Kings Place, London
2008
The ‘flexible use’ structure was designed as an eight storey steel-composite frame over three basement levels. The primary structure consists of 12 m span fabricated beams with multiple, circular web openings and supporting a 130 m deep composite slab.
Key Sustainability Features
- Adaptable floor plans to suit a variety of public and private uses, including arts.
- Long-span steel structure that spans the auditorium levels.
- Cellular beams providing resource efficient, long-spans, minimising the structural depth and enabling flexible service integration within the structural zone.
- Rapid construction and reduced local impacts by delivering the pre-fabricated steel components to the site by barge on the adjacent canal.
- Sophisticated fire engineering was used to minimise fire protection costs - by eliminating fire protection on many beams and using a single layer intumescent coating appplied off-site.
- Lightweight composite structure reduces loads on three basement levels next to the Regents Canal.
- Energy efficiency features including a triple skin, externally ventilated facade and low energy displacement ventilation air conditioning.
Fact file
Client
Parabola Land
Architect
Dixon Jones
Main Contractor
Sir Robert McAlpine
Structural Engineer
Arup
Steelwork Contractor
Severfield Rowen Structures
