{"id":747494,"date":"2024-09-04T07:42:52","date_gmt":"2024-09-04T06:42:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.architectsjournal.co.uk\/?p=747494"},"modified":"2024-09-04T11:24:16","modified_gmt":"2024-09-04T10:24:16","slug":"case-study-fish-island-by-henley-halebrown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.architectsjournal.co.uk\/specification\/case-study-fish-island-by-henley-halebrown","title":{"rendered":"Case study: Fish Island by Henley Halebrown"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fish Island forms phase one of a mixed-use scheme combining homes, workspace and higher education learning space on the site of the former John Broadwood & Sons piano factory on Fish Island in East London.<\/span><\/p>\n

The first phase includes a residential building for 330 students, incubator workspace for graduates of the University of the Arts London and affordable workspace for the local creative community. The design arranges terraces of accommodation in 37 flats around two courts. The west court, which is for residents, is at first floor level above a plinth of dark spaces (plant, waste and cycle stores). The second, to the east, is a public yard and a focus for activity in the workspace building. The yard also establishes a new public pedestrian route through the urban block.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The oblong plan creates a new triangular south-west-facing public space. The primary residential entrance is located here. Inside, the ground floor accommodates street-facing student communal spaces and incubator workspace.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Above ground, each typical floor accommodates seven flats. Bedrooms are distributed around the perimeter of the urban block, giving each resident a window onto the street, whereas communal kitchens and glazed circulation focus the social life on the courtyards they overlook.
\n<\/span><\/span>Simon Henley, principal, Henley Halebrown<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

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Project data<\/b><\/h3>\n

Start on site <\/b>April 2021
\nCompletion <\/b>September 2023
\nGross internal floor area <\/b>11,810m2
\n<\/sup>Gross external floor area <\/b>13,405m2
\n<\/sup>Construction cost <\/b>Undisclosed
\nArchitect <\/b>Henley Halebrown
\nClient <\/b>Pre-planning: Future Generation; post-planning: CA Ventures
\nOperator <\/b>Novel Student
\nStructural engineer <\/b>Pre-planning: Meinhardt; post-planning: Whitby Wood
\nM&E consultant<\/b> Pre-planning: Elementa Consulting; post-planning: EDC
\nQuantity surveyor<\/b> Pre-planning: K2 Consultancy; post-planning: KS4
\nProject manager<\/b> Post-planning: KS4
\nPrincipal designer <\/b>Pre-planning: Collaton Safety; post-planning: Simply CDM
\nApproved building inspector <\/b>Post-planning: Clarke Banks Group
\nMain contractor <\/b>HG Construction<\/p>\n

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Architect\u2019s choices<\/b><\/h3>\n

A robust and restrained material palette of brick, precast concrete sills, lintels, copings and coloured fenestration were selected in response to the character and heritage of the context.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The brickwork is flush-pointed with mortar matching the N7 Vande Moortel brick. The brick was chosen for its relatively monolithic deep red-brown hue and rough texture. The precast concrete is pigmented to match the brickwork and the face sandblasted to subtly expose its aggregates.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Velfac composite windows were chosen because they combine low-carbon timber sections with aluminium facings that are robust, recyclable and could be specified in pink, turquoise and ivory RAL colours.
\n<\/span>Craig Linnell, studio director, Henley Halebrown<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

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Specification<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n

Fish Island has a rich heritage of industrial architecture, a mix of warehouses and factories characterised by their logical and robust construction. More recently, many of these have been adopted by artists and adorned with graffiti.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

In response, we developed two types of elevation: those that face the street, which are representative of this industrial past; and the ones that line the courts, which are more abstract. The former type consolidates 330 bedroom windows into a grand order of brick piers and precast concrete arched beams. The fenestration assembly within typically consists of four doors (guarded with powder-coated mild steel railings) and four windows.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Inside the courts, the heavier exteriors are replaced by a lattice of fine brick piers and equally fine precast beams, which bear on brick capitals at every storey. The east yard and workspace building is faced in a deep red-brown brick, the west court in a cream brick. The masonry grid is designed to receive three window assemblies: the corridor type with a fixed picture window and high-level actuated vent; the kitchen type 1 with a fixed window, side-hung vent panel and spandrel; and kitchen type 2, with a fixed and sliding full-height glazing guarded with powder-coated mild steel railings.
\n<\/span>Craig Linnell, studio director, Henley Halebrown<\/i><\/p>\n

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Selected products\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/h3>\n

Bricks<\/b>
\nVande Moortel
\nNature7, Brick E \u2013 Red brown,
\nBrick J \u2013 Ivory White
\nWalls
\nvandemoortel.co.uk\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Mortar
\n<\/b>Cemex
\nMatching and brushed, Red Brown Medium (red), Braintree Light (white)
\nWalls
\ncemex.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n

Windows
\n<\/b>Velfac
\nRAL 3014 \u2013 Antique pink
\nStreet fa\u00e7ades and east court elevations
\nvelfac.co.uk<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n

Windows
\n<\/b>Velfac
\nRAL 6034 \u2013 Pastel turquoise
\nWorkspace building and street fa\u00e7ades
\n<\/i>velfac.co.uk<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Windows<\/b>
\n<\/i>Velfac
\nRAL 9010 \u2013 pure white
\nWest court elevations
\nvelfac.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n

Precast concrete beams and lintels<\/b>
\n<\/i>FP McCann
\nFPM189 \u2013 Red precast (bespoke),
\nLIT12 \u2013 Ivory White precast
\nWalls
\nfpmccann.co.uk<\/a> <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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