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With bespoke and standardised product solutions from Reynaers Aluminium, you can rely on: ARCHITECTURE Expertly engineered systems that perform to your MAGAZINE thermal and acoustic requirements Uncompromising quality and craftsmanship Support that matches your project programme, PUBLISHING TEAM Media One Communications Ltd timescale, and budget 6 Swan Court, Forder Way, Hampton, Peterborouh, Cambridgeshire, PE7 8GX World leading curtain wall solutions Tel: 01733 385300 WELCOME Achieves many test standards including CWCT EDITOR (dependant on variants) JADE TILLEY [email protected] Structural glazing, unitised glazing, roof glazing Connection to people and place is a value long since held and fire rated solutions available SUB EDITOR & DESIGNER by architects and designers, but over this past year, it has KELLY GREEN become more and more imperative to all that we design [email protected] and foster places, spaces and worlds where people are at the centre. This is the exact ethos held by SPAN PUBLISHER & CEO R J NISBET Architecture, the New York firm founded by Karen Stonely [email protected] and Peter Pelsinski, whose work literally spans the breadth ADVERTISING MANAGER of design and brings harmony to people’s lives, whether HOLLY DENNIS in private residences or shared amenities in NYC hi-rises. 07736 945689 In interview they describe their route to architecture and work with John Pawson [email protected] and how their work is ‘evolutionary, not revolutionary.’ This connectivity ripples out throughout the magazine. OPEN Architecture CREDIT CONTROL MANAGER CAROLE TODD has shown us a new way of educating our future generations. Qingpu Pinghe 01733 385302 International School in Shanghai is not so much a learning centre as a village of [email protected] structures and facilities, which, room by room, space by space, elevate lessons through location and sense of place. ADMINISTRATION & SUBSCRIPTIONS At the Health Innovation Hub, designed by John McAslan + Partners, more +44 (0) 1733 385300 lessons are learned as we strive for mental and physical wellbeing within the [email protected] campus hub that focuses on preventative healthcare.

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CONTENTS August/September 2021

8 NEWS commencement of work in-line with the contracts.

10 RIBA NEWS 24 CASE STUDY: SCHOOL AS A VILLAGE OPEN Architecture has created a wondrous 11 IN THE PIPELINE educational facility in Shanghai A round up of projects that have gained planning permission or have been green lit. 27 PREVIEW: DESIGN LONDON 29 PREVIEW: FIT SHOW 14 PREVIEW: DECOREX 31 SPOTLIGHT: REYNAERS LTD 16 QUESTION TIME Our esteemed panel of designers consider how we 34 SPOTLIGHT: WOOD UPP should be re-imagining cities for a better future. 36 CASE STUDY: HEALTH INNOVATION HUB 23 WHICH TERMS APPLY? John McAslan + Partners complete on an 11 hectare Micah Hall, Irwin Mitchell, looks into the masterplan project for Lancaster University.

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39 SPOTLIGHT: EFG UK Conran and Partners have designed the penthouse 41 SPOTLIGHT: SCHLÜTER SYSTEMS for LUMA, referencing Squire & Partners immense architectural work on the project at King’s Cross. 44 SPOTLIGHT: EGE CARPETS 57 MY INSPIRATION 45 SHORTLIST: FLOORING An editor’s selection of impressive flooring solutions Angelene Chan takes a different perspective on the that push boundaries. inspiration that surrounds us every day. 47 SPOTLIGHT: RAWSON CARPETS 59 SPOTLIGHT: CFBD 48 INTERVIEW: SPAN ARCHITECTURE Langton Stead, Designer and Founder, CFBD, reflects Jade Tilley spoke to Karen Stonely and Peter Pelsinki on this latest commission for designer studio Fettle, about their route to design and defining architectural which lead to a range of bespoke pieces for The features. Hoxton, Rome.

52 ASK THE EXPERT 62 LAST WORD Pointing the cladding policy in the right direction. Inspiring Future Generations through education. 54 CASE STUDY: LUMA

August/September 2021 ARCHITECTURE MAGAZINE 7 News

BOB DYLAN CENTER TO OPEN DIARY Olson Kundig has shared that the new and traveling exhibitions readily Bob Dylan Center will open on May 10, accessible by artists, historians, 2022, welcoming visitors from around musicologists and the general public the world to access and interact seeking a deeper comprehension of DATES with the exclusive cultural treasures Dylan’s work, his influences and the found in The Bob Dylan Archive®. offshoots inspired by his legacy.“Olson DESIGN LONDON Led by design principal Alan Maskin, Kundig is thrilled to lead the amazing 22-25 SEPTEMBER Olson Kundig is architect and exhibit design team creating the Bob MAGAZINE LONDON designer for the new museum, which Dylan Center, the new home for the GREENWICH PENINSULA will be located in Tulsa’s burgeoning Bob Dylan Archive,” shares design Design London, formerly known as 100% Design, arts district just steps from the principal Alan Maskin. “The Bob Dylan will be housed in Magazine London, a brand city’s renowned Woody Guthrie Center will include immersive exhibit new, state-of-the-art venue on the Greenwich Center®. Dedicated to the study and experiences with rarely seen artifacts Peninsula overlooking Canary Wharf. This year, appreciation of Bob Dylan and his that illustrate the creative trajectory British-Nigerian artist Yinka Ilori is the headline worldwide cultural significance, the of one of the world’s greatest and speaker and chief collaborator, bringing the Center will serve as the primary public most prolific artists.” 59 Productions, discussion programme together. venue for The Bob Dylan Archive®, a world-leading specialists in design www.designlondon.com collection of more than 100,000 items for stage and live events (including spanning nearly 60 years of Dylan’s the Opening Ceremony of the London FIT SHOW career, from handwritten manuscripts, 2012 Olympic Games, the record- 26-28 SEPTEMBER notebooks and correspondence, to breaking David Bowie is exhibition NEC, BIRMINGHAM films, videos, artwork, memorabilia and the decor concept design for The FIT Show is the award-winning B2B trade show and original studio recordings. The Met Ball), is collaborating with Olson for the glass, glazing, window, door, hardware Center will be a dynamic, multifaceted Kundig on the exhibition design and and components industry. venue, housing permanent, temporary media development. www.fitshow.co.uk WORKSPACE DESIGN SHOW 4-5 NOVEMBER BUSINESS DESIGN CENTRE LONDON Workspace Design Show is an exciting addition to the global design events calendar. With a theme of ‘re-designing tomorrow’s commercial interiors together’ the show aims to unite architects, designers, developers et al, in one place to explore and share the latest industry thinking around the workspace sector, from product launches to a comprehensive talks program to networking opportunities aplenty. www.workspaceshow.co.uk BRIGHTON FESTIVAL LOOKS TO 2022

DECOREX 2021 Brighton Festival made a triumphant is based in the Syrian city of Homs return in 2021 as the first multi- and was named in the BBC’s 100 16-18 NOVEMBER arts festival in the UK to open after Women list 2019. Her acclaimed OLYMPIA, LONDON the coronavirus pandemic caused book, The Battle for Home was DECOREX VIRTUAL cancellations throughout 2020. With chosen by The Guardian as one of Decorex will return to Kensington’s Olympia renewed optimism and confidence, the best architectural books of 2016. London this autumn. With a portfolio of the best the festival now looks forward to Her second book, Building for Hope, names in luxury design and interiors, Decorex 2022, appointing Guest Co-Directors was published by Thames & Hudson brings together trade buyers and manufacturers for the first time to share the role in April 2021. Tristan Sharps is Artistic and is the premier platform for key designers next year. Historically, periods of Director of dreamthinkspeak, a multi- and suppliers to connect with new and familiar great disruption and change have disciplinary company, renowned for faces, whilst discovering and nurturing new been met by flourishes of artistic their site-responsive performances. talent and future trends. creativity and invention and festivals They create productions that www.decorex.com provide the opportunity to reflect, interweave live performance with film consider and re-imagine. To address and installations that are ambitious in WORLD ARCHITECTURE this powerfully changed moment in scope and often take place in unusual FESTIVAL 2021 time, next year’s festival will be led architectural spaces including a 1-3 DECEMBER jointly by Syrian architect and author, former department store, disused LISBON, PORTUGAL Marwa al-Sabouni and Brighton- factory, underground abattoir and Join the world’s architecture and design based theatre artist Tristan Sharps, abandoned office blocks.Brighton community for three days of inspiration as the first Guest Co-Directors to be Festival will take place from 7 to 29 and knowledge. invited to collaborate together on May 2022. www.worldarchitecturefestival.com the programme. Marwa al-Sabouni www.brightonfestival.org

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HISTORIC FICKLEN HOTEL COLLABORATION Greenville, North Carolina will soon be home to restore and honour the building’s architectural CREATES CONNECTION The Ficklen, a Tribute Portfolio hotel featuring design and creatively reveal its tobacco a captivating interior design concept by history. Tobacco leaf sorters, hogshead barrels, AT NORTHAMPTON leading design, branding, and procurement binding, cutting, and drying provide inspiration MUSEUM & ART GALLERY firm Interior Image Group (IIG). No stranger to for custom fixtures, materials, and artwork in historic renovation projects, IIG will reimagine new and interesting forms and applications. Northampton Museum & Art Gallery has officially opened its doors to the the E.B. Ficklen and Star Tobacco warehouse Historic elements—such as original wood public following significant expansion buildings into an upscale boutique hotel columns and exposed brick—will be paired and refurbishment works, the role destination unlike any other in the area. As with a rich, bold, southern-inspired colour of the museum in the area has been natural storytellers, IIG draws inspiration from palette. The warm, welcoming interior will transformed, providing an enriched Greenville’s history as seen in the processing also feature locally sourced finishes, unique and improved visitor experience to plant and activities that formerly occurred furnishings, dramatic lighting, and thoughtfully contribute towards the regeneration within the buildings’ walls to influence the placed interior greenery to create a layered, of Northampton Town Centre’s property’s interior design and branding memorable experience. The Ficklen Hotel is Cultural Quarter. As project architects direction. In addition to its industrial past, the expected to open in 2023 as a destination to and lead designers, Northamptonshire design team will ensure the family-owned work, eat, play, and celebrate. based GSSArchitecture, were property carries on a involved from inception to completion alongside Quantity Surveyors, CS2 community-centric Limited, Mechanical and Electrical legacy built upon Engineers, Blueprint, and BCAL uniquely Southern Consulting, who provided the Civil experiences and and Structural Design. Wildgoose warm hospitality to Construction Ltd were brought on support future growth board as Main Contractor, alongside in Greenville. IIG’s Exhibition Designer, Creative Good, to design narrative will complete the project team. Located on Guildhall Road, in the heart of Northampton’s expanding THE FUTURE IS CALLING Cultural Quarter, the museum and gallery has undergone extensive Thornton Education Trust has announced a have taken place since 2016. Winning remodelling and refurbishment works major programme of architecture education entries will need to demonstrate how they in addition to the construction of a awards. The Thornton Education Trust have made a tangible impact on closing the nine-metre-high courtyard extension (TET), is a new charity championing world- gap between architecture and education, which connects the existing museum class architectural education for children through activity, collaboration or research. with the surrounding vacant historic and young people, is launching a major Successful initiatives, organisations and buildings including an Old Gaol. These programme of awards to recognise those individuals will need to show how they have surrounding buildings were converted who are introducing future generations encouraged children and young people to museum use resulting in a project to architecture and the built environment. to engage in and advocate for a better that more than doubles the space on Young people’s voices are often excluded built environment, and will demonstrate offer to the public. The challenging from urban design discourse and there are best practice and innovation. Entries are scheme required close collaboration between the project team to ensure few opportunities to develop their creative open until 28 September 2021. Visit www. the client’s goals and aspirations design skills and knowledge to contribute thorntoneducationtrust.org/ifgawards for were achieved within their limited to the debate. To create better places and more information on how £6.7m budget. The spaces needed spaces, we need more built environment to enter. #ifgawards to be carefully designed to improve professionals and organisations to commit connectivity between the publicly long term to engaging children and young accessible areas and increase income people in architecture and urban design. generating spaces whilst retaining the TET launched its inaugural Inspire Future historic character of the buildings. Generations Awards in June 2021, to www.gssarchitecture.com recognise built environment professionals, Twitter: @GSSArchitecture educationalists and organisations who have made a difference in showing how children and young people can benefit from engaging in architecture and urban design. The awards are both a way of celebrating achievement and of building capacity in this neglected area by showcasing best practice. Open to practitioners, built environment professionals and the private/public sector, the inaugural awards will recognise outstanding people and initiatives from around the world that

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The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) is a global professional membership body that serves its members and society in order to deliver better buildings and places, stronger communities and a sustainable environment. Follow @RIBA on Twitter for regular updates RIBA NEWS WERONIKA ZDZIARSKA WINS IN SHORT SUPPLY 2021 RIBA NORMAN FOSTER RIBA has published the latest increased demand for materials, TRAVELLING SCHOLARSHIP Future Trends survey results, a both within the UK and overseas, monthly report monitoring business as construction activity gathers Weronika Zdziarska, an architecture student from the and employment trends affecting pace. The effects of the Suez Canal Politecnico di Milano, Italy, is the latest recipient of the architects’ profession. RIBA blockage are still unwinding. The the 2021 RIBA Norman Foster Travelling Scholarship Head of Economic Research UK is experiencing workforce recipient. Her project ‘Don’t Stay Out Alone: addressing and Analysis, Adrian Malleson, shortages within important areas, women’s perception of safety and freedom in cities said: “Overall, the June Future such as distribution (especially by design’. Zdziarska’s project will evaluate previous Trends findings indicate that HGV drivers) and among builders interventions carried out by international, regional and the recovery in the architecture merchants; though this is also local organisations in South America, to improve the market continues. The overall linked to Brexit. Nevertheless, the safety of women in cities. Five cities have been selected workload balance has been commentary received in June for evaluation, each representing different attitudes and holding at around +30 throughout continues to reflect a positive responses to this area of research: Medellín, Colombia; the second quarter of 2021. Private market. Many practices report Quito, Ecuador; Santiago, Chile; Montevideo, Uruguay housing remains strong, and the increasing enquiries and workloads, and Curitiba, Brazil. The proposal seeks to demonstrate commercial sector continues particularly in the private housing the relationships between gender inequality and to recover. No region expects sector. RIBA continues to be on design, and to outline best practices for building more workloads to contract, and some hand, providing support and inclusive cities.The judging panel also commended are very optimistic. The delays and resources to our members as they ‘Biofuel Producing Technology; Algae: An Alternative shortages of building materials that navigate these challenging times.” Energy Source’ by Basant Abdelrahman from the we report are not solely the result American University in Dubai, UAE. Lord Foster said: of the UK leaving the EU. There is www.architecture.com “The Jury was unanimous in its selection of Weronika Zdziarska’s submission as the winner. Her methodology was impressive, and her project was beautifully BUILDING BEAUTIFUL PLACES presented. Her decision to explore issues of gender in In response to the Government’s system reforms – including the the public spaces of just Latin America demonstrated a Building Beautiful Places plan, extension of Permitted Development sophistication in her early research which differentiated which includes an updated National Rights – undermine the stated her work from that of her worthy fellow applicants.” Planning Policy Framework and commitment to quality design. new National Model Design Code, Good design is about much so RIBA President, Alan Jones said: more than the surface appearance. “Successful design is critical to the These planning reforms need to delivery of homes and communities level up the quality of new housing fit for future generations. I therefore developments across England; this welcome measures that place means requiring developers and greater emphasis on design quality, local authorities to think about the sustainability and placemaking. This long-term sustainability of new includes the community-focused homes and communities, as opposed approach of the National Model to cramming of the greatest possible Design Code, which will see planning number of homes onto a site. and development experts work “Unless they are prepared to directly alongside local authorities. challenge the commercial incentives I am also pleased to see the that govern the housing market, Government recognise the need these reforms will do little to address to use the UK’s world-class design the gap between the quality, safety expertise to deliver beautiful, green and sustainability of many of the new homes and places. homes we build and our country’s Image courtesy of Tomek Kaczor “However, I remain seriously commitments under the Climate concerned that wider planning Change Act.”

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NEW HK ACADEMIC COMPLEX IN THE PIPELINE Rocco Design Architects Associates Ltd (RDA) has announced the design of a new academic complex for the PRP ON BOARD FOR SPACE STUDIOS Faculty of Business and Economics at Hong Kong University. Embracing PRP has been appointed as architect and We are really excited to continue to build the university’s ethos, the design masterplanner on the third expansion in on that growth and really establish Space creates spatial and programmatic eight years of Space Studios, Manchester’s Studios Manchester as the home for High loops that encourage the holistic key filming facility. The latest phase is set End TV Drama in the North West.” cultivation of mind, spirit, and body. to expand the film studio to an overall size Alongside Space Studios, and its related The design incorporates a curving of 17 acres, with a total of 120,000 sq. ft of projects The Sharp Project and Arbeta, set of buildings onto a triangular stage space. As part of the project, PRP will PRP has masterplanned and designed a plot tucked between two winding provide design and architecture services for number of high-profile film and TV studios roadways that descend a steep the provision of two 20,000 sq. ft new-build in the UK and Europe. Key projects include hillside in Kennedy Town on the sound stages for the production of high- the £110m Eastbrook Studios in London for western tip of Hong Kong Island. end TV and film together with 30,000 sq. Los Angeles based media giant Hackman The building meets the intersections ft of support space. A new reception area, Capital Partners, and two new-build studios of the roads with a long and low café and additional flexible support space in Italy for Fidelio a company specialising in volume that carves out a pedestrian will also be created. creative content, audio-visual production. plaza and climbs the hill, culminating Alistair Weir, Partner at PRP said: “The www.prp-co.uk in a tower that establishes a defining demand for purpose-built space to presence in the area. The new support the growth in film and high-end academic hub combines a stack TV continues to thrive and we’re delighted of programs combining spaces for to help Space Studios’ ongoing vision undergraduate and postgraduate for the site and to deliver its associated students with faculty offices, athletics regeneration benefits. The new phase will centres, and conference facilities. provide much-needed expansion space and At the centre is the Ideas Forum, a complete the masterplan knitting together commons lined with casual seating repurposed existing and new buildings with that fosters chance encounters and one unifying architectural language. the exchange of ideas. Rob Page, MD of Space Studios said: “The UK tax break and the ever-growing need for content from streaming services has meant demand for studio space in the UK has been at an all-time high. Having the studios here in Manchester has meant we can capitalise on that demand and provide jobs and opportunities to local people and businesses.

PRIVATE AND CALM SUPPORT CENTRE DESIGN

GSSArchitecture has started work on the services together under one roof. As well new Macmillan Cancer Support Centre as providing information on all aspects of at Kettering General Hospital, following a cancer, emotional and psychological support, turf-cutting ceremony in early July. The the centre will provide welfare benefits centre – the first in North Northamptonshire advice, wig fitting and signpost to other - will bring a range of vital cancer support local services. Situated within the courtyard inside the hospitals main ward block, the centre will make best use of the available space, whilst providing an engaging and sympathetic environment for users of the centre. The unique curved nature of the plan enables the building to interact with several interesting external spaces that have been created, while maintaining the requirement for a less clinical, private, and calming setting. GSSArchitecture are working as Architect, Principal Designer and Lead Consultant on the scheme, alongside Main Contractor, Marshdale Construction Ltd., and GSSllp who are providing Quantity Surveying services. www.gssarchitecture.com @GSSArchitecture

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Spotlight

COMMUNITY VALUES AT DECOREX Decorex is set to host a superlative reunion for the design community this Autumn. Where will you be?

The last 18 months have posed a real separation. “I can’t wait for Decorex this year, inspiration for their upcoming projects. Over challenge for the design industry. Now, it’s been such a long time since a live event 100 exhibitors have already been confirmed as restrictions around events have took place. It’s going to feel great being back for Decorex, who will be showcasing their been lifted, Decorex International has at Olympia London, reconnecting with the latest releases. Leading names will be confirmed that it will be returning to community and catching up with industry there such as Pooky Lighting, Anna Glover, Olympia London, taking place from 10-13 friends,” she says. Haberdashery, Rose Uniacke, The Monkey October followed by Decorex Virtual from Above all, the creators of the show have Puzzle Tree, John Cullen Lighting, Knots 16-18 November. been busily working behind the scenes to Rugs, Warwick Fabrics and many more. make this year’s edition a fun filled festival “We consider Decorex as one of the highlights A GRAND REUNION AT OLYMPIA LONDON of design – an experience to reunite the of our year. The fair is visited by a high- Decorex has always been a firm date in community and spark the imaginations of quality audience that is a great match for our the diary for design professionals across design lovers. products, resulting in plenty of new business the globe. Each year, it attracts the most opportunities and good returns. We are influential industry names, and 2021 will LEADING AND UP-AND-COMING looking forward to Decorex in 2021 and further be no different. For four days, visitors are EXHIBITORS expand our network,” said Maya Deprez of invited to come and peruse the plethora of Discover new design brands as they debut Gardeco – Decorex 2021 exhibitor. exhibitor stalls at Olympia London, discover at Decorex 2021 and reacquaint yourself the latest design products and catch up with old favourites. There’s opportunity A CIRCUS-THEMED BAR with their peers. for interior designers to source from a Each year, Decorex hand picks a talented Decorex Director, Sam Fisher, emphasises wealth of design products - from fabric designer to create the central bar at their the importance of getting the industry and lighting to furniture and decorative event, which takes on a new form with back together after such a long period of accessories - and gain invaluable stunning furniture and a unique theme.

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Image by Pooky Lighting, Decorex 2021 exhibitor Image by Crucial Trading, Decorex 2021 exhibitor

Sara Cosgrove Studio will be designing the sumptuous velvet furnishings and hand- insight, then look no further than Decorex’s central bar at Decorex 2021, the multi- painted motifs. celebrated live seminar programme. Over disciplined designer will be crafting a “Our goal was to create a bar with whimsy the four-day event, there’ll be a lively roster magical space at the heart of the show for at heart and a touch of mystery, hence the of seminars that visitors can attend. With visitors to relax, make new friends and raise circus idea emerged. The next element was top speakers and experts in design leading a toast to the industry. how to bring in the fun, and the disco ball the conversations, there’s always something “It goes without saying I am absolutely element was selected. The cascading lights to learn. Speakers in October include Jay delighted to be designing the bar this year aim to create a welcome back glow, as we Blades, Suzy Hoodless and Selina McCabe with my team. Decorex is such an important start to reconnect and reignite our wonderful - full line-up to be announced. part of the designers’ calendar and I missed industry,” Cosgrove explains. it so much last year so jumped at the chance AN ONLINE CELEBRATION to be involved in such a central way to 2021’S IMMERSIVE FEATURES For those that aren’t able to make the in- this year’s show. I look forward to seeing What marks Decorex out from other person event in October, there’s an online everyone grabbing a coffee or a drink and trade shows are its unique features, offering to ensure everyone can experience reconnecting,” Cosgrove says. these are updated yearly and inject an air Decorex this year. Taking place from 16-18 Originally from County Mayo, Ireland, Sara of excitement into each edition. Expect November, Decorex Virtual will be geared Cosgrove has spent 15 years carving a name immersive entranceway installations that towards international visitors and those that for herself in the design sphere, contributing will greet you as you enter Olympia London. aren’t able to travel. The exciting features her skills to the likes of John Rocha, Candy & This year’s entranceway design will be of the in-person show will be brought to Candy, Helen Green and Allegra Hicks and created by Moritz Waldemeyer. life in a virtual format that can be enjoyed the design studio at Harrods. Meanwhile, discover Future Heritage – from anywhere in the world. There will also Cosgrove’s design is inspired by the curated by Corinne Julius – which holds an be some unique offerings too, including theatre and whimsy of the circus, with integral spot on the show floor. Showcasing a 3-D walk through of the show floor and contemporary touches interwoven into unique British crafts and the talented exclusive content to explore and enjoy. the design. The concept features a central makers behind them, it’s not to be missed. circus tent bar, with a striped blue, red and Makers showcasing their one-of-a-kind white carpet radiating from the centre of pieces include Anna Ray, Daniel Freyne and Visit decorex.com to register for both the space. Her imagining of the central Frances Pinnock. Decorex and Decorex Virtual and be part bar will bring together exotic drapes, If you are looking for inspiration and of 2021’s grand celebration of design.

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HEALTHCARE INITIATIVE FROM GEZE

GEZE has launched ‘Helping Healthcare have produced a comprehensive brochure hospital and healthcare facilities. At GEZE to Heal’ an initiative created to recognise for the healthcare industry that looks at we support clients and architects as they that putting patients at the centre of providing solutions for the hygiene, safety consider these design implications in hospital, clinic and doctors’ surgery and well-being of not only patients but new construction and refurbishments to building design can help in the process employees as well. It reviews each area of a existing buildings. of healing and recovery. Equipment and healthcare building in detail identifying the materials specified and installed within issues of each, whether it is comfort, safety, the building can actively contribute to and hygiene, attractive design, sustainability, promote well-being. accessibility or fire safety and provides In creating the initiative GEZE looked at advice on overcoming them. It can be 01543 443000 | www.geze.co.uk addressing areas that encourage recovery downloaded from the and provide patient comfort: website or by contacting • Prevent environmental stresses such GEZE UK on as noise from slamming doors or lack of [email protected]. privacy without creating barriers Andy Howland, sales and • Enable patients and residents to be as marketing director said close to nature as possible through outdoor “The COVID-19 pandemic views, sufficient sunlight and fresh air has brought an intense • Give patients and residents a feeling of focus on all aspects of control by being offered opportunities healthcare in the UK and to access outside spaces and move as we look ahead it’s likely around safely and contact free, not feeling that its impact will continue imprisoned but protected in the building. for some sometime with There is more information available on the long lasting changes to GEZE UK website or alternatively GEZE the building design of SUSTAINABILITY HUB IN THE CITY EDGE London, a brand-new, 2,400ft2 standards for energy efficiency within their 2021, EDGE will host events and talks as part of sustainability-focused showroom and own operations and who contribute to a London Design Festival. To find out more and resource centre has recently opened its more circular economy. These include to receive updates about these, visit EDGE’s doors in Marylebone. brands offering surfaces, furniture and website and subscribe to the newsletter. The first of its kind, EDGE showcases space-enhancing solutions, and interior and cutting-edge, eco-friendly construction and exterior building materials. design materials from innovative, leading EDGE operates on an appointment-only edgelondon.eco brands. It also serves as an environmental basis. To book an appointment, email [email protected] hub where sustainability-conscious [email protected], call 020 3876 7093, @edge_ecodesign materials suppliers and specifiers such as or visit www.edgelondon.eco. 020 3876 7093 construction companies, architects and Between the 18th and 26th of September interior designers can connect. The centre hosts both large, established brands as well as smaller independents and disruptive start-ups, offering variety in everything from passive home and retrofit systems to interior and furniture solutions. EDGE caters to the burgeoning market of consumers and businesses who are looking to design their homes and offices in a more sustainable manner, in light of the growing awareness of the environmental impact of the construction industry. Its aim is to empower those looking to ensure that their living and working spaces contribute to environmental sustainability, rather than detracting from it. Spread over three floors, EDGE offers a continually evolving, design-centred showcase for professionals and the public alike. EDGE partners with and promotes materials manufacturers who set high

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WINFRAMER IN THE WEST MIDS

ISO Chemie’s thermal insulating and load bearing bracket support system has been specified as part of energy efficiency improvements to dozens of residential homes in the West Midlands. The move sees WINFRAMER units being retrofitted under an initiative to bring poorly insulated properties in Coventry up to current energy efficiency standards and provide better quality housing for homeowners along with long-term cost savings. Passivhaus certified and fire rated to up to 30 minutes, WINFRAMER is a prefabricated installation frame, manufactured to accommodate cavities up to 250mm that allows windows to be supported independently from the face of the wall, regardless of any external cladding being in place. The composite WINFRAMER brackets can bear heavy windows loads, including bi-fold doors, to provide a reliable, strong and high-performance support frame. Installation is quick with windows attached directly and secured mechanically using either standard fixing screws or fixing lugs in the usual manner. A hinged insulation core combines with the composite wood structural bracket to become an integral part of the overall wall structure, providing compliance with window energy saving regulations (EnEV) and the RAL quality assurance association. ISO-Chemie is one of Europe’s main producers of impregnated foam sealants, specialising in the manufacturer of foam products from polyethylene (EPE), polypropylene (EPP) and polyurethane ISO Chemie’s (PUR) using the latest production techniques. WINFRAMER installed in houses in Coventry 07837 337220 | [email protected] | www.iso-chemie.eu/en-GB/home

ASSOCIATE MEMBER OPTION AVAILABLE AT SWA

The Steel Window Association has recently launched a three-tier system for the industry’s manufacturing membership and, as a further refinement to the new structure, an “associate member” package has been developed. Designed for suppliers to the steel window and door industry in the UK, an associate membership, which costs £1200 pa, comprises a listing on the SWA website with contact details and links to the individual websites. In addition, companies can issue product information to SWA members via the association’s Secretariat and have access to comprehensive information on product and market development. An invitation to the SWA AGM is also included giving the opportunity to meet key members and industry influencers. Associate member, James Barrett, Steel Window Fittings, explains the benefits to his organisation, “Being able to meet a number of our larger customers at the same time is really beneficial. We hear about our customers’ needs which gives SWF a clear focus on what we should be working on. Not only can we discuss topics as a group, there is always time to talk to individuals about their own requirements.”

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COMPETITION INSPIRES RADICAL HOUSING BOOK

Caroline Dove, the author of Radical Housing, is an architect and Partner of HTA Design LLP, with

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Seamless Seattle, Applied Information Group. Copyright David Ryder NEW WORLD ORDER: RE-IMAGINING CITIES How does re-imagining cities open up on our possibilities for better future city dwelling? As we begin to explore and experience cities and cultures again (tentatively) there is a swathe of architects who are committed to making city experiences that little bit better. From DXA Studio’s re-imagining of Brooklyn Bridge (winning an NYCxDesign Award for the design) to the city of Helsinki’s South Harbour transformation, as part of a new competition that has just closed it’s entry deadline. BACA Architects and Waterstudio have recently collaborated on a masterplan for a residential neighbourhood in Boston, a floating model that will initiate a template for climate adaptive and affordable homes. So, how does re-imagining cities open up on our possibilities for better future city dwelling and how should we be tapping into the individuality of each town, city and country and explore and develop these ideas?

city-centre and links its heritage assets. BRENDAN KILPATRICK, SENIOR PARTNER, PRP The river bank is celebrated with new cafés Brendan Kilpatrick leads PRP’s London studio. His and natural play provision along the river’s expertise spans all forms of housing, with an emphasis edge. This enhancement of the river’s edge on housing-led urban regeneration schemes where is part of a huge bio-diversity gain, which mixed tenure, mixed density residential buildings and includes the planting of 100 new trees. 400 non-housing elements need to be integrated into students are coming from a local university, sustainable neighbourhoods. He has extensive experience in design and build as a method of procurement both for establishing a city-centre creative learning refurbishment and new-build projects. His team has a hive with a future-facing syllabus. The reputation for delivering high quality, cost effective housing university accommodation will have an solutions which both match client budgets as well as inter-generational focus with students living achieving the practice’s high standards of design quality. adjacent to older people and providing www.prp-co.uk incidental assistance and companionship. The students and the older residents will also boost the local economy. Small office given its historical assets. These include a modules will provide opportunities for BRENDAN KILPATRICK, PRP perfectly positioned cathedral, beautifully start-ups within the masterplan. An existing preserved Georgian streets, and a jaw- bowling alley on the site will be relocated Urban centres need special attention at the dropping engineering marvel - a railway within an early phase of development. A moment as we dust down the experiences viaduct designed by Isambard Kingdom much-needed new hotel will be provided of the pandemic and begin to work less Brunel. A river runs through it but you in a later phase. The masterplan itself wouldn’t know it. In fact, there are multiple and less from home. Some will fare better addresses the context and topography of river networks flowing below or adjacent to the city, extending its river walks, interlinking than others depending on local economics, the city streets. All of this, and yet the city’s with the major thoroughfares of the city, transport infrastructure, environmental centre is struggling to survive. respecting the dramatic backdrop of the issues and funding streams. Each condition A whole quadrant of the city centre is viaduct and producing an architecture requires a bespoke response to post- given over to lightly used car parks and which will have modern interpretations of pandemic shifts in work patterns and to the semi-redundant council buildings. It is at its traditional Cornish architectural detailing. digitisation of retail. odds with the historic street pattern. The The post-pandemic urge to enjoy our open Our work in Truro is a case in point. A regeneration of this quarter could help to spaces is given high consideration – 64 per project which commenced prior to the arrest the commercial and social decline of cent of the masterplan will be open space COVID emergency is a golden opportunity the city. accessible by all to provide such a solution and act as an A mixed-use development is being planned This potent mix of uses and the quality and exemplar for other regional centres. to complement the existing facilities in quantity of the public realm will provide Truro, despite being the principal city in the city centre. Over 300 new homes will a catalyst for further development and Cornwall, goes to sleep at 6.00pm. It should bring a financial injection. These homes investment on the edges of the masterplan. be staying awake a lot longer than that sit within a masterplan, which extends the It is a flag in the ground for this city.

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within the floatation unit to provide buoyancy RICHARD COUTTS, DIRECTOR, to the rest of the structure. There will be a BACA ARCHITECTS combination of townhouses, duplexes and Richard Coutts co-founded Baca in 2003. He is a Chartered apartments with balconies and roof terraces Architect with over 15 years experience. With a Master’s and easy access to a boat mooring, designed degree in daylighting and PV technology from Sheffield to adapt to different mix of units as the University, he is particularly interested in renewable evolving market dictates. energy, sustainability and low carbon design. He has Each island will have its own character directed large high profile projects such as the Eiland Veur Lent in Nijmegen - a new ‘eco-leisure’ destination in The and offer different types of amenities from Netherlands; the Waterspace Strategy for UNESCO World numerous pocket parks, wetland fringes Heritage Site – Liverpool South Docks and an array of high providing natural habitats, a public harbour quality one-off architectural projects for private clients. walk and canal-side pathways to event www.baca.uk.com spaces, retail, cafes and restaurants at the water’s edge and a gourmet market. The development will be pedestrian access only, RICHARD COUTTS, BACA ARCHITECTS homes to rise and fall with the tide. served by water taxis and private boats. The homes will be built using modern It will be a wonderful neighbourhood and a Today we see that the price of real estate methods of construction consisting of catalyst to activate this stretch of the harbour in our urban centres is booming and the structural highly insulated prefabricated and possibly beyond. We are not only affordability of housing is going down. This timber panels. They will offer four levels creating homes in strategic locations but are will eventually have its effect on who still can of accommodation with three and a half activating the waterfront for the public and afford to live in the centre. Any impulse to sitting above the waterline, no higher than providing new green spaces. The different change this negative trend would be most 12 metres above the existing pier height. identities of each island will mean that the welcomed by politicians who want to raise Half the lowest level will be below the total development will be greater than the affordability of housing. This space owned waterline, with windows above, and will sit sum of its individual parts. by municipality can deliver new revenues for the community. By considering the waterfront and, in particular, the water sheet, as an asset of the city for development then significant parcels of space can be opened for a number of uses. Unlike their land-based counterparts building on water offers a unique flexibility. Floating foundations allow substantial structures to be built off site and floated in. These could range from affordable housing, commercial and retail offers to Olympic stadia, schools, and hospitals. This could mean minimal disruption to the city and the ability to shuffle elements, modernise and adapt quickly to changing market conditions. Smart Cities will embrace their waterfronts and utilise these to remain competitive by providing affordable and strategic accommodation where it is needed most. At Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston a new residential neighbourhood on the water as well as a waterside public amenity. Koen Olthuis, Principal of Waterstudio in the Netherlands, and I were invited onto the design team by Boston’s 6M Development who are seeking to implement the first floating housing community off the East Coast of America. The intention is that the development will provide a template for providing climate adaptive and resilient affordable homes across Boston Harbour and along the entire U.S. coastline, indeed to any coastal city where land costs are high. The scheme centres on re-purposing a long- dormant pier by selectively demolishing and retaining parts to create four sturdy islands that will become anchoring points for floating homes, providing Boston with much needed housing economically and efficiently. The homes will be built on top Futako Tamagawa of large floating pontoons tethered to the Photography by Edward Sumner islands by flexible moorings, allowing the

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our financial districts suffer, as do all the JORGE BEROIZ, PRINCIPAL, CALLISONRTKL periphery businesses – the market for shops, Jorge brings a diverse portfolio of mixed-use, retail and restaurants, and bars drops away. A more transit-oriented design to his projects across the UK, Europe holistic, mixed-use approach to urban design and the Middle East. His work is recognised within the would counteract this and lower the risk, with industry for design innovation and unique project solutions, and he is on the Wandsworth Design Review Panel. Jorge is homes, offices, retail, and leisure spaces all dedicated to sustainability principles and works with clients sharing streets and buildings. and project teams to incorporate eco-friendly concepts Greenery and nature will also take centre whenever possible. His clients prize his willingness to try stage. Urban areas across the world are set new ideas while keeping projects within scope. to expand to 2.5 billion people by 2050, so www.callisonrtkl.com it is only through re-establishing contact with the natural world that cities will be able to function and support their populations. JORGE BEROIZ, CALLISONRTKL Flexibility is the key to future resiliency. We are currently looking at ‘Universal Singapore is a live example of a city that is Building’ design concepts that over time can embracing green tech with almost 50 per The adoption of mixed-use, transit-oriented easily change uses, negating the need for cent of it designated green - other cities must design, which seeks to maximise the mix redevelopment and addresses the issue of follow suite. Expect living walls and urban of residential, business, and leisure space embodied carbon. This must be aligned to farms housed in skyscrapers that provide within short walking distance of public rethinking the historical nature of ‘zoning’ food for office workers. Perhaps even our transport will be vital and help build more our cities. COVID-19 has shown that without parks will be generating sustainable energy equitable societies. the support of office worker communities, through photosynthesis for nearby buildings?

The Great Bridge (Brooklyn Bridge), designed by DXA

modes aligns with the way in which cities TIM FENDLEY, FOUNDER AND CREATIVE are shifting. This is where we see the future DIRECTOR, APPLIED INFORMATION GROUP of cities, with unified modes of transport that Tim Fendley is an expert information designer and a leading then seamlessly connect to other cities. member of the UK design community. He is the founder We are currently overseeing a full wayfinding and Creative Director of Applied Wayfinding and its sister system for Seattle where its economy has company Living Map. Prior to founding Applied, Fendley founded and led the internationally renowned design been growing at more than twice the national company MetaDesign in London. average, largely as a result of local tech- www.appliedinformation.group based industries including Amazon. Seattle’s Department of Transportation has a long-term ambition for Seattle to become the most walkable and accessible city in America TIM FENDLEY, APPLIED working spaces and remote working. We so we have been bought on board to make predict this will continue to evolve so our Seattle more legible and accessible for local Over the last year, we have observed the work to make journeys more effortless ways in which our relationships with cities and and intuitive in cities becomes even more residents, commuters, and the 40 million urban spaces have shifted. The pandemic has relevant. It’s important to create systems that visitors that travel to Seattle each year. challenged us to rethink our everyday habits allow people to move around with ease. The wayfinding system will be based on and reset them. Today, more people are Creating better connections, designing the Legible London model, which is now walking and cycling to work, and businesses easy to navigate spaces, and giving people considered as the benchmark for complex are considering more collaborative co- the freedom to move efficiently in shared city wayfinding.”

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wide visitors. Closer to home and within VICTORIA WHENRAY, PARTNER, our studio, we are currently developing CONRAN AND PARTNERS an urban and residential design to extend With a layered approach to architecture, Victoria has a wealth the world-renowned Portobello Road. of experience leading on a number of creative mixed-use Understanding the need to make space for regeneration and master-planning projects. She is passionate about creating homes and environments that make a positive the existing community and new residents, contribution to a city and a difference to the quality of as well as the ebb and flow of visitors, we people’s lives. Since joining Conran and Partners, Victoria has have interrogated how the overlapping led on many significant projects including; the regeneration of needs may be layered to create a dynamic the former Walthamstow Stadium – a mixed-use and mixed- new neighbourhood with moments of tenure residential led scheme, which included the retention intimacy and retreat. Carefully considered of Grade 2 listed buildings. She also serves as an academician at the Academy of Urbanism, a group of like-minded thinkers new public squares, intimate green spaces, with a love of the urban environment. community, making and co-working hubs, www.conranandpartners.com and of course local shops and cafes on Portobello Road itself, will provide the basis of a neighbourhood lifestyle based on the half of the site. VICTORIA WHENRAY, CONRAN AND PARTNERS principles of a ‘10 minute city’. Naturally, the more overlapping of activities Placing the individual at the top of the and green in our public spaces the greater pyramid in the hierarchy of needs, creates Our possibilities for a better future city lie in the benefits to the city. In the belief that all the framework for better city living with a the simple principle of placing people at the art should be freely accessible to all, for strong sense of identity and individuality. Not heart of the policy and design process. As an example, the streets and public spaces of only are these examples environmentally integral part of this, it is vital we rethink our Nantes are purposely infused with art and approach to urban realm and infrastructure culture to become a seamless extension friendly, crucially they present a route to a to support a sense of well-being and of its galleries and museums. Including healthier and hopefully more democratic belonging for all. As Jan Gehl states ‘Lives such sights as a mechanical roaming way of life. Where an inclusive and diverse first, then spaces, then buildings. The other grand elephant the initiative has been so society is at the core of an evolving way around never works.’ successful that a fabulous annual open city, social justice, enterprise, sense of To be transformative it is essential to be air cultural festival now attracts world- community and distinctiveness may follow. creative at all scales – bold moves such as the High Line in New York should be complemented with small and intimate neighbourhood initiatives. Nantes, a city I visited in the capacity of Assessor for European City of the Year, has an ethos of bringing people together through public space. In parallel to transforming Ile de Nantes, a 337 ha post-industrial wasteland, it has undertaken a commitment that every city-dweller should be within 300m of a public green space. In so doing pockets of green have flourished, often at the expense of the car - more good news – to become places of retreat, somewhere to find fresh herbs, and natter to neighbours. We know that green spaces make us happier, kinder, heal faster, more productive and less likely to commit crime. (There is some excellent research by Illinois University - Frances E Kuo & William Sullivan) The messier and more diverse the green the greater the benefit. Whilst for some of the densest cities, introducing green may appear to be a challenge, imagination and collaboration with policy makers is key. Empty sites can become temporary neighbourhood parks, rooftops of multi-storey car parks make great sky allotments. Take Tokyo for example, where the area percentage of green space within the city is a miserly 8 per cent. (London is around 33 per cent). Our Futako Tamagawa 20ha masterplan builds tall and intensifies development, to incorporate a green ribbon culminating in a nature reserve connecting Side elevation of the floating homes and floating to the local Tama River - the result is a wetland fringes, BostON Harbour, designed by Richard Coutts green, city-wide destination covering almost

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22 ARCHITECTURE MAGAZINE August/September 2021 Legal Update

WHICH TERMS APPLY?

Micah Hall, Irwin Mitchell LLP, discusses the commencement of work before a contract is signed and the implications this can have on the project in hand and the workers.

It is relatively common for a contractor completing the piling, the contractual or subcontractor to commence work obligations they had agreed to were only on a project and then sign the contract. intended to govern subsequent work on the A recent case highlights one of the project, and not the work that had already many questions that can arise as a been completed. They claimed that the consequence; does the contract apply to defective piling work was governed by defects in the work completed before the their standard terms and conditions, which contract was signed. were incorporated into their quotation, and which contained very strict caps on their BACKGROUND liability. They also relied on the fact that the The Technology and Construction Court language of the JCT Contract and, to some recently considered this in Balfour Beatty extent the Letter of Intent, was executory Regional Construction Limited v Van and therefore could not include work Elle Ltd [2021] EWHC 794 (TCC). Balfour already completed. Beatty were engaged to carry out a very substantial construction project by the THE DECISION MICAH HALL River Tyne. There was a requirement for Mr Justice Waksman decided that there Micah Hall is in the Engineering and substantial foundational piling, for which was a common intention to enter into one Construction Team of Irwin Mitchell they engaged the defendant, Van Elle contract which governed all the works. LLP. A graduate from the University of Limited, at the contract price of £1.239m. Before beginning the project, it was Van Portsmouth he has previously enjoyed a Elle that had required a Letter of Intent career in Service Management with Sun Timescales dictated that work had to begin from Balfour Beatty, which provided a Microsystems and Oracle Corporation. very rapidly and it was agreed that work would commence based upon a quotation commitment to pay the contract price and from Vane Elle and a Letter of Intent this was strong evidence of their intent to from Balfour Beatty, which expressed an turn their agreement into a contract as soon agreement to sign a JCT Design and Build as possible. Sub-Contract 2011. Balfour Beatty claimed CONCLUSION that it was always that this contract would While it is relatively common for govern all the works, including those that construction projects to commence before were completed prior to contract signature. a contract is signed, it is always good Later there was found to be an practice to keep a record of what you have unacceptable degree of settling, and the agreed regarding signing a contract in whole structure needed to be taken down future and whether it is intended to include and the piling removed and replaced. The works already completed prior to signature. Employer claimed from Balfour Beatty who This case turned on evidence of that in turn claimed against Van Elle. intention to put all the works under a single contract. Without that evidence the result THE DEFENCE could have been very different. Van Elle contended that although they had signed the JCT Design and Build Sub- Contract 2011 with Balfour Beatty after www.irwinmitchell.com

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Campus view. Photo courtesy of Jonathan Leijonhufvud

24 ARCHITECTURE MAGAZINE August/September 2021 Qingpu Pinghe International School

Terraced Reading Space. Photo courtesy of Jonathan Leijonhufvud QINGPU PINGHE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL BY OPEN

A new school campus in Shanghai The design of the Qingpu Pinghe and a black box interlock together features an organic constellation of International School campus, an like a Chinese puzzle to form this 13 unique buildings, redefining what organic constellation of unique smaller characteristic building that some call modern educational institutions buildings linked by thoughtfully ‘the blue whale’ while others see it should look like. designed landscape elements, is a as an ocean liner. The juxtaposition direct response to the widespread of library and theatre came from the OPEN was given the brief to create a prevalence of over-scaled, generic belief that reading and performing new school for 2000 students aged school complexes in China. are two critically important from 3 to 15, with the immediate components of early education. consideration being how to avoid the Among the school’s diverse building dreariness of kids spending fifteen types including learning cubes, an THE GYM CANTEEN years fixed in one place. administration and laboratory building, Gym Canteen is made up of two round a helical student dormitory, and a cornered white boxes, a gym and Inspired by the African proverb “it free form kindergarten, are three core swimming pool, floating above the takes a village to raise a child”, the elements that respectively represent ground floor’s transparent glass box architects decided to break away reading, sports and art, the essential canteen. A vertical glass atrium displays from the prevailing model of school components of contemporary the active movements in the building. as megastructure. Instead, the education: Bibliotheater, Gym original program was deconstructed Canteen, and the Arts Center. LEARNING CUBES AND ADMIN and regrouped into many smaller LAB BUILDING and distinctive buildings. Together THE “BIBLIOTHEATER” Teaching classrooms are with the landscape in between, they The “Bibliotheater” is strategically accommodated in clusters of cubical form a diverse and vibrant village-like located to serve both the school and buildings clad with bamboo boards. educational campus. the community. A library, a theatre, The primary school cubes have

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curved perimeter walls, while the middle SUPPLIER TEAM school cubes have folded ones. The white EXTERIOR CLADDING prefab-concrete building with capsule- Metal/glass curtain wall - XHC shaped openings at the main entry is the Precast concrete - SHANGHAI ZHUO OU CONSTURCTION Admin-Lab building. Wood - DASSO (bamboo) Curtain wall - JIANGYIN YUHUA THE LANDSCAPE ALUMINIUM, JNA ALUMINIUM Nature is regarded by OPEN as an integral Tension membrane - TAIYOKOGYO and inseparable part of education. Thus, Paving - BASF ETPU (running track) the design of the campus addresses the WINDOWS exterior open spaces with equal importance Metal frame - JIANGYIN YUHUA as the buildings. Gardens, wetland, forest, ALUMINIUM, JNA ALUMINIUM hills, a running trail, and playgrounds thread together the campus into an organic system GLAZING Glass - BK Glass with healthy metabolism. Together, the Skylights - Velux buildings and the landscape in between create a rich and dynamic physical DOORS environment that facilitates children’s growth. Metal doors - JIANGYIN YUHUA A running trail meanders through the “school ALUMINIUM, JNA ALUMINIUM Sliding doors - JIANGYIN YUHUA village” and its landscape, turning the ALUMINIUM, JNA ALUMINIUM standard and dreadful 400-meter running track into pleasant journeys in nature. HARDWARE KIN LONG LIVING ORGANISM INTERIOR FINISHES The school is no longer a simple campus, Cabinetwork and custom but rather a living organism that sustains woodwork - Red Star Macalline the growth of life, much like how nature Panelling - ETERNIT operates. The organic distribution of Solid surfacing - CORIAN teaching facilities makes it possible for Special surfacing - TOLI Resilient flooring -Gerflor learning to happen anywhere on the Carpet - Gerflor campus. The buildings with intimate scale Raised flooring -HARO and distinctive characters, are easy for (sports floor), DASSO children to connect with. With facilities Special interior finishes unique to for the school’s kindergarten, primary this project - INSTYLE (fabric) school, and junior high school organised FURNISHINGS in relatively independent clusters, Fixed seating - DAFENG each adapted to students’ respective Chairs - SHENZHEN AVANT, KI ages, children can feel their physical Tables - KI environment “mature” alongside them as Upholstery - GABRIEL Other furniture - TRESPA they progress through the different stages of their education. CONVEYANCE The additional benefit of small-scale Elevators/escalators - HITACHI buildings is that they are faster to construct, thus coping well with the super- ENERGY Photovoltaic system - fast-track schedule. They are also more SHANGHAI YOHTEC flexible for future upgrades. Air conditioning - DAIKIN, TRANE On the urban scale, the architect and the client share the view that future schools should be places for social interactions. In this school the large public programs such as the library, the theatre, the pool and the gym are designed to be accessible to the public when the school is not in session, in an effort to make more efficient use of public resources and contributing to the community at large.

Dormitory. Photo courtesy of Jonathan Leijonhufvud www.openarch.com

26 ARCHITECTURE MAGAZINE August/September 2021 Preview DESIGN IN GREENWICH Design London to make its London Design Festival debut in creative Greenwich this September

Excitement is building around the Those who will succeed Ilori include Eley set to unveil a new look and a new line of reopening of events and Design London Kishimoto, and Pearson Lloyd. New home hardware; and bespoke sculptural is gearing up to welcome the architecture London Architecture (NLA) will form a lighting company, Cameron Design House, and design community to London’s specialist panel to debate the future of our will reveal new contemporary brand Empty new favourite neighbourhood, North cities whilst commercial interior design State as well as creating a spectacular Greenwich, for its inaugural event. studio Trifle Creative will join a workspace installation with never-before-seen discussion. Dulux’s Creative Director, handmade chandelier, Kuulas. Taking place from 22-25 September, Marianne Shillingford will take to the Design London, will be the largest official stage with a cast of colour experts, Roddy [d]arc room will return to London for its fifth trade destination at this year’s London Clarke will conduct a talk centred around year with an established lighting area within Design Festival marking a new phase for sustainability in craft, and in a hospitality Design London and a series of lighting talks what was formerly known as 100% Design, panel led by Sleeper, speakers will discuss led by experts. Exhibitors within this pop-up the U.K.’s longest running trade show how hotels are reinventing themselves in a include Delta Light, John Cullen Lighting, dedicated to design. post pandemic world. Mesh, Nichia and Thorlux. Visitors to The dynamic and propelling show will be Design London can also expect to see housed in Magazine London, a brand new, EXHIBITOR HIGHLIGHTS work from award-winning London based state-of-the-art venue on the Greenwich The expansive venue will house a design studio Haberdashery London; and Peninsula overlooking Canary Wharf. multitude of international brands including architects and designers Beep Studio who Dutch furniture producers Artifort and will join forces with the show’s sustainability DISCUSSIONS AT DESIGN LONDON Van Rossum; and esteemed Italian partner, Schneider Electric. As part of the main programme there will manufacturers Ethimo Design; Penta, be a timetable of talks curated by Katie and Artemide who will show their antiviral Brimming with festival-like content, Richardson, led by renowned industry ultraviolet Integralis range alongside Design London’s visitor experience will influencers and thought leaders, each a selection of iconic pieces and new be enhanced by a series of street food themed and addressing the most pressing products from Bjarke Ingels (BIG) and vendors and designer bars by Campari topics to encourage debate. Design London Neri&Hu. The Association of Industries of which will line the banks of the Thames is excited to announce British-Nigerian Wood and Furniture Portugal (AIMMP) will making it a one-stop shop during the busy artist Yinka Ilori as its headline speaker and present a Portuguese ensemble of brands; London Design Festival. chief collaborator; he will open the talks and Fritz Hansen’s focus on circularity programme on day one of the show and will be complemented by a neighbouring welcome guests through a kaleidoscopic pavilion of over 10 new Scandi names, tunnel of colour, inviting them to take a curated by Lifestyle & Design Cluster in Design London seat in his joyfully designed auditorium, conjunction with the Danish Embassy. 22-25 September 2021 ‘Transparency in shades of colour’. As part of a ‘world tour’ city-inspired www.designlondon.com Following months of grey, the show will collection, bathroom innovators Ideal Instagram: @design.london offer visitors a welcome spectrum of colour Standard will create a cinematic experience; Twitter: @designlondon through a vibrant line up of speakers. Industrial design label Buster + Punch is Facebook: @designlondonshow

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August/September 2021 ARCHITECTURE MAGAZINE 29 Windows + Doors

THE DARK BRONZE AGE

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SELECTAGLAZE LANDS AT STANSTED

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30 ARCHITECTURE MAGAZINE August/September 2021 Spotlight

FAÇADE VALUE Reynaers champions the elevated performance and aesthetic appeal of curtain walling within projects

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August/September 2021 ARCHITECTURE MAGAZINE 35 Case Study

36 ARCHITECTURE MAGAZINE August/September 2021 Health Innovation Hub

PROJECT TEAM Architecture firm -John McAslan + Partners Architecture team - John McAslan, Paul East (Project Architect), Jo Brown, Elliot Hill, Chris Ravenscroft, Tom Roberts, Georgina Ward Landscape Architects - John McAslan + Partners Landscape and Urbanism Team - Andy Harris and Celia Guerreiro Structural Engineers - WYG Services Engineers - WYG Site Infrastructure - WYG Contractor - BAM Construction Ltd Project Manager - Identity Consult Planning Consultant - CBRE

SUPPLIER TEAM Curtainwalling – Metal Technology GRC Façade Panels – Telling Norskreen Precast Concrete Floor Slabs – Bison Roof Light - Lareine Engineering Internal Doors - Doorset Technology Lifts – Schindler Balustrades / steel stairs – Metfab External Signage - Ascot Waterproof Membranes / Tanking - Fosroc Ironmongery – Allgood Furniture – EFG (European Furniture Group) Tearoom Kitches - Howdens Acoustic Rafts – Ecophon Internal Timber Panels - UK Acoustic Systems Ceramic Stone Flooring – Solus Ceramics Carpet Tiles – Forbo Flooring UK

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Lancaster University’s Health Innovation of Health and Medicine at Lancaster Campus is focused on improving University with local service providers preventative healthcare. A specialism in including NHS tenants. This cross- medicine that the COVID-19 pandemic fertilisation of approaches to healthcare, has shown up to be of utmost importance combining teaching, research and external in the future. partners’ experience in health innovation, is at the heart of John McAslan + Partners’ In 2016, John McAslan + Partners were design concept. commissioned to design a masterplan for an 11-hectare site for the Campus including The Health Innovation Campus is the the first phase of the development, the fourth collaboration between Lancaster Innovation Hub building. University and the architects. A long- standing relationship which has to date Designed to instil a sense of orderly calm seen the completion of three award- conducive to both mental and physical winning projects: the Postgraduate wellbeing, the Innovation Hub will bring Statistics Centre; the Charles Carter together academics linked to the Faculty Building and the Engineering Building; as

August/September 2021 ARCHITECTURE MAGAZINE 37 Case Study well as a comprehensive multi-project masterplan for the university campus. It also holds a BREEAM excellent rating due to its many efficiencies, including adhering to the university’s policy requiring that teaching and office spaces are not mechanically ventilated. Critically, low heat infiltration rates support this objective. The predominant building materials i.e. the steel structure and internal timber surfaces, can be reused and recycled.

The architects have shaped a building that, although timeless in its form, houses a variety of spaces conducive to both more formal and traditional ways of working and more recent informal collaborative methods that will benefit from generous social spaces. This is architecture for expertise in preventative healthcare.

In plan, these different dedicated spaces revolve around a subtly asymmetrical cross-section that enables easy orientation throughout the building and connects its different functions seamlessly. This creates a sense of cohesion while establishing a collegiate atmosphere helping to promote an appreciation of shared objectives of ceremony on arrival. The warm hues and amongst those using the building. natural tones of the materials play well with the changing quality of light throughout In relationship to its site, John McAslan + the day and the seasons, discretely Partners have positioned the Innovation animating the facades. Hub so that the café and auditorium overlook surrounding woodland and rolling Project Architect and Associate at John hills. These views help provide a clinically McAslan + Partners, Paul East, reflects on acknowledged need for respite from work the studio’s work on the Innovation Hub, on screens. Similarly, landscaping leading ”At the studio, we work closely with our to the main entrance of the building landscape architecture team to ensure reinforces its relationship with its parkland that from the outset our buildings are setting and introduces an abundance of embedded into their context in a way that natural light carried through inside via top- maximises a positive rapport with the lit glazed circulation routes. outside world. At the Innovation Hub, we’ve worked hard to embed the building into its The massing and materiality of the terrain and to promote the pleasure we get Innovation Hub is a direct response to from being exposed to nature.” its context with its expanses of green space and open countryside beyond. The The biodiverse planting strategy low-lying pavilion-like architectural form implemented by John McAslan + Partners at carefully disguises the building’s volume of the Hub is a part of this vision for buildings over 8000 sqm over five stories. In section, that enjoy a more harmonious relationship these floors are stepped in a way that with the environment both visually and in accentuates the linearity of the design and terms of their energy consumption. It also complements its topography. responds to a now widely acknowledged need to provide the public with access to The elevations are clad in concrete panels green space. Again, something the current interspersed with perforated anodised pandemic has highlighted. aluminium ventilation panels. The bronze- coloured metal panels have been machine cut with patterns of digitised and highly abstracted tree motifs. This gently decorative panelling wraps around the www.mcaslan.co.uk entrance of the building creating a sense Photography courtesy of Hufton + Crow

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44 ARCHITECTURE MAGAZINE August/September 2021 SHORTLIST Step into it Architecture Magazine has gathered together a curated selection of flooring options to take projects from indoors to out in style and with impact.

Antique Wood Cork Jarrah by Tedd Todd is available as one of Woodworks’ Rare Nesite’s new raised cork floor is a 100% sustainable solution and Finds. This is antique wood that was first used in a building over available in a wide range of finishes, including customisable, a hundred years ago. These Jarrah planks from Tedd Todd were natural and more contemporary options. The Italian brand has reclaimed from a potato warehouse during the redevelopment of delivered this acoustically sound, non-absorbent, 100% recyclable King’s Cross, with this particular batch holding a fascinating history. flooring option for a range of applications, including office spaces. www.tedtodd.co.uk www.nesite.com

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Rawson Carpets has invigorated its carpet collection with more options for a more diverse set of needs

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August/September 2021 ARCHITECTURE MAGAZINE 47 Interview KAREN STONELY & PETER PELSINSKI

Karen Stonely and Peter Pelsinski, Principals, SPAN Architecture, talk to Jade Tilley about their route to design and defining architectural features.

Karen Stonely and Peter Pelsinski are place and purpose, that comes up as a King Kong 2005), Ralph McQuarrie (Star architects, Principals and the dynamic common theme. For Karen, discovering Wars, Cocoon) and Joe Johnston were my duo that leads SPAN Architecture in it’s design through travel was what sparked an design heroes. I’ve always loved art and immersive and cinematic course through architectural energy in her and revealed, at I dabbled with the idea of becoming an architectural concepts; with a whip smart the tender age of 10, a resolute desire to engineer. It all fell into place one day when mind for high-rise wonders, a penchant for become an architect “I grew up travelling I found myself in the School of Architecture pool houses and a slate of work that runs and forever loved discovering the story building at the University of Maryland and the gamut of design. behind every place whether it be my witnessed the drawings and models ( and grandfather’s attic, a trek hut along the late night work hours) and I was hooked.” New York is the studio’s home and its Milford Track in NZ, or seeing the sun fall like work demonstrates an intelligent and a snake across stairs on a Mayan temple On the subject of how their worlds collided, earthy understanding of the city and its during the vernal equinox. At the age of 10 you may assume that architecture brought inhabitants. Here. Editor Jade Tilley, caught we were asked to state what we wanted to them here, but, as life and art would have up with Karen and Peter to discover a little do when we grew up, and without skipping it, it was in a much more neutral setting, more about the firm and how SPAN carves a beat, I said architect. To be able to create at a friend’s dinner party. “We met when its own space in the architecture arena. stories for others was my ultimate dream.” both of our paths in architecture were pretty established. I worked for RAMSA, whereas We often talk about the origins of design For Peter, his inspiration came from the Peter worked briefly for Diller Scofidio and ambition and its humble beginnings. It is, world of cinema, specifically, production Peter Moore Associates. We were both from most regularly, that human connection to design, “People like Ron Cobb (VFX Jumper, Maryland and were sat next to each other

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one night at a mutual friends dinner party. studio and see which ones might contribute strong synergy, a connection between the We became fast friends, our viewpoints were and be transformed in a particular design. studio’s home and the work they do. SPAN completely different yet complimentary, This tends to lead us into unfamiliar places is at one with the city. Its work, however, and when the opportunity for us to work aesthetically, so our projects tend to be has a beautifully global feel. How, as together happened we jumped at it.” Varying very distinctive and singular at the end of designers, they interplay between NYC styles and opinions are what have forged a the day; they are unique to their client and architectural styles and that international brilliantly dynamic and strengthened team place, guided by SPAN.” flavour is something to marvel at and at SPAN, where no two projects have even comes from an innate sense of place, a slither of similarity and every design, from That curious nature, it seems, is the red understood through travel and exploration. concept to delivery, comes with a bold thread that runs through the studio’s own “We have both always appreciated travel narrative and a filmic quality to the journey narrative, “Practically everyone in our studio and to that end continue to travel a lot. and final delivery. has the same curiosity and drive as we do. There is no replacement for seeing places We have a great cross-section of people and witnessing how they are inhabited After studying at Rice University (Karen) with different skills and backgrounds so and made, including what works and what and the University of Maryland and we can really tailor talents and skills to the doesn’t. This attitude extends to our hiring Princeton University (Peter) and following needs of each individual project. We also practices as we have a well-travelled, stunts at Dillier Scofidio et al, SPAN came like people who are self-starters and let internationally represented studio staff.” to life in a continually transformative them have a lot of agency in their projects state of invention, “We often discuss our all whilst constantly refining what the The team and their shared goal is intrinsic process as evolutionary, not revolutionary.” collective goals are. This lets us leapfrog to the success of each project and The studio’s work plays with the natural though ideas with unexpectedly perfect achieved through a collaborative attitude world, elevating it to another level, creating solutions often popping up.” and an ear and an eye on the landscape, curiosity at every turn, “We take ideas that as Karen says, “We are collaborators, we’ve been simmering for a while in the Based in NYC, it is clear to see there is a curators and designers. Our clients each

August/September 2021 ARCHITECTURE MAGAZINE 49 Interview have specific requirements, hopes, ropes private residencies go, this one is cut from project for an artistic residence to match and rules for their projects. So the fun and couture cloth. SPAN has a brilliant working its habitants own sense of style. “It’s an difficult part is unravelling what the problem relationship with Calvin Klein, having amazing triplex of space organised around is to be solved.” An architect’s core mission designed a series of his Asia stores, with a an intricate stair core. John had worked is that of exploring possible solutions to very experiential concept at the fore. When with Calvin for years and we had worked nuanced design problems. it came to his home, which Karen and with John for years so we had an amazing Peter designed in collaboration with John shorthand with each other. Calvin has We get on to discussing specifics, and Pawson, it was a meeting of design minds, unerring instincts about materials, lighting one project is something of a secret. As each brilliant their own sensibilities to the and finishes and is always willing to ask for the near impossible. We made an enormous blackened stainless steel dining room table for him that was sufficiently heavy that the floor slab needed to be reinforced.”

Recognising projects, big and small offers a time for reflection and a consideration of the physicality of the space and the even bigger impact these designs have on the people within them. Traditionally speaking, the biggest project the team has worked on would be “the Hyatt at Times Square for which we were the interior architects. We’ve also completed Gotham West, Ashland Place, and the towers at LA Metropolis, which are multi-unit residential projects with sprawling amenity spaces. We designed everything from door knockers to liveable gardens to create specific personae for great clients who really understood the value of making something singular and well-crafted.”

When thinking about forecasting for the industry at large, Peter feels that it is particularly difficult, given the point we live in at any moment in time, “If you look at the history of predicting the future one tends to see that those predictions are always wrong, probably because they say more about the time when the predictions were made than the future.” To that end, Karen adds “We can only control ourselves, so from that perspective. While we see technology increasingly cross pollinating internationally, we are also witnessing that having a sense of place remains more important than ever. Our contribution will continue to be telling our clients stories with a seamless blending of global material invention.”

So, what would the principals of SPAN be doing as an alternate career? For Karen, she’s confident she would “still be making architecture.” And, for Peter, perhaps pursuing those early days production designer dreams? “I probably would have wound up in film. Or perhaps a bartender...”

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Ask the Expert

CLADDING: A WAY FORWARD Mark Clinton, Irwin Mitchell, reveals the firm’s 10 point plan to point the Government’s cladding policy in the right direction

Our new report ‘Cladding: A Way Forward’ regulatory system for building safety and 8. Standardised recording keeping, BIM and reveals Government policy is holding back construction products, but there still is a long Modern Methods of Construction. the progress to resolve the “cladding way to go to get everywhere up to standard. 9. Accelerate the provision for surveyors to crisis”, particularly by dragging its feet Our report suggests a clear roadmap for issue EWS1 certificates. over funding to protect leaseholders from the government and property sector to 10. Regard the Grenfell Tower disaster as a bearing the cost of remediation works. consider to solve the crisis: watershed moment for the industry and its 1. Up-front funding for leaseholders to meet regulators. It should mark the start of a new Much within our report makes the financially crippling costs of remediation era for building standards and the safety of uncomfortable reading. works, which they should not have to repay. people in high-rise properties. As many as 1.93 million people are now This can then be offset by future clawback ‘mortgage prisoners’ because of cladding from those deemed to be at fault. We hope our views are listened to. issues, while over 600,000 people in 2. Easier and faster access to government The full report is available via England currently live in high-rise buildings funding for remediation work with a www.irwinmitchell.com with dangerous cladding. significant increase in the fund to £15 billion Despite the £5 billion of government to cover all dangerous materials or defects funding available to replace dangerous including those recovered by remediation cladding, there is still a significant funding and cover all dangerous buildings, gap to solve the crisis and difficulties in regardless of height. accessing the fund. 3. Freeholders to be given a statutory right We believe funding probably needs to to install, maintain and charge for new triple. Currently the costs for remediation systems that help make properties safe, work often fall on the leaseholder- a worry including whole-building sprinkler systems that has sadly led to 23% of leaseholders and fire alarms. Whilst leaseholders would considering suicide or self-harm due to pay these costs if not covered by the the crisis. (according to a report by the UK recently announced waking watch fund, it Cladding Action Group) would reduce the need for a waking watch. In the wake of the Grenfell tragedy, 4. Greater cohesion for planning and building there has been a focus on blame. The regulations working in tandem with digital government is under scrutiny for “a massive and regular on-the-ground oversight. Online regulatory failure”. But they are not alone in details of at-risk properties should be available responsibility. Why did architects design a to all, including potential homebuyers. building this way? Why did the construction 5. Overhaul of privatised building control, with industry use dangerous ACM material? clear, integrated lines of responsibility and MARK CLINTON Why didn’t the planning system step in? Is using current technologies more effectively. Mark is Head of the Construction and it enough to claim such industries simply 6. Overhaul of the certification of safe Engineering Group at Irwin Mitchell abided by the rules and building regulations building materials and methods so the Mark leads a team that is working on a set for them? failings exposed by the Grenfell Tower large number of cladding remediation We need a coherent strategy for there inquiry can never be repeated. schemes on buildings across the country to be a permanent solution. The Building 7. Special provisions for disabled occupants and seeking redress form those involved Safety Bill 2019-20 proposes an improved of high-risk buildings. in the original construction.

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54 ARCHITECTURE MAGAZINE August/September 2021 The Penthouse at LUMA

THE PENTHOUSE AT LUMA BY CONRAN AND PARTNERS

LUMA is a boutique residence comprising location, Conran and Partners introduced a 61 distinctive apartments, in the heart considered design concept of King’s Cross. Award winning Squire Known as the capital’s escape from the and Partners has led the exterior city, escapism and tranquillity are at the architecture, with interior design by heart of this project. Conran and Partners. The graphic pattern of the metallic brise Meaning light, LUMA has been designed soleil on the façade references the pattern in reference to its context and natural of dappled light that forms when sunlight surroundings. It is a unique collection of studio, filters through a tree canopy. This effect one, two and three bedroom apartments, with is replicated throughout the apartment two penthouses crowning the building, all spaces as light passes through the screens benefiting from its unique park-side location, and into the rooms, creating a delicate light surrounded by lush greenery. pattern effect. The screens also modulate light to mitigate the effects of solar gain. The boutique residence in the heart of A similar design motif is repeated in the King’s Cross has unveiled natural and communal lobby, where latticed screens modern interiors for The Penthouse, an subtly partition the main reception from ode to King’s Cross and its rich cultural a lounge area, which features additional history. Inspired by the building’s distinctive spaces for meetings or relaxation. architecture by Squire and Partners, which features a delicately layered façade of Undulating splayed bays in the façade bespoke patterns mimicking the area’s create large private balconies which blur industrial heritage - and its park-side the boundary between inside and out,

August/September 2021 ARCHITECTURE MAGAZINE 55 The Penthouse at LUMA reinforcing the connections to the parks on calmness and tranquillity, bringing a a striking mid-century brass chandelier either side. The composition of the lobby peaceful quality to the building which is hanging over the space. To the side sits a area is influenced by Conran and Partners’ noticeable as soon as you step inside. traditional drinks trolley from Stellaworks. experience of hotel design. Conceived as Once you leave the hustle and bustle A fully-stocked pantry just off the kitchen a mixture of a sophisticated hotel lobby of the city behind, you are immediately is completed with artisan produce from and a welcoming members’ club, LUMA’s struck by the relaxed warmth and serenity local suppliers including neighbouring Lina warm and multi-layered lobby offers a that greets you. The design for The Stores in King’s Cross. Located on the other clear visual connection and axis between Penthouse is entirely bespoke, with every end of the entrance hall are the bedrooms, the two parks. item intentionally sourced and curated with the master suite boasting a walk-in especially for this particular property.” dressing area and a spacious en-suite High ceilings, dark-stained timber joinery, bathroom with his and hers sinks. A long bespoke lighting and soft furnishings Upon arrival into the penthouse, the vanity runs along the right side of the room, create a serene and atmospheric entrance. eyes are immediately drawn to the main featuring two Norman Cherner armchairs This is complemented by a layering of entertainment space, where a striking while a floor-to-ceiling glass door and details such as fullheight bronze-black floating staircase takes centre stage. A indoor window offers a glimpse into the metal decorative screens which divide bespoke design and architectural feat for marble en-suite bathroom. the space, light grey terrazzo flooring with the apartment, this statement staircase is brass inlay pattern, leather upholstery and constructed with limestone contrasting The second bedroom features a stunning a Venato marble concierge desk. beautifully with metallic flutes. Providing statement headboard in a deep velvet a practical purpose to connect the living green, while complementary green and Sitting proudly across the tenth floor of space to the upstairs roof terrace, the auburn tones have been used throughout LUMA, this four-bedroom penthouse is a staircase acts as a divider between the the dressing of the space. A statement home of lateral proportions boasting triple living room on the right and the kitchen sheepskin chair from &Tradition adds a aspect views that invite the sunlight in at and dining room on the left. Organic, earthy playful charm. The third bedroom has a almost every angle and overlooks the lush tones adorn these spaces, with a soft lighter, fresher feel with brighter tones urban gardens. Spanning over 2,200 sq ft green velvet sofa in a unique curved shape including a blue asymmetric headboard with a further 550 sq ft private roof terrace, to soften its impact in the living room. Two with contrasting mustard-coloured The Penthouse has been designed for classic Pierre Jeanneret Kangaroo lounge cushions. The study features a youthful true indoor-outdoor living. A sanctuary in chairs accompany the sofa while a Benoit and playful colour palette and goes the heart of the city, Conran and Partners Viaene coffee table in natural stone sits against the grain of the traditional at home has introduced a warm yet subtle colour at the centre of the seating area and the workspace. Light green walls help to palette to the space, focusing on neutral, Christopher Farr rug. A stunning Cordemeijer connect the study to the outside space, earthy tones along with natural materials Cleopatra Daybed completes the space and while bringing a sense of energy into the including timber and stone. adds a further layer of tranquility. room. A leather-topped Carl Hansen desk sits in the centre of the study alongside a Simon Kincaid, Partner, Conran and The open-plan kitchen and dining area Cassina chair in walnut. Partners, said, “Our design for LUMA features a central island and an eight- is centred around creating a sense of seater Van Russum oak dining table with The penthouse has been cleverly designed to offer a number of distinct zones to accommodate a variety of uses - an increasingly sought-after feature following events of the last 12 months. A series of hidden sliding doors have been introduced throughout the home to allow for certain areas to be screened off for privacy as needed.

Robert Evans, CEO, King’s Cross, said: “As the final home remaining at boutique residence LUMA, the penthouse is an outstanding space that optimises the green spaces set on either side and the central theme of ‘light’. We are thrilled to have worked with Conran and Partners on the interiors to create a home designed for modern, lateral living in the heart of King’s Cross. The design is deliberately understated and natural and the quality of its design is perfect for those seeking a seamless, urban lifestyle.”

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IN MY WORDS

MY INSPIRATION Angelene Chan, Chairman, DP Architects, reflects on her experiences and the impact of that ‘first time’ moment, which carries through in inspiration in all details of her work.

Experiencing places for the first time abbey for modern use, we looked at Facility project in Ireland that places sharpens my senses to details around me, historical religious buildings as examples equal focus on delivering world-class where even the minutiae of someone’s of inspirational architecture that evokes medical treatment and fostering a culture everyday life, observed with fresh eyes, calmness, comfort and contemplation. We of well-being. Our job is to conceive an can fire the imagination. Seeing the works know it is not really about specific form environment that helps the spirit, mind of great masters that I have long marvelled and symbols. In Istanbul (where I was at and body to perform and to heal. Our at in books, the sense of awe that rises the time of writing this), a city steeped in inspiration, the magic and meaning that from the pit of my stomach and fills my colourful religious history with magnificent everyday encounters can bring. being is exhilarating; it affirms my passion evidences of its many faiths, the Hagia We studied the experiential qualities for my chosen craft and arouses new Sophia is no less sacred and awe-inspiring of day-to-day interaction in healthcare excitement for my projects. Accompanying as a museum, then it must have been when settings between all user groups, to the goosebumps is the heady sensation of it was adorned as a mosque or a church. choreograph positive experiences, possibility. Feeling inspired feels great. Studying architecture in spiritual spaces, cognitive and emotional, that make The relation between inspiration and we distilled three primary approaches caregivers and receivers healthier and feeling great is something I have been that coax a contemplative state: As an happier. Spaces, circulation and landscape thinking about –specifically how a space, Icon, a building inspires awe, compelling were designed to encourage users to tune by design, can inspire feelings of lightness observers to forget everything else and into their senses and connect mindfully to and fullness, a sense of communion, fixing their minds; taking a camp fire nature; which in turn supports a sense of a state of mind where all is good and approach, a community space channels ease and being cared for, and enhances possible. Working on the Bonnevaux attention to a focal point where a ritual attentiveness and compassion in the Meditation Retreat, in the west of France, unfolds; and thirdly, a cave provides process of healing and care-giving. the challenge was: how do we design to refuge from the chaos of urban life. These Inspiration must be put to good use; to inspire the profound effect that nature and three approaches guided the design create delight, goodness and possibilities. meditation have on the human brain and and planning of the buildings within the Architecture that uplifts the human spirit, this emotions, to encourage a contemplative 65-hectare Bonnevaux site. is the ultimate aspiration as well as inspiration. state of mind? Similar in the contemplative respect to Adapting Bonnevaux’s 900-year-old Bonnevaux is the Carrickmines Healthcare www.dpa.com.sg

August/September 2021 ARCHITECTURE MAGAZINE 57 Case Study

SUPPLIER LIST BESPOKE FURNITURE Contract Furniture by Design BESPOKE LOUNGE FURNITURE Barton Bespoke BESPOKE LIGHTING Contardi THE HOXTON BY FETTLE Fettle is back, creating imaginative and luxurious escapes for The Hoxton brand, this time, with an Italian touch or two. When in Rome.

LA and London based Fettle has completed working or relaxing. The space was Many of the pieces of furniture in the the interiors for The Hoxton, Rome, the 10th designed to feel residential in its scale with hotel have been designed specifically for hotel in The Hoxton portfolio. layered accessories and lighting to ensure the project. From statement sofas and Located in the Parioli district, Fettle worked different ambiences could be created for banquettes to the dining and lounge chairs, in collaboration with Ennismore Design a range of purposes. Theatrical elements Fettle drew inspiration from classic and Studio on the project and were appointed including the curved coffee bar, main mid-century Italian design. In addition to to design the public areas of the hotel dispense bar and open kitchen have been bespoke pieces, antique Italian furniture including the lobby, coffee bar, aperitvo positioned to offer guests great views of designs have been introduced throughout bar, outdoor terrace, and the apartment- the action from all areas of the hotel. The the public spaces of the hotel. style meeting rooms and break out spaces. layout has been designed so each space When designing the coffee bar for the Fettle drew on the existing aesthetic flows seamlessly together, which also hotel, Fettle drew inspiration from a typical synonymous with the Hoxton brand and ensures that the hotel can provide a stellar Roman apartment. Crittal glazing along the used the building itself and its locality service throughout. façade of the building allows the coffee as reference points for the design. The The hotel features distinctive and bar to be seen from the street and natural building was constructed in the 1950s and sculptural chandeliers that run throughout light pour into the space. The sweeping Fettle took inspiration from mid-century the main lobby with brass and smoked curved coffee bar features a painted timber Italian design, pairing this with classic glass globes. Bespoke semi-flush Murano undercounter and marble top. Above the architectural details found within some of inspired ceiling lights were also used bar sits a curved bulkhead to mirror the the more traditional buildings in the city to illuminate the bar and help direct shape of the counter below. and the local area. circulation routes of the space. Fettle The main hotel bar is made from marble Andy Goodwin, Creative Director and also designed bespoke wall and bar and has a large bottle display on the back Co-Founder of Fettle, comments, ‘We lighting and introduced vintage pendant wall, visible from all angles of the lobby. had to ensure that we created a space lighting over the coffee bar. Additionally, Another strong focal point of the space is that worked for both the surrounding vintage floor and table lighting have been the full height brass fireplace. community as well as hotel guests, so employed to provide a soft glow at low The shaded outdoor terrace is positioned off understanding the local culture played a level around the space. the main street and is surrounded by lush huge part of the design process. We took Architecturally, a natural palette has been green planting, complementing the dusty inspiration from the location as well as cues utilised with finishes including timber clad pink stonework of the facade of the building. from the building’s original details.’ columns, patterned brick clad walls and The restaurant, also designed by Fettle, will Fettle wanted the hotel to feel comfortable light-coloured textural paint. This is offset open later this year. and inviting, using a variety of seating by rich textures and colourful and playful arrangements to cater for guests at all fabrics used throughout the space seen in www.fettle-design.co.uk times of the day, whether socialising, the furniture, rugs, and eclectic artwork. Photographyby The Hoxton & Heiko Prigge.

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WHEN IN ROME Langton Stead, Founder and Designer, Contract Furniture by Design, reflects on the studio’s work with Fettle on The Hoxton, Rome, where a return to Mid Century Italian design prevailed.

YOU HAVE A LONG-STANDING DESIGN WERE ANY TRADITIONAL ITALIAN RELATIONSHIP WITH FETTLE, TELL US, TECHNIQUES EMPLOYED WHEN HOW DID THE HOXTON, ROME, PROJECT CRAFTING THE PIECES? COME ABOUT? Italy has always been known for its design We have worked extensively with both Fettle and Mid Century Italian design lead the and the client team Ennismore in the past aesthetic. This look and feel encompasses and as such our involvement within their and welcomes you when entering the latest collaboration came about through both ground floor public space. The carefully parties. Like many of our new clients, word selected patterned fabrics and simple bold of mouth lead to our initial meetings with bespoke upholstered armchairs, show that both studios as members of both teams had Italian manufactures are still leaders in worked with us previously whilst at other furniture design and production. studios and we have maintained these strong working relationships with the individuals WHAT WAS THE STAND OUT PIECE FOR involved in the project. YOU IN THE PROJECT? This was clearly the outdoor furniture, HOW DOES THE ROME PROJECT particularly the rattan outdoor armchair. Collaborating with leading hospitality DIFFER FROM THE OTHER HOXTON Development was hard but well worth the brands around the world, Contract SITES, GLOBALLY? commitment by Fettle and Ennismore to Furniture by Design designs and We wanted to produce items that felt that stick with it and deliver such unique item. manufactures single-source contract they had not been over designed, that sit It combines hand weaved rattan and hand furniture that the team brings together comfortably within a relaxed environment. forged metal work – a real credit to our factory. to create luxurious, award-winning Whether that’s the outside restaurant area, environments that guests and customers social areas or the working spaces. WHAT’S NEXT FOR CFBD? won’t want to leave. From bespoke, one- Our relationship continues with Fettle Design of-a-kind hero pieces, to a large run of WERE THERE ANY CHALLENGES SET BY on many projects, and with Ennismore; products for a brand roll-out expansion, THE BUILDING AND ITS LOCATION? Hoxton Barcelona and Shepherds Bush are the award-winning team will work with The challenges came globally; the project opening later this year. Big Mamma group you from concept to delivery. was being delivered right in the middle expands across Europe with ourselves Contract Furniture by Design has a of the global pandemic. With a positive working on many of their sites – it’s been a long established relationship with the outlook we learnt to flex our global fantastic and interesting last couple of years designers at Fettle and hospitality supply chain and work closely with our and we cant wait of the next few. developer Ennismore, so its latest work, manufactures and logistic partners, finding at The Hoxton Rome, felt like a natural solutions along the way, as the needs of fit, as Langton tells us... the project evolved. www.contractfurniturebydesign.com

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