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transferring the load from the roof to the ground, and tying the roof sections down. Architect Teresa Erskine says the structural engineer was “delighted with the V-shape,” as they enabled the creation of a bespoke column due to its structural benefits. She adds: “It was great to settle on a result where the form equaled the function.” Rather than add rainwater pipes, dark circular structural columns function as rainwater pipes – transferring the rainwater from the roof to below the decking. Another neat solution is how the facade uplighting has been included at the bottom of the otherwise frameless glass balustrade; other lighting and mechanical and electrical systems are exposed yet concealed within or behind the secondary decorative steel elements. The automated lighting (specified by Light Bureau) bestows the V-shaped columns a warm yellow hue, making them more of an attraction at street level. The datum line of the balustrade’s base aligns
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with top of the existing wall, “giving the illusion that the terrace is floating above the structure,” says Teresa Erskine, enhancing the lightness which is inherent to the structural design.
The unusually shaped site was both “long and tight,” says Erskine, so the bar space needed to integrate the services and spaces as much as possible to maximise floor area. But despite dealing with a range of structural challenges and the constraints of the site itself, the result has not compromised the aesthetic goals of a light structure.
Structural challenges
The systematic approach to designing a building ‘inside out’ has led to “intelligent solutions that have evolved out from the site constraints,” commented the architects. The “biggest constraint,” says Teresa Erskine, was the level change across the historic site, exacerbated by the 1990
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The unusually-shaped curved footprint led to a series of interesting subdivided spaces, narrowing towards the central open ‘pergola’ section
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