The roof of the largest Lecture Theatre in the building has an abstract sculpture by Michael Piper on it.[5]
The building was refurbished in 2007.[6]
Facilities
The building houses four large lecture rooms around the foyer on the ground floor.[7] named after people who taught or carried out research in the department: Rutherford, Bragg, Blackett and Moseley.[1] The rooms are centrally allocated by the University, rather than being solely used by the School. Rutherford is the largest of the lecture theatres, holding 258, while Bragg holds 150, Blackett holds 145 and Moseley holds 148.[8]
There is also a meeting room on the roof of one of the wings, called the Niels Bohr Common Room.[1]
The building also houses workshop facilities and teaching laboratories.[9]
There is a small cafe on the ground floor, named "The ErrΦr Bar".[10]
Occupation
The building was purpose-built for the School of Physics and Astronomy. It currently contains the following groups:[9]
- Biological Physics Group
- Condensed Matter Physics Group (2nd floor)[11]
- Nonlinear Dynamics and Liquid Crystal Physics Group
- Particle Physics Group (5th and 6th floor)[12]
- Nuclear Physics Group (4th floor)[13]
- Theoretical Physics Group (7th floor)[14]
The building used to house part of the the Astronomy and Astrophysics group, as well as the Photon Physics Group, but these were relocated to the Alan Turing Building in September 2007.[6]
References
- ^ a b c d e f Lafferty, George (23 February 2000). "The Schuster Laboratory". Retrieved 2008-02-27.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ a b Moss, John (6 January 2006). "Manchester Buildings and the Architects who built Manchester?". Retrieved 2008-02-17.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Pullan, Brian. "Section 1: 1950s expansion, Chapter 4: Buildings and social relations". A history of the University of Manchester 1951-1973. Manchester University Press. ISBN 0-7190-5670-5.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - ^ Manchester Local Executive Committee of the British Association (1962). "Chapter 18: The University of the Future". Manchester and its Region: A Survey prepared for The British Association. Manchester University Press.
- ^ Public Sculpture of Greater Manchester. Liverpool University Press. 2004. ISBN 0853235678.
{{cite book}}:|first=missing|last=(help); Missing pipe in:|first=(help) - ^ "meeting.manchester - Main Campus Oxford Road". University of Manchester. Retrieved 2008-02-17.
- ^ "Catalogue of Central Teaching and Meeting Rooms". The Directorate of Estates, University of Manchester. Retrieved 2008-02-17.
- ^ a b "School of Physics and Astronomy, Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences" (PDF). Retrieved 2008-02-17.
- ^ "Schuster Building (Error Bar) (FoodOnCampus)". University of Manchester. Retrieved 2008-02-17.
- ^ "People, Condensed Matter Physics, University of Manchester". Retrieved 2008-02-17.
- ^ "Who's Who in the Manchester Particle Physics Group". Retrieved 2008-02-17.
- ^ "Nuclear Physics Group - Contact details". Retrieved 2008-02-17.
- ^ "Staff List - Theoretical Physics Group". Retrieved 2008-02-17.
