Deanes Nursery On site!

Another of our projects currently on site is the Deanes Nursery:

The construction of this new nursery is progressing well, with the slab finished and the brickwork commenced. It is due to be completed  end of August 2011.

The new building will provide modern nursery facilities for 43 children, replacing the aging nursery in the existing school .

The project provides a variety of stimulating spaces for the children. Large windows open out to the courtyard, providing high levels of natural light and ”box windows” create cosy places to play in.

The exterior will be finished in carefully balanced untreated timber and cladding panels in shades of green with red highlights.

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Old Ford Water Treatment Facility – Site photos

Also under construction is our Old Ford Water Treatment facility:

The large volumes of the building are taking shape, and the partly recessed tanks can easily be seen in the latest site photos:

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The  Old Ford Water Treatment facility will take mixed storm and foul water from the Northern Outfall sewer and by a state-of-the-art process of filtration produce ‘grey water’. This groundbreaking facility will supply non-potable water to a number of buildings and venues throughout the Olympics – providing a sustainable water source for Thames Water and The Games.

The simple form and modest materials of this building reflect its function and the fact that it lies within a protected woodland. Another important design factor is that it is one of a family of new engineering structures for the Olympic Park – Old Ford Pumping Station – also designed by John Lyall Architects – sits nearby.

The choice of timber cladding, stone gabions and extensive green roof will enhance the biodiversity of the site by extending habitats. The materials are also inherently sustainable themselves.

Old Ford is a small protected woodland situated just 150m from the Olympic Stadium. As with all of the buildings designed by John Lyall Architects around the Olympic site, the scheme has a simple modesty appropriate to its location, which does not try to compete with its more famous architectural neighbours.

Click here to download a project datasheet (6.5Mb PDF)

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Eagle Court Progressing Well on site!

Eagle Court – the new training centre for The Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths – is progressing well on site.  Marked by the traditional topping out ceremony, the uppermost structural point of the building has now been completed (by contractors Balfour Beatty), and the internal spaces are really starting to take shape – including those within the existing Victorian school building:

 

The facility – due to open in Autumn 2011 – will provide post-graduate education, business start-up studio space, business skills tuition and support for young goldsmiths, plus craft skills training to pre-apprentice silversmiths close to Hatton Garden, the traditional home of the trade in London. The development comprises a new building – predominantly clad in limestone with  panels of patinated brass – and an adapted Grade Listed II Victorian School. The two distinct elements are linked by a glazed atrium. As well as the core educational facilities, the centre provides commercial workshop space, a large exhibition area, seminar space, a cafe and offices.

To read about the topping out ceremony on the Goldsmiths website, click here.

For more information and to see earlier sketches and design development models, click here.

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CHATHAM WATERFRONT Development receives planning permission!

“Chatham is on the way back up!”

John Lyall Architects ‘ regeneration scheme for Chatham’s waterfront has been awarded Planning Permission this week at public committee.

The mixed-use scheme on land owned by Medway Council and A2Dominion comprises a series of buildings in a pedestrianised landscape for commercial uses, an 80-bed hotel and 111 apartments with both river and town views. The development will re-define the sky-line of Chatham when seen across the river Medway from Rochester, integrate the public waterfront with the town centre and kick start the regeneration of the wider area.

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The project was passed unanimously, having received widespread approval from the planning committee.  Councillors remarked that the scheme  was “fresh and forward looking” and  ”vibrant”, and that it “will assist considerably in the regeneration” of the town - “Chatham is on the way back up!”

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Pudding Mill Lane shortlisted in RIBA 2011 London Awards!

Pudding Mill Lane, copyright ODA 2010

Our Pudding Mill Lane Pumping Station – connecting the new Olympic sewer with London’s  existing infrastructure – has been shortlisted for a prestigious RIBA regional award. We’re really pleased to be recognised alongside some incredible architecture – such as the Olympic Velodrome!

Click here to read the full shortlist.

 

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