


As part of an overall increase in automotive research capability, Coventry University are to deliver the new National Transport Design Centre (NTDC).
The NTDC research facility is split into two sections:
Design Studio, using automated milling machines to produce scale automotive models design livery.
Innovation centre to provide office space to start-up companies linked with the research.
The building consists of a 2-3 storey steel frame construction to minimise the structural weight over the long span studio and to reduce the time and cost within the Innovation Centre office construction.
The building is clad in a combination of long-span cladding Kingspan panels, brickwork and a large patterned perforated screen.
The building is supported by piled foundations down to the underlying sandstone strata with suspended ground floor slabs due to the presence of infilled historic quarry on site.