A prestigious mixed-use scheme is
set to invigorate a central London
district with its blend of 246
residential apartments, 15,500m2
of Grade A office space, and a boutique hotel
and restaurant.
Known as One Crown Place, the scheme is
close to both Liverpool Street and Moorgate
stations, only metres outside of the City
of London boundary and situated in the
Borough of Hackney.
Its position on the fringes of both the
square mile and the thriving Shoreditch
district means the development will offer
numerous amenities for office workers and
residents alike.
Bounded on three sides by roads and
the pedestrianised Crown Place on the
fourth, the development occupies most of an
island site, with the only exceptions being a
retained chapel and pub, both of which have
remained open throughout the works.
Along the site’s southern Sun Street
boundary, a previously dilapidated Georgian
terrace has been retained and is being
converted into the development’s boutique
hotel.
Emphasing the fact that the scheme is
truly mixed-use in both use and architectural
design, along the northern Earl Street
elevation, a further Victorian façade is
retained to be incorporated into the new
build office scheme, while next to this a
1980s-office block, currently serving as
a marketing suite and site offices, will be
refurbished into a new stand-alone office
block once the main project has completed.
Alongside these disparate elements, the
main part of the development is positioned
at the eastern end of the site where a sixstorey
podium supports two apartment
towers, that will reach heights of 33 and 29
levels respectively.
This part is reliant on structural steelwork
as the podium is a steel-framed structure
topped by a series of 15 trusses. These steel
trusses have three functions. Firstly they
help to create the clear column-free internal
office spans of up to 12m for the floors up to
level six.
Secondly, levels seven and eight are
accommodated within their depth, where
the truss elements will be left exposed as
architectural highlights.
Level 7 will accommodate a gym, a
work hub, private screening room, meeting
space and other exclusive amenities for
the residents, while level 8 is given over to
apartments.
And thirdly, and possibly most
importantly, the trusses support the tworeinforced
concrete (RC) residential towers
that begin at level 9.
The change in construction materials at
level 9 presented a challenge of transferring
Mixed-use
Trusses
provide
towering
support
One of the 15 trusses
during the erection
programme
The centrepiece of a central London mixed-use development is
two residential towers supported on a series of 15 steel trusses.
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