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“People clamour for an exposed urban warehouse aesthetic in Bermondsey Street, which is not easy to achieve under current Building Regulations due to the stringent thermal requirements, made even tighter when you are changing a building’s use,” says Hampson. “CLT’s inherent thermal value gave us a good start.” The detailed design, supply and installation of the CLT was carried out by Eurban, the only UK contractor delivering solid timber building structures with a fully trained, directly employed labour force.


Green credentials


The CLT product was manufactured by Swedish firm Stora Enso and comprises solid wood boards edge-glued and cross- laminated together to form large panels, suitable for wall, floor and roof applications. The dimensions of each panel at 142 Bermondsey Street varied hugely due to the bespoke nature of the project. Eurban only supplies CLT panels manufactured with edge glued (closed) faces, which provide an increased performance for air-tightness and are better able to cope with British weather conditions. The firm requires that panels from all its suppliers are bonded with non- formaldehyde adhesive to reduce environmental damage.


The low embodied energy of timber construction chimed with the architects’ preference for specifying materials that require minimal energy in the


The designers achieved a high degree of air tightness in the project WWW.ARCHITECTSDATAFILE.CO.UK ADF OCTOBER 2016


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