Aerial view
White Collar Factory ThE PrINCIPLE oF ThE WhITE CoLLAr FACTory IS To oPTImISE ThE CLImATE CoNTroL BENEFITS oF ThE BUILDINg’S PASSIvE DESIgN (TALL CEILINg, WELL INSULATED FAçADE, EXPoSED mASS) To rEDUCE ThE LEvEL oF mEChANICAL AIr CoNDITIoNINg rEqUIrED. ThE BUILDINg IS NATUrALLy vENTILATED AT ThE PErImETEr WITh rADIANT SLABS ProvIDINg BACKgroUND CooLINg AND hEATINg.
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Tall Ceilings
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sMaRT seRViCing
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siMPle PassiVe FaCaDe
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FleXiBle FlOORPlaTes
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THeRMalMass sTRUCTURe
Increased flexibility of use: volume provides for future market lead upgrades.
Increased natural daylight penetration
Improved temperature comfort levels
Efficient & even distribution of artificial lighting
Minimal provision i.e. no excessive ‘kit’
Maximum use of passive systems i.e. natural daylighting & ventilation
Radiant slab providing cooling & heating
On floor plant above wc area to maximise benefit of tall ceilings
Glazing where it counts i.e. above desk height
Shading where necessary i.e. to south/east & west elevations depending on context
Openable windows controlled by users
% of glazing varies to suit orientation i.e. more to the north, less to the south
Generous scale provides best opportunity for greatest market share
Potential for 2-way split tenancy per floor
Potential for optional voids between floors to connect tenancies
Compact central core provides good nett to gross floor ratio and wall to floor ratio
Exposed concrete for thermal mass and night-time cooling
Exposed concrete minimises decorating. Exposed concrete a durable & pleasing contemporary aesthetic
Minimise carbon footprint through use of GGBS concrete etc
Beneficial +5% on travel distances (smoke reservoir): provides for deeper floorplates
Optional ‘up-gradable’ add-ons by tenant
White Collar Factory is the latest iteration of an eight-year research project led by AHMM and Derwent London, and comprises a complex of six buildings at Old Street Yard including offices, studios, incubator space, restaurants and apartments set around a new piece of public realm, with a sixteen-storey tower at its heart. Together, these 27,200 sqm buildings provide a bold new marker for Old Street as well as creating a new, more permeable section of the city that references the alleys and passageways of the historic urban grain. Featuring long spans, flexible floor plates, operable windows, generous volumes and robust construction, the tower represents a new type of office building that takes its cue from the multi-level factory typology, and uses concrete in several ways. As well as forming the structure, the concrete provides the thermal mass, carries the servicing, and creates a highly expressive finish both inside and out. Board-shuttered concrete wraps the building at pavement level. Above, glazing is interspersed with metal panels punched with ‘portholes’, and banded with powder-coated aluminium spandrel panels. Project Team
Use of concrete perimeter upstand (i.e. the spandrel zone) & ‘punched’ windows increases structural spans & eliminates perimeter columns
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Architect :
Allford Hall Monaghan Morris
Main Contractor:
Brookfield Multiplex
M&E Engineer:
Arup
Structural Engineer:
AKT - II
Project Manager:
Jackson Coles
Quantity Surveyor:
AECOM
Landscape Design:
BB UK
Ecology Consultant:
Middlemarch Environmental Limited
Access Consultant:
ACD Landscape
Planning:
Gerald Eve
Sector:
Mixed use
Location:
London, UK
Address:
1 Old Street Yard, London EC1Y 8AF
Client:
Derwent London
Start:
May 2008
Completion:
2017
Total GIA
39,285sqm
BREEAM Outstanding LEED Platinum EPC A Wired Platinum Score for connectivity