Grafton cov tuam tsev Shelley McNamara thiab Yvonne Farrell tsis tau tsuas yog muab khoom plig rau Pritzker xyoo no, tab sis kuj tseem RIBA Gold Medal - nrog lawv thawj UK lub tsev tam sim no ua tiav. Qhov no yog lub zos Lub Tsev ntawm Kingston University nyob rau sab qab teb sab hnub poob ntawm Greater London, hla ntawm Thames los ntawm Hampton Court Palace.
Grafton tau cog lus tias yuav tsim 9,400m2 thiab m 50m project los ntawm kev sib tw kaw xyoo 2013. Nws hloov lub tsev kawm ntawv lub tsev precast ua vaj tse, kev tsim vaj tsev uas yog ib txwm muaj ntawm Kingston County, thiab muaj kev cuam tshuam sab hauv lub tsev tshiab. Nws nyob hauv lub tsev qiv ntawv tseem ceeb thiab cov chaw khaws ntaub ntawv, chav ua yeeb yam, chav ua yeeb yam, chav ua "hloov khoom", thiab ob chav cafes.
Ib nrab ntawm cov chaw nyob hauv Lub Tsev Hauv Nroog yog qhib txoj kev npaj, pom thiab lub cev muaj peev xwm, nkag tau los ntawm peb lub "tshav puam" hauv qhov chaw nruab nrab thiab cov theem ntaiv loj txuas rau hauv plag tsev. Raws li cov kws tsim qauv, qhov no yuav tsum pab txhawb kev sib pauv tswv yim thiab kev paub, txoj hauv kev tshiab, kev kawm txog kev sib raug zoo.
Hauv av hauv av yog thaj tsam los ntawm cov chaw pej xeem, chaw noj mov, thiab chav ua haujlwm yooj yim thiab chav ua haujlwm siv precast pob zeb hauv cov chaw. Raws li qhov siab nce, muaj thaj chaw rau ntsiag to, ntiag tug cov lus qhia uas nthuav mus rau qhov chaw sab saum toj, qhov chaw kuj tseem muaj lub khw thib ob nrog kev saib xyuas chaw nruab hnub thiab chav sib tham.
Lub tswv yim ntawm permeability txhawj xeeb tsis yog sab hauv xwb, tab sis kuj tseem muaj kev sib raug zoo ntawm lub tsev nrog ib puag ncig: nws muaj ntau qhov chaw nkag, ntau lub hnub ci tau sab hauv, tab sis tseem ceeb tshaj, thaj tsam nrog ib puag ncig yog qhov muag plooj ua tsaug rau cov zov -tiered "colonnade". Nws tsim ib qho chaw ntxim siab nruab nrab uas yuav los ua vaj dai ntawm daim nta tsev sab saud. Cov khoom txhij txhua yog txua cov pob zeb, lub taub hau rau Surrey County Council lub tsev hla txoj kev, lub tsev Victorian thaum sawv ntxov uas muaj "classic" Portland limestone façade.
