AstraZeneca’s Discovery Centre (The DISC)
AstraZeneca has established a new global research and development facility, named The Discovery Centre (DISC) in Cambridge, UK, on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus (CBC). The CBC plays an important role in the UK and Europe’s leading life sciences cluster. It is a hub for biomedical research and development with institutions and companies from the education, healthcare, science and research sectors. The DISC is located in the middle of the CBC; This central location reflects AstraZeneca’s ambition to be a key point of exchange and collaboration in the CBC, building on its many existing collaborations with members of the Cambridge Life Science community including the University of Cambridge, the Medical Research Council and Cancer Research UK. The architecture supports this drive and makes it visible with a porous building that is accessible from three different sides. The building is a triangular glass disc with rounded edges that loosely follows the shape of the site; it is defined by a saw-tooth roof that runs East to West to provide optimal natural lighting within the building.
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