With the success of previous projects we are delighted to continue the ongoing relationship with this unitised curtain walling company, and their fourth building in this regeneration area with the same Developer. This prestigious signature building has a very individual design and will provide a state of the art learning environment for the ever increasing local student population.
With nearly 250 no bespoke pre-glazed unitised windows, and over 1000 m sq. of ground floor grid stick curtain walling to the retail spaces, the overall package amounts to over £3m.
There is both a delivery Architectural practice Allies and Morrison from London and a client’s concept Architect Tokyo based Maki and Associates. The project required very exacting detailing to deliver the clients brief for the project. This includes white powder coated pre-glazed unitised windows frames with a white dot matrix frit pattern to face one of the glass sealed unit. There are a number of separate ground to fourth floor curtain walling screens, some of which include external feature fins and complicated double frit glass sealed units. In addition there are vertical and horizontal soffit rain screen areas. The east elevation where the building amenities are housed includes a number of louvre panels and access doors. The external façade requires a mix of white powder coat finish and a natural anodised finished which will be sourced from Europe. As part of Integral`s remit we are responsible to select a number of specialist suppliers including an Eastern European door manufacture who we have introduced to this client for the first time.
The design, stage is still on going and has necessitated a number of redesigns to ensure the design intent is met. Procurement of raw materials in now in hand and manufacture will soon be underway to meet to spring 2017 on site start date
