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ensuring good sound reduction between spaces. In this way, floorplates can change from open plan to cellular and back again as innovation teams grow and shrink. The adaptability of the building was also a key aspect to ensure that the facility is a useful asset to King’s over the next century. Flat-slab construction means services can be fixed in any direction, while the arrangement of service cores and fire escapes enables the building to be replanned for zonal use in the future by multiple tenants if required.
‘Collaboration staircase’ Creating a very flexible building can sometimes result in lack of identity. Recognising this challenge, we sought to create a symbolic expression of the building’s use externally. We came up with the design concept of a ‘collaboration staircase’. Not only is this staircase an efficient arrangement, but its prominent position with break-out areas and biophilic features – including timber finishes and a ‘living wall’ of plants that goes the full height of the building, creating interesting natural light effects inside – make it a visually appealing space. This attracts building users to use it rather than the lifts – bringing the wellbeing benefits of physical movement. The scissor arrangement also enables more instinctive and directional movement across each floor, and, most importantly, helps people to approach and pass with a choice of route, with a large landing that facilitates interactions and chance encounters. The proximity of immediate touchdown areas encourages conversations to flourish, which in turn increases the potential for the cross-pollination of ideas. In short, this is much more than a staircase – it’s the physical embodiment of collaboration, or a place for chance encounters that help harness creative, new ideas.
Connecting all aspects of use A satisfying by-product of the chromatid- like nature of the form of the staircase also seemed symbolically fitting, given the research focus of the building users. The
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Philip Watson
Philip Watson re-joined HLM in 2018 as director, head of Design. While his main expertise lies in education, he has gained a wealth of experience across several sectors, including healthcare, workplace, residential, and masterplanning. He is responsible for driving design culture across the practice’s studios, and has been instrumental in establishing HLM’s ‘Thoughtful Design’ ethos. He passionately believes that good design can positively impact people and society, and that this outlook should form the bedrock of HLM’s portfolio. He leads HLM’s research and
development programme, which currently covers design for wellbeing, client engagement, Modern Methods of Construction, and environmental sustainability. In 2019 he was made Visiting Professor at the University of Leeds, and in 2020 a Fellow of the RIBA in recognition of his contribution to architecture and the arts.
staircase works hard in many ways, connecting all aspects of the building’s use – from staff admin areas, research, educational, exhibition, and conference uses at the ground floor; with upper levels 1 and 2 more discrete and secure, dedicated to research, and the rooftop level 3 providing meeting and conference facilities, as well as a social events space – plus a very welcoming outdoor amenity for building users, supporting their wellbeing by providing views of the River Thames and access to daylight and fresh air. The design for LIHE makes every space multi-functional to ensure that the intensity of use is maximised on this site. Its location adjacent to the River Thames in a World Heritage setting is an asset that provides King’s with opportunities. Public realm enhancements to Lambeth Palace Road, and the creation of a new landscaped courtyard to the adjacent ‘Block 9’ Listed building, all enhance the setting, and increase the appeal for events,
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where views of the cityscape can be exploited. The bold, contemporary architecture complements the surrounding buildings in form and materiality, without resorting to pastiche – which helped it gain unanimous planning consent from the planning authority. Often, in the design and procurement of a new building, the needs of occupants can get overlooked, as pressures on cost, planning, and programme, become the dominant driving forces. The success of LIHE, we believe, is that the needs of the occupants have been considered in great detail throughout – with all decisions being made with the needs of people in mind. Ultimately, the building encourages people to come together to collaborate and generate innovations that have the potential to affect us all. Creating the right conditions for these activities to flourish has been our primary focus, and is embedded deeply in the DNA of LIHE’s design.
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