Gasholders London

Location

Architect

Data

Scope of work

• Unitised facades with front-mounted sheet metal facades
• Motorised concertina blinds integrated into façade
• Sliding doors to balconies
• Steel balconies with glass balustrades and suspended ceiling panels
• Fire-rated facades with brass features in inner atrium
• Glass roofs with smoke extraction system
• Connecting bridges between the three inner atrium buildings
• Courtyard facades to connecting bridges and apartments
• Glazed courtyards to roof terraces
• Motorised sliding roofs
• Entrance facade with canopy
• Shop facades at Ground Floor

Innovations / Challenges

• Integration of concertina blinds with very high requirements re sustainability, resilience and appearance of the mechanical system
• Extremely short execution period for completion of building envelope
• Complex site logistics due to simultaneous installation of cast iron columns by others.
• BIM design model