PROJECT REPORT: MIXED USE SCHEMES
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lift” to the office portion of the scheme, while “signalling its commercial function”. Longman explains the reasoning behind the distribution of the residential and commercial portions of the building to the north and south blocks respectively: “To the south you’ve got the business and commerciality of Oxford Street, then as you migrate to the north you start to get into Fitzrovia proper – it’s much more community-based. The streets become much smaller and more organic.” The upper levels of the development consists of stepped back volumes clad in bronze anodised panels of various hues. This stepping-back serves two main purposes; firstly, scaling the building down to better match that of the surrounding streets, while looping round from the south-west corner, upwards and back around to, secondly, tie the entire scheme into a single entity.
The brick elevations also step down where the facade meets those of neighbouring buildings’, helping blend the scheme into the rest of the street. Model-making from formal concept right through to final design helped Make’s team ensure that the building conformed to the language and scale of its surroundings.
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Using ceramic tiles on the internal facades instead of brick was a functional rather than aesthetic decision – with the glossy ceramic surface reflecting comparatively more light into the inner garden area than the matte brick
“On the south-west side is where we really tried to erode the height of the building,” says Longman. The stepping- down of the building’s upper storeys allows afternoon sun to penetrate into the secluded inner garden, as well as yielding a set of open tiers accommodating private terraces and roof-garden spaces.
Ceramic tiles replicating the appearance of the brickwork on the internal facades help reflect light into the inner garden. At both north-east and north-west
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ABOVE & LEFT Table-shaped water features adjacent to the south-west and east entrances
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The upper levels are clad in bronze panels and step back to reduce the facades’ impact on the locality © Make Architects
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