Rainham, London, England
Alison Brooks Architects
Post By:Kitticoon Poopong
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| Photo © Courtesy of Tim Crocker, Alison Brooks Architects |
Alison Brooks Architects has completed the ‘
Wildspace’, a 4000 sq m warehouse refurbishment project in Rainham for client
London Thames Gateway Development Corporation.
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| Photo © Courtesy of Tim Crocker, Alison Brooks Architects |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Tim Crocker, Alison Brooks Architects |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Tim Crocker, Alison Brooks Architects |
From a derelict state ABA has cre- ated a 90m long ‘supershed’ containing five standalone business units with individual service yards,
loading bay access and cores. Responding to both the scale of the building and its landscape setting at the edge of the
Rainham marshes, the units are expressed as approximately 13m wide strips of vibrant colour visible from passing
Eurostar trains.
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| Photo © Courtesy of Tim Crocker, Alison Brooks Architects |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Tim Crocker, Alison Brooks Architects |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Tim Crocker, Alison Brooks Architects |
At the North East end the warehouse’s timber clad ‘wild west’ façade marks the eastern entrance to the Rainham marshes. The building is super insulated, creating a truly sustainable
light industrial building, gaining
BREEAM ‘Very Good’ rating.
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| Photo © Courtesy of Tim Crocker, Alison Brooks Architects |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Tim Crocker, Alison Brooks Architects |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Tim Crocker, Alison Brooks Architects |
The completion of ABA’s Wildspace Warehouse development for LTGDC brings with it fresh opportunities for successful businesses to re-locate and grow in a unique location. Next door to Rainham station and opposite the recreational and nature conservation area of Rainham Marshes this opportunity creates the potential for businesses to thrive in a completely re-imagined sustainable industrial building.
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| Photo © Courtesy of Tim Crocker, Alison Brooks Architects |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Tim Crocker, Alison Brooks Architects |
ABA won the project through the LDA Framework Agreement in 2009, with work commencing on site September 2010 and completion of the building April of this year.
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| Photo © Courtesy of Tim Crocker, Alison Brooks Architects |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Tim Crocker, Alison Brooks Architects |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Tim Crocker, Alison Brooks Architects |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Tim Crocker, Alison Brooks Architects |
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| site plan--drawing © Courtesy of Alison Brooks Architects |
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| floor plan 01--drawing © Courtesy of Alison Brooks Architects |
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| floor plan 02--drawing © Courtesy of Alison Brooks Architects |
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| roof plan--drawing © Courtesy of Alison Brooks Architects |
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| elevation A, B--drawing © Courtesy of Alison Brooks Architects |
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| elevation C--drawing © Courtesy of Alison Brooks Architects |
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| elevation D--drawing © Courtesy of Alison Brooks Architects |
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| sections--drawing © Courtesy of Alison Brooks Architects |
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The people
Architects: Alison Brooks Architects
Location: Rainham, London, England
Project area: 4,000 sqm
Project year: 2010
Photographs: Tim Crocker, Alison Brooks Architects
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