030 PROJECT 2
PROJECT INFO Client
PCC of St John at Hackney / The Parish of Hackney
Architect Thomas Ford & Partners
Designer John Pawson
Quantity surveyor Huntley Cartwright
Services engineer Eng Design
Structural engineer The Morton Partnership
Lighting designer Mindseye
M&E consultant Eng Design
Main contractors Rooff (interior and exterior); Sally Strachey Historic Conservation (external repairs)
Other consultants Family, EBBA Architects, Southby Productions, OMSE
Project manager Open Gates Management
CDM principal designer Pierce Hill Project Services
Approved building inspector
KEY SUPPLIERS
Identity/graphics OMSE
omse.co
Signage Ebba architects
eb-ba.co
Font, altar, lectern and processional cross john Pawson
Pendant lighting John Pawson and Wonderglass
wonderglass.com
Artwork Es Devlin (Shared Sky installation)
esdevlin.com Ewan David Eason (Mappa Mundi)
ewandavideason.com
Chairs (loose) HOWE
ewandavideason.com
Architects for developer Thornsett, offers 58 new flats, in addition to the new rectory, community hall and the church’s ofices. A central part of the brief, also linked to the church’s revenue plan, was the use of the building as a multifunctional space for worship, culture, music and the arts. This gives a bigger picture of what the church is today: having long offered more than a Sunday service, it hosted the memorial for Prince Philip earlier this year, civic events such as the Borough of Hackney’s Remembrance Sunday service, and community services including a food bank and a knife amnesty. The church is also well established as a music venue, with the likes of Coldplay, Florence Welch, Jamie XX and Emeli Sandé taking the stage in recent years. But until recently, explains the church’s head of spaces, Zac Lloyd, equipment needed to be brought in every time. Now the church has been rewired and given high-quality AV and lighting provisions, as well as a state-of-the-art d&b PA system above the stage – in white to blend with the design. This is supported by the sound desk flanked by two bars at the back; the latter is ‘where you get your coffee at church, or a pint if you're here for a gig’, Lloyd says. Explaining how the space supports these different functions, Lloyd says: ‘We were always clear that it needed to work first and foremost for church services on Sundays, but also […] a huge part of the work was establishing the building as a seven-day-a- week venue, basically, that we could use for community events.’
Everything the church does is united under an award-winning (and very east London) identity designed by local studio OMSE, rebranding the church as ‘SAINT’. SAINT now encompasses a group of five churches across east London led by Reverend Al Gordon, which first came together during the restoration process, when the congregation moved temporarily to join nearby St Luke’s, ‘and it worked so well that we decided to merge or partner with each other, then gradually three other churches in Leyton, West Ham and Shoreditch joined in’, Lloyd explains. SAINT’s identity combines the rounded arch of the church’s windows with a cross symbol, but the logo can also be adapted to other elements of the church’s activities, such as making honey (on its roof) or brewing via the Hackney Church Brew Co. A link to the physical space is managed through the notice boards and churchyard signage designed by architecture studio EBBA and production agency Family.
SAINT reflects that the project has ‘improved the access to a much-loved community heritage asset and created a breathtaking cathedral of creativity to be enjoyed for generations to come.’ The artful mix of old and new, the expertise of specialists and the contemporary high-profile contributors – including set-designer Es Devlin, who has created an interactive installation inside the entrance – certainly celebrates the various strands of creativity of its making, as well as offering a beautiful, multifunctional space to its congregation and other visitors.
Assent Building Control
Construction cost £5.5m
Construction cost per m2 £2,823
Start on site December 2018
Completion date September 2020
Gross internal floor area 1,948m2
Form of contract or procurement route JCT Intermediate Form
Top left A central part of the design brief was ensuring the church works as a multifunctional space
Bottom left The south wing has been renovated to include meeting rooms, catering facilities and ofice space
Above right The entrance to the church has been updated with wheelchair ramps
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