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JULY/AUGUST 2012 ISSUE 4 WWW.EBPR.CO.UK

Contents

4 project views

12 News

20 eNviroNmeNtal

coNtrol

24 Doors & GlaziNG

30 roofs

32 iNteriors

42 structures

46 floors

50 timber

56 Gallery

66 opiNioN

72 projects

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Hawkins\Brown’s new 5-storey teaching building for Kingston

University to accommodate the Faculty of Business and Law has

completed.

Located at the heart of the University’s Kingston Hill Campus

in South West London, the new building is highly durable and

environmentally efficient. Featuring spacious interiors, it provides a

hub for social interaction and learning.

Designed in the round with an entrance on each elevation, at

the heart of the 7290 sq m building is a dramatic light filled

double-height glass roofed atrium space which, as well as being

the circulation hub for the ground and first floors, is also used

for informal learning, events and presentations. There are open

‘lounge’ areas off the circulation routes as well as window seats

and laptop bars between the window bays surrounding the atrium.

In addition to formal teaching spaces including a 150-seat lecture

theatre and a 120-seat classroom, there are also facilities for

academic offices, a research suite and other smaller teaching and

computer rooms.

Highly Durable And

Environmentally Efficient

Building At Kingston

University Completed

Client: Kingston University

Architect: Hawkins\Brown

Photography: Hufton+Crow

Web: www.hawkinsbrown.co.uk

Positioned on a sloping site, the building is set within attractive

landscaping to articulate the varying levels whilst providing

excellent access and through routes to the surrounding buildings.

Featuring brick elevations that run uninterrupted around all four

sides of the building, a mottled purple and brown brick was chosen

in response to the leafy conservation area setting. Brick was also

selected for its environmental qualities and to help give the building

a sense of solidity and gravity, fitting to a school of business.

Recessed windows with shimmering bronze anodized aluminium

panels animate the brick grid, casting a pattern of light and shade

across the facades. The panels are etched with a subtle leaf motif

referencing the woodland setting.

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of a conservation area, is a Tudor manor house dating from 1561. The building

was acquired by Maidstone Borough Council in 1855 and opened as a Museum in

1858. Since then it has been subject to numerous expansions, resulting in an eclectic

architectural arrangement.

The East Wing project forms the second phase of the Museum’s redevelopment

programme, following the renovation of the West Wing in 2003. The aims of the

project have been three-fold including the long-term preservation of the museum’s

collection, increase in visitor numbers and greater public involvement. The scheme

improves storage facilities, brings previously inaccessible spaces into use and allows

more of the Museum’s historic buildings to be experienced. The East Wing provides

new gallery spaces, which enable more of the collections to be seen. The provision of

new and improved services including a shop, new toilets with baby-changing facilities

and cloakroom, ease visitor circulation throughout the building and enhance the

visitor

experience.

The East Wing responds to the multilayered history and architecture of the museum.

The elevations combine frameless glazing with a diagrid of copper alloy shingles,

creating a contemporary counterpoise to the existing brick facades. The copper alloy

shingles emulate the diamond leaded glass windows of the original Tudor building and

have been individually hand cut and crafted on site, enhancing the artisanal qualities

of the Museum.

A new entrance on the East elevation welcomes visitors from Maidstone High

Street into the new East Wing. The entrance opens into an open plan foyer and

orientation area occupied by Maidstone’s Visitor Information Centre and the

Museum shop. Beyond the foyer and shop a multi-functional education suite brings

areas previously occupied by storage into lively public use, creating a designated

study area for community groups and

schools. At ground floor level the

principal public space in the East Wing

is a gallery housing one of the museum’s

noteworthy exhibits - a Solomon Islands

war canoe, the only example of its kind

outside of the Islands. Glazing on the

rear wall of this gallery reveals a public

courtyard and Tudor facades unseen by

the public for over 40 years.

At first floor level a public meeting room

housed in a glazed box offers dramatic

views of St. Faith’s Church which visually

re-connects the museum with Brenchley

Gardens, fulfilling the ambitions of the

Museum’s Victorian founders. A system

of bespoke connectors between the

glass and steel structure ensures a

completely frameless flush glazed finish.

The new Japanese Gallery is located

within the copper clad space above the

reception. It is lit by an undulating ceiling of north-facing rooflights, which enliven the white cube space and

ensure an even stream of daylight in to the gallery. This gallery is the new permanent home for one of the

museum’s highlights, an internationally significant display of Japanese Art collected in the nineteenth century

by one of the Museum’s founders, Julius Brenchley. Internal materials have been selected to complement

the existing palette and for their suitability to the specific requirements of museum design ie. highdensity

lining boards for all walls, to ensure total flexibility for hanging exhibitions and matt sealed timber floors to

minimise reflections in display areas.

In addition to these new galleries, the existing galleries in the original museum have been refurbished and

re-organised, increasing the display space by 30%. Beyond the public spaces, the practice has worked

closely with the museum staff to completely overhaul and modernize the storage spaces, increasing the

capacity by 100%, and improving security and accessibility.

This process has allowed the museum’s staff to take stock and reorganize exhibits in storage, taking the

opportunity to digitize and hone the full collection. The East Wing is now environmentally controlled with

heating and cooling loads being met by ground sourced heat pumps run from 100 m vertical boreholes

in the adjacent gardens. This combined with a new photovoltaic array on the roof of the new East Wing

improves the sustainable aspects of the museum significantly.

Client: Maidstone Borough Council

Architect: Hugh Broughton Architects

Photography: Hufton+Crow

Web: www.hbarchitects.co.uk

New ‘Gold’ Clad

Extensions Hint At

Treasures Inside

Maidstone Museum & Bentlif Art Gallery has re-opened

following an extensive £3 million refurbishment and the

addition of a new east wing by Hugh Broughton Architects.

Clad with ‘gold’ shingles which hint at the museum’s

collection of ‘treasures’ on display inside, the new East

Wing provides the museum with a reinvigorated look

making it the cultural focus for the town centre.

Housing a collection of over 600,000 artifacts and

specimens that are outstanding in their diversity and quality,

Maidstone Museum forms the largest mixed collection in

Kent and one of the largest in the South-East of England.

Hugh Broughton Architects’ 2006 RIBA competition-

winning architectural scheme transforms the museum’s

display, storage and visitor facilities, allowing more of the

collection to be accessed. The core of Maidstone Museum,

a Grade II listed building located within the boundaries

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From its grand marble floored entrance hall which has been enhanced with authentic Thai

furniture and artefacts successfully juxtaposed with a contemporary central chandelier, to

its top floor VIP rooms, the interiors now sparkle with glass, chrome and brass features

throughout.

Ground floor rooms either side of the imposing lobby now house a chique bar to the right,

featuring an illuminated onyx backfitting and Carrera marble topped servery. All this can be

accessed from Buchannan Street via a floor to ceiling glazed architectural feature ‘lozenge’

where specially imported white Thai Buddha's stand in silent greeting. To the left of the lobby

can be found a relaxing lounge bar area which would be perfectly at home as part of a 5*

hotel. Huge antique mirrors adorn one wall incorporating fuscia inspired light fittings.

Ascending the ornate staircase with its custom designed sumptuous carpet, guests could be

mistaken for thinking they had been transported to Raffle's or some other colonial jewel

of the orient. Historic maps, bejewelled elephants and Buddhas, together with the bespoke

pendant lights create an ambience of sophisticated oriental calm.

On the first floor can be found the heart and soul of the operation in the double storey

height 140 cover restaurant. JMDA have cleverly overcome the potentially atmosphere

diluting space by incorporating a raised area housing leather booth seating flanked either side

by 3.5m high glass, chrome and timber wine walls. Illumination is provided via retention of the

existing, now refurbished, brass chandeliers which incorporate the all essential dimmable LED

lighting. The 'wedding cake' plasterwork of the ceiling has been enhanced with subtle gold

leaf decoration and is highlighted by discrete dimmable LED spotlighting. The engine room

of the kitchen can be viewed through full height glass doors where a flurry of almost silent

activity produces the most exquisite of foods with a subtlety of flavours complimented by the

overall ambience. the existing feature fireplaces have been brought back into use and lovingly

restored to create focal points either end of the restaurant.

Onwards and upward (for the VIP guests and Corporate entertainers at least) past the

luxurious marble and Timber washrooms, to the aforementioned 2nd floor VIP rooms and

associated Champagne bar...... >>>>

Project: Chaophraya Thai Restaurant & Palm Sugar Bar

Location: Glasgow

Company: JMDA

Product: Interior Design

Web: jmdaltd.co.uk

Chaophraya Thai Restaurant

& Palm Sugar Bar

The grand red sandstone Townhouse building, built as The Liberal Club of Glasgow around

1909, stands roughly half way along the busy thoroughfare of Buchannan Street in Glasgow town

centre. It latterly became the College of Dramatic Art and the Royal Academy of Music until

1987 and, more recently a retail outlet, its ornate plasterwork and period timber features playing

second fiddle to modern retail fixtures and their wares.

The potential for the property to become a high-end restaurant recapturing the buildings

halcyon days was recognised by Chaophraya restaurateur's Martin Stead and Kim Atcharaporn

Keawkraikhot who, almost immediately, engaged their Interior Design consultants JMDA to

produce a scheme to restore the property to its former glory with the simple brief of turning it

into the largest & best Thai restaurant in the country.

The result, following detailed consultation with the planning authorities and the difficult delivery

often associated with a listed building, is something rather special.

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