BRIEF+ SPECIFICATION

Overview

Google's new London headquarters building/King’s Cross Campus development KGX1 site sits between King's Cross Station and the King's Boulevard in London N1.

The purpose-built 11-storey building comprises more than 1m square feet of space The building, designed by Heatherwick Studio and Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) will feature a natural theme where all materials are sourced through Google’s healthy materials program.

The office floors will accommodate 4,500 employees, gym and pool, a multi-use games area, an Events Centre and staff training facilities. At roof level, landscaped terraces and a walking 'Trim Track' will provide outdoor amenity and recreation space for office workers and their visitors

The Events Centre will be on the first and second floors, and Town Halls, four smaller event spaces on the ground floor. These spaces, along with foyers, pre-function and support spaces, are all connected by stairs and a lift so that they can operate independently, or together to host a single event.

The Zone A Building will include two levels of basement. The basement areas, which include disabled car parking (4 bays) for the office functions (no on-site parking is provided for retail use) and loading areas for servicing the office and retail space will be accessed via an existing vehicular access ramp from Goods Way, which connects to the existing Shared Service Yard, which services King’s Cross Station

My aim is to create a building that was inspired and created by sustainable materials during the whole process such as:

• Straws

• Plastic cups

• Boxes etc.

• I chose this location because it was where the current google UK building is currently at, so I thought this was a good starting point. The location is close to Kings Cross station, so it was convenient as well.

KING'S CROSSKGXI

King's Cross is a big rail station where trains from all over the UK and Europe stop. The area around King's Cross is filled with squares and gardens, and there are lots of shops and restaurants here The Coal Drops Yard complex is where some of London's most expensive stores and restaurants are located The station is also home to many offices of big companies from all over the world. King's Cross got its name from a statue of King George IV that was erected at the crossroads outside the train station. The statue was short-lived, however, and was quickly demolished nine years after it was erected. This is because it is hard to change old habits

As a result, the area near King's Cross retained the name

SITE : The area that I've chosen is a site near King’s Cross station as well as near local shopping districts and Universities

ORIGIN :

The area where the London Underground stations of St Pancras and Kings Cross are located used to be a part of a large parish called Battle Bridge. The name comes from an ancient bridge that crossed the River Fleet The original parish church, St Pancras Old Church, is located behind the stations

• I have marked are where I would be placing my building using the yellow highlight

1830-1840 DEVELOPMENT

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• The name "Euston" is derived from a monument that was built in the 1800s at the "king's crossroads" where New Road (later Euston Road), Gray's Inn Road, and Pentonville Road met.

• The architect was Stephen Geary exhibited a model of "the Kings Cross" at the Royal Academy in 1830

• The unpopular building was demolished in 1845, though the area kept the name of Kings Cross

• The King's Cross St Pancras transport hub links six London Underground lines with two national mainline rail stations and international high-speed rail. This means that you can easily get to the UK's major cities.

• I tried to focus on the efficient movement of people around the area. I also wanted to touches all aspects of city life such as economic development, quality of life, social equity and public health.