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BUILDING PROJECTS
'A new glass-sided footbridge, designed by JMP, extends across the Main Train Shed, one bay to the north of the old iron bridge it replaces'
•5,447,000 tiles on the mezzanine building, with a special coating that repels dirt.
•Architects John McAslan + Partners produced 14 foam models of the 'tree columns' before settling on the final form – and for the Platform 8 retail shopfronts, they produced a drawing to present to English Heritage that was almost 6m long.
•There were up to 28 architects working on the JMP part of the team, and hundreds of people having an input over the years.
•A section of the roof was built in Germany and pressure-tested with water, to prove that it would withstand the London weather.
•1,400 photovoltaic panels cover a just over 2,500 sq m of the Main Train Shed roof. They are spaced a little apart, to allow a dappled natural light to filter through to the platforms.
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Footbridge in the Main Train Shed
Client: Network Rail
Architect and masterplanner for King’s Cross station and public realm: John McAslan + Partners ( JMP)
JMP key project team: John McAslan, Hiro Aso, Simon Goode, Pauline Nee, Jasmine Wadia, Mark Bell, Katherine Watts, David Jackson, Aidan Potter, Adam Brown, Philip Veall, Louise Hansen, Sascha Stscherbina, Michael Mason, Dean Kirkwood
Engineer for roof and platform refurbishment/ footbridge to station: Tata Steel Projects
gables have been reglazed and two barrel-vaulted roofs have been refurbished and lined with energy-saving photovoltaic panels along the linear roof lanterns. At the southern end, original transoms and mullions have been retained and the new glazing bars match the original profiles. A new glass-sided footbridge, designed by JMP, extends
across the Main Train Shed, one bay to the north of the old iron bridge it replaces, giving escalator and lift access to every platform, as well as to the Western Concourse’s mezzanine. The former bridge, built in 1893, sported two clocks and
appeared in Harry Potter films. The clocks have been reno- vated and fitted to brackets on the train shed walls by Platform 8, and the bridge has been donated to the steam enthusiasts of the Mid-Hants Railway. “We’ve reused a lot of material,” says Jackson. “Many thresh-
olds are original York stone from the building, though some- times it had to be reworked, because the surface wasn’t good or the profile wasn’t right. And a lot of salvage floorboards from the Eastern Range have been used in the new pub.” The Fullers pub is one of the surprises at Kings Cross.
Forget the soulless bars we make do with at so many stations, The Parcel Yard is a characterful destination in its own right – and is the largest station pub in the country. Built in 1852 as a parcels office with delivery yard, the three- storey structure was part of Lewis Cubitt’s original station
•Among the items from the existing building reused are York stone window sills, paving from the basement and structural corridor slabs from the Northern Wing. Generally these have been reused as replacement sills, coping stones or cut into new paving for areas including stair lobbies.
• Large slabs from the Great Northern Hotel – some almost 3m long and weighing 1.5 tonnes – are being reused as benches in the Southern Square.
design. It was entered from the street on the west side, where the Suburban Train Shed now stands, and when the street was replaced by rail sidings the south side was opened up into the adjacent courtyard. “Columns got in the way of vehicles in the yard and it was
decided that what was needed was a big column-free space with only the perimeter walls,” Jackson explains. “But they wanted two floors above, so they put in very deep roof trusses and hung the two floors from the roof. That’s easy in the 21st century, but in 1852 it was audacious. You can still see the drop rods, but the plan was over-ambitious and the structure started to sag, so columns were introduced again.” There is no suspended ceiling to hide the ducting, which
adds to the intriguing personality of the premises and max- imises the sense of volume. Fullers commissioned ARC Design to deliver a fit-out of exposed brick walls, adorned with rail- way memorabilia, including signs and a set of wooden pigeon- holes from an old sorting office.
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