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45TH ANNUAL WOOD AWARDS
SMALL PROJECTS:
KINGSTON ANCIENT MARKET PLACE & STALLS
BELOW The Twist, installed at Timber Expo
Location: Kingston upon Thames Architect: Tonkin Liu Client/Owner: Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames Structural Engineer: Rodrigues Associates Main Contractor/Builder: Balfour Beatty Joinery Company & Wood Supplier: KLH Part-Funding Client: Greater London Authority Market Traders Management: Kingstonfirst Transport & Civil Engineer: JMP Wood Species: Spruce
OTHER SHORTLISTED PROJECTS
Doors for 55 St James’ Street, London Designer: Sarah Kay Wood species: German Oak, French Oak
Hollow, Bristol Architect: Zeller & Moye Wood species: Various
The Twist, Timber Expo 2015 Architect: Architectural Association Wood species: Birch Ply
The choice of timber for Kingston Market was triggered by the surrounding timber- built Tudor buildings. CLT constructed market stalls and a CLT hybrid roof and canopy use timber in a contemporary and functional way. “We wanted one material to be used throughout”, says Anna Liu, director, Tonkin Liu Architects. “Timber was chosen because of its materiality, durability, and sustainability. Timber also improves with age, even with constant battering, weather- ing, and usage, of which there will be much in Kingston's daily market. Liu adds: “A market is both very stable and constantly in flux with core traders who've be there for generations, as well as new emerging ones. Even in the year of designing and delivering the stalls, there must have been 50 iterations in the layout of the designs, responding to the evolving needs of the traders. The architect concludes: “This CLT
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Timber was chosen because of its materiality, its durability, and its sustainability. Timber also
improves with age Anna Liu, director, Tonkin Liu Architects
timber is the most sustainable material, not just in its sourcing, but also in its future adaptability for the comings and goings of different types of stalls. The timber parti- tions and roofs can also be easily modified and fixed to as desired.”
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