ATRiuM is a campus of the University of Glamorgan, in Cardiff, Wales.
Opened on 29 November 2007,[1] it is home to one of the University's five faculties, CCI (the Cardiff School of Creative & Cultural Industries). The building is located on Adam Street, near Cardiff Queen Street railway station.
The building comprises a refurbished former BT office block and a newly-built extension, linked by a glass atrium. It houses many of the facilities which were formerly based at Glamorgan's main campus in Trefforest. These include a television studio, two tiered theatre, auditoriums, sound studios, learning resource centre and gallery.
ATRiuM’s official launch was compered by actress Sian Phillips and TV presenter Rhodri Owen and there were performances from harpist Catrin Finch and singers Elin Manahan Thomas and Daisy Blue, who was accompanied on the piano by her father Mal Pope.[2]
A students union is located at the back of the building and was open and functional from September 2009. Since 2008, the Student Union representative for the ATRiuM has been James Koash[3].
Visiting professors
Like many creative arts schools and colleges, the school has a series of visiting professional professors. These currently include:[4]
- Terry Hands CBE - award-winning British stage director and producer, who founded the Liverpool Everyman Theatre in 1964
- Dr Karl Jenkins - successful Welsh composer and musician
- Daniel Evans - Welsh actor, who has worked with the Royal Shakespeare Company and Royal National Theatre
- Marc Evans - award winning film director
- Robin Lyons - writer, musician and actor
Facilities
List of the key ATRiuM facilities[5]
Design
- Design studios and associated resource and support spaces
- Dedicating computing facilities, including a number of mac-labs
Media & Communications
- TV studio and associated control room
- Photography facilities including darkroom and production space for film photography, digital studio and associated editing studio
- Broadcast and print, multimedia journalism facilities
- Radio studio, and associated control room
- 180-seat digital and 16mm cinema space
Drama & Music
- 180-seat theatre space for drama production and performance, teaching, and associated control room
- Double height theatre practice space, and associated control room
- Single height theatre practice space, and associated control facilities
- 6 music and sound studios, and associated control rooms
- 16 acoustically protected multimedia practice rooms
General Purpose Teaching Spaces
- 180 seat main lecture theatre
- 140 Seat Cinema and Auditorium
- Multiple general purpose teaching spaces fitted out with integrated instructional technology facilities and control systems
- All teaching spaces interlinked enabling the ATRiuM to stream content from any teaching and learning space to all other teaching and learning spaces
Computing Facilities
- Multiple subject-specific and multidisciplinary computing labs
- 64 individual flexible workspaces in LRC, including 32 PC-equipped workspaces
- Loan laptops for use throughout facility (principally LRC), access via wireless networking
Interaction Spaces
- ATRiuM street, including exhibitional spaces and facilities
- Café
- Learning resource centre, including book-stock and journal collection, individual study spaces and book browsing
- 24 seat main meeting room featuring latest interactive and multimedia technology
- Leading edge and mobile IP-based video conferencing facilities
- Multifunction space
Support Services
- Faculty advice shop
- Student support services
- Disability support services
- Student careers service
- Equipment loan store
References
- ^ "Cardiff’s Most Exciting Campus Opens". University of Glamorgan. http://news.glam.ac.uk/news/en/2007/nov/28/cardiffs-most-exciting-campus-opens/. Retrieved 2008-09-09.
- ^ "ATRiuM will nuture Wales' creative talent". Wales Online. http://www.walesonline.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/2007/11/23/atrium-will-nurture-wales-creative-talent-91466-20148201/. Retrieved 2009-10-07.
- ^ "University of Glamorgan Union". Wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/University_of_Glamorgan_Union.
- ^ "Visiting Professors". University of Glamorgan. http://cci.glam.ac.uk/visitingprofessors/. Retrieved 2009-09-21.
- ^ "ATRiuM Facilities". University of Glamorgan. http://cci.glam.ac.uk/facilities/. Retrieved 2009-10-07.
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