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10 Hills Place

10, Hills Place, London, United Kingdom

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10 Hills Place

10, Hills Place, London, United Kingdom

Firm
Type
YEAR
2009
SIZE
10,000 sqft - 25,000 sqft
Many narrow streets and alleyways off Oxford Street,
London are currently misused and underdeveloped. These under regarded areas are
ideal not only for improvement, but also for relatively unconventional design
opportunities. Our proposal acknowledges this by providing an architectural
intervention that subtly draws attention to the building through the intrigue
of a sculptural façade. Inspired by the art work of Lucio Fontana large glazed
areas orientated towards the sky are slashed into the façade, maximising the
natural light available in this narrow street.
 
This sculptural form is achieved using a system of
aluminium profiles used in the production of high quality, ship hulls. The
facade is fabricated using curved 140mm wide aluminium profiles that are
connected together on-site, using a tongue-and-groove system ensuring
water-tightness and construction efficiency. The metallic silver finish is a
high performance durable paint typically used on super yachts. The use of self
cleaning glass and an ingenious detail of hidden gutters within the eyelids
ensures the facade remains low maintenance.
 
The ground floor is fronted by a bespoke laminated
glass in which is sandwiched a stainless steel mesh and semi opaque interlayer
over a dichromatic film. This is lit from behind, using fibre optics to
generate a coloured moiré pattern providing dynamic visual interest and a
feeling of depth to what would otherwise be a blank wall.
 
 
Client
Clarendon Properties
Programme
Offices: addition
of 3 floors above existing 2 storey brick retail building, and a new façade.
Area
14,220 sq ft

Contract
Value
NA

Status
On site February 2007; Completion September
2009

 
 
AL_A
Team
Amanda Levete, Ho-Yin Ng - Project Director,
Gidon Fuehrer, Chris Geneste, Soren Aagaard, Alan Dempsey, John
O'Mara, Michael Mitchell
 
 
Contractors
Main Contractor
Facade
Specialist Interiors
 
Powells Group
Frener & Reifer
Windsor Workshop Ltd.

 
 
Consultants
Project Manager
Structural Engineers
Service Engineers
Acoustic Engineers
 
MGPM
Akera Engineers
BARN Partnership
Acoustic Design Consultants

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