建筑位置：英国伦敦， 2 Tabernacle Street
面积：1400平方米
竣工时间：2015
随着2010年5月的一场大火，坐落在Two Tabernacle大街上的原始建筑的外壳被完全烧毁了。原始建筑的物主是Durley投资公司，该公司力图将这块场址重建成一个办公大楼，这个办公大楼将提供给Shoreditch的媒体和技术部门使用。
Piercy&Company建筑设计事务所的设计是将L型的场址划分成两个不同的组成部分：重新安置的Tabernacle街道旁狭窄的维多利亚式墙壁;在场址的中央的一个黄铜包层的办公空间。Tabernacle街道旁的维多利亚式墙壁上幸存特征的细节经过了仔细的测量和分类。
从街道上看，大楼大部分的外表都是不可见的，只有在邻近建筑物中才可以看见这些隐藏着的外表。在多次反复设计讨论后，最终的设计是一个灵巧的、折叠的平面设计，大楼以黄铜包层，并用玻璃嵌板来装饰墙面上的开口。黄铜的包层适合这种有角的、有小面的建筑形式，同时还可以精妙的体积大楼的旧工业建筑遗产的特色。
因为项目的场址是密封的，还有边界及界墙等复杂因素的影响，怎样使办公大楼六个办公层面的自然光线和视野达到最优成为了一个严峻的挑战。
Architects: Piercy&Company
Location: 2 Tabernacle Street, London EC2A,UK
Area: 1446.0 sqm
Project Year: 2015
Photographs: Jack Hobhouse
From the architect. Following a fire inMarch 2010, the burnt out shell of the original building was all that stood onthe site of Two Tabernacle Street. The building’s owner, Durley InvestmentCorporation, sought to redevelop the site into offices suited to Shoreditch’s mediaand technology sector. Piercy&Company’s response was to approach thechallenging L-shaped site as two distinct elements: the re-instatement of thenarrow Victorian fa?ade to Tabernacle Street; and brass- clad office spaces inthe centre of the site. Details of the surviving features of the Victorianfa?ade to Tabernacle Street were carefully measured and catalogued.
A refined interpretation of the originalperiod elevation wasthen painstakingly constructed, to be inkeeping with the surrounding Victorian warehouse character and that of theconservation area in which it sits and to align with the revised internal floorlevels. Imperial brickwork with weathered pointing and stonework cills,cornices and column capitals bear on one another to create an authenticVictorian masonry frame. Openings are spanned with steel beams and infilledwith traditionally detailed double glazed sash and casement windows. At streetlevel a 3m x 4m frameless glazed picture window to the reception space providesa contemporary touch.
On entering the building, period elementssuch as plaster cornices, picture rails, a ceiling rose and exposed imperialbrickwork in the reception act as a foil to minimalist features, including anangular chandelier (by New York designer Bec Brittain), simply detailed oakwall panelling and large format floor tiles. A generous 6m floor to ceilingheight and a small first floor gallery provide an unexpected volume given thenarrow street elevation.
Much of the exterior of the building ishidden from the street, only visible to occupiers of the neighbouringbuildings. Due to the proximity of existing buildings, rights to light anglescarved through the potential building volume. Following many iterations, thefinal response of cleverly folded planes clad in brass Tecu and punctured bypanels of glazing emerged. The use of brass cladding suited the angular,faceted form whilst making subtle reference to the building’s industrialheritage.
Maximising natural light in and views outof all the six office floors was challenging on the tight site, furthercomplicated by boundary and party wall matters. Generous lengths of curtainwalling were set low to the floor, while strategically placed rooflights floodthe floorplates with surprising levels of daylight. At ground level naturallight levels are elevated by an atrium and rooflight, illuminating theotherwise windowless space. Throughout the office spaces floor to ceilingheights have been maximised to over 3m by locating services within a centralbulkhead and leaving the concrete soffit exposed either side.
Stacked above the double height reception,the upper three floors at the front of the building accommodate meeting rooms,which look out over Tabernacle Street through large traditional sash andcasement windows. Oak cladding, exposed brickwork and concrete soffits and darkfloor tiles make up the material palette of these areas, a gentle contrast tothe white walls and expansive glazing of the office floors.