Client: City of Westminster Corporate Property Division
Date: 2003 - present
Proposed Use: Residential with office and retail use
Former Use: Redundant offices/car park
Gross Internal Area: Residential 990m2
Accommodation: 56 residential apartments with 17 affordable
Construction Value: £11 million
Assael were approached by Westminster council to produce designs
for an exemplary residential development to replace a redundant
office block and multi-storey car park near Victoria Station.
The design is based around a seven-storey atrium in the centre of
the site which contains timber-clad lifts and bridges that give
access to all the apartments. This space will encourage a sense
of community lacking in many contemporary residential developments,
and provide a naturally ventilated and daylit amenity that will
benefit all the residents, including those in the rented and shared
ownership apartments.
The principal facades of the building have been designed in collaboration
with the artist Sophie Smallhorn, and consist of a horizontal sequence
of coloured aluminium panels set within a Portland stone frame.
The upper storeys are clad in zinc and have rooftop terraces with
views across the City of Westminster.
