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AT ARCHITECTURAL TECHNOLOGY IN THIS ISSUE Historic modernism Doctor’s orders The first fifty years Restoring Powell & Moya’s The CIAT Award-winning CIAT’s 1980s history Cripps Building hospital The magazine of the Chartered Institute of Architectural Technologists Issue 115 Autumn 2015 ISSN 1361-326X £5.00
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Editor 8 New life in Newport
Hugh Morrison
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Technology and the needs of the
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example, are open to all
high profile industry figures and It is large enough to have which we regardless of membership; not a
Institute members old and new. It influence in diverse areas of the can learn means of ‘back-slapping’
also involved the presentation of world including the Middle East, lessons for favoured members, but a way to
CIAT’s Awards; one of the winning Africa and Australasia, but small highlight successes in the
projects is featured on the cover enough to function without
the future discipline of Architectural
of this issue, and full details will wasteful layers of administration Technology.
follow in the next issue. and bureaucracy. It’s been said
that CIAT ‘punches above its Finally, the demographics of the
The event reminded me of the weight’; perhaps an overly Celebratory Luncheon also
reasons why CIAT is a force to be combatitive image; I would prefer showed that we are an ‘all-age’
reckoned with in the built to put it in engineering terms and organisation. Student
environment. It is old enough to say that we work well on both the membership continues to
have been established for half a ‘macro’ and ‘micro’ scales. increase, but at the same time,
century and to have built up a members such as Peter Whitfield
‘collective memory’ of how best to Some of the global reach of CIAT MCIAT, recently qualified at 64
serve its members and the public; can be seen in features on page and profiled on page 43, prove
but young (and fortunate) enough 30 (a look at practices in the Gulf) that we are there for members
to still have active Founder and on page 34 which covers aged 18-80 and beyond.
Members able to share their recent Region/Centre celebrations
insights with the younger of the 50th anniversary. I believe
generation. As the archive feature CIAT also gets the balance right Regards
on page 22 of this issue shows, between representing its Hugh Morrison
unlike many organisations we still members and representing the Editor
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A nineteenth century
corner warehouse
More than
turned contemporary
inner city dwelling
captures the essence of
simplicity that award-
winning CIAT registered
practice Kyson is
becoming increasingly
known for.
Isabelle Morgan,
Administrative
Coordinator explains
why the firm’s designs
are about much more
than a minimalist
aesthetic.
n the view of Scott Kyson MCIAT, his achieving this is not easy. From initial 49 Scrutton Street in Shoreditch is a
I philosophy of architectural design can
be comparable to that of fashion and
particularly the ‘Little Black Dress’, the
scale and massing conception to the
composition and articulation of a façade
or the energy and sustainability strategy,
Victorian warehouse refurbishment and
conversion designed by and for Scott,
his wife and their three children and was
concept being that the black dress great layers of intelligence, thought, winner of the 2014 Alan King Award.
should be simplistic, elegant, versatile research and experimentation underlie Built in 1863, the building, formerly
and timeless, with or without the firm’s designs. These processes do home to Patey and Company,
accessories. What Scott is saying is that not only involve carefully selecting the perfumers to Her Majesty, was derelict
in architecture, as in fashion the concept right materials for each individual project when purchased by Scott and his wife in
of the design must be robust in the first and site, but also an in-depth analysis of 2012. With a sensitive approach, the
instance. If it is not, there will be a need the surrounding townscape, streetscape refurbishment has revealed original
to layer and add on. Just as if the dress architectural features and laid a modern
is not right, a shawl, a bag or extra fabric to create a comfortable and
makeup might be added to distract If the design is simple yet sophisticated inner city
attention. He says, ‘What that is doing is right there will home.
masking the fact that you didn’t look
good in the dress because the initial
be no need to Despite the warehouse’s discrete
design or selection was flawed’. He apply layers of elegance, there is a lot more to this
believes that the same applies to unnecessary finish than meets the eye and much
architecture and that if the foundation of decoration thought and research went into how
the design is right in the first place, there elements of the old warehouse could
will be no need to apply layers of feature as part of the updated
unnecessary decoration. and proportions of neighbouring contemporary space. A lot of the layers
buildings. There is strong forethought added or built up over the original fabric
As Director of the Shoreditch-based about the physical fabric that will result (mostly during the building’s more
practice Kyson, Scott ensures this and how this will impact upon the recent life as an office building) have
philosophy is central to the practice that senses and lives of those who will live been removed to reveal features such
aims to realise buildings with a sense of in, work in and experience the spaces as the underside of the floor beams and
simplicity at their core. He insists that they create. the original exterior brickwork.
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minimalist
The process of removing layer upon
layer of paint from the external bricks
was not straight-forward. Although the
building is not listed, the desire to
preserve the historic elements meant it
was necessary to undertake an in-depth
analysis of how the paint could be
removed without damaging the bricks.
Although the initial idea was to grit blast
the warehouse’s exterior, through
sample testing, Kyson realised the paint
was extremely thick. In fact, it would not
come off unless the blasting was raised
to such a high pressure at which it was
also likely to wipe off the top surface of
the bricks, the most durable layer. Such
a mistake, Scott notes is common;
buildings are often blasted without
Sweet smell of success: the property was
careful testing, resulting in the strongest
originally home to a perfume company
surface being wiped away and allowing
moisture to enter more easily.
To solve this issue, the firm worked with
a restorative masonry-cleaning
specialist who were able to provide an
appropriate and environmentally clean
chemical peel that was applied to the
bricks for 24 hours before being washed
down with a superheated (150°) high
pressure (140bar/2030psi) water jet. To
find the correct chemical cocktail, Scott
explains the process, ‘we carefully
removed a brick to be sent off for
testing, they were then able to identify
the correct chemical compound required
to breakdown the paint. With the
technology available in this field, we
learnt that it is possible to recover
ecclesiastical murals that have been
painted over by applying the correct
chemical compound that would remove
the paint without harming the mural
beneath’.
Finally removing the paint, there was a
low moment of disappointment when the
bricks underneath were found to be
completely covered in carbon and soot.
It also became apparent that the high-
pressure water jet would remove the
cement mortar. The decision was
therefore taken to repoint the building
with a historically accurate lime mortar
and what came about hadn’t been
anticipated. The contrast between the
carbon stained bricks and very light
The kitchen features exposed floor beams of the storey above.
mortar was unique and even more so
Opposite: stairwell to the roof garden.
because it had come about through this
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The rooftop garden
unexpected process whilst unveiling the intelligent passive design and children and a luxury gym and sauna at
original exterior of the building. In the environmentally considerate basement level. It was also important to
end Scott was incredibly pleased with technologies within its design from the ensure a certain level of sound proofing
this unexpected appearance, ‘normally outset and only where necessary and from the street. Achieving a sense of
when you restore and sandblast, the useful. peacefulness and quiet in the heart of
bricks colour is enhanced to a bright Shoreditch was a challenge in itself and
yellow because you bring out their there was a thorough investigation to
original colour. So that was an amazing As a place of refuge find the correct combination of glass for
outcome.’ from the everyday the windows to ensure a balance of
Restoring and reusing as much of the
bustle of the city, acoustic and thermal comfort.
historic fabric as possible negated the outdoor space was The original stair running up the side of
need to manufacture many new an essential the building was relocated to the centre
materials. Where new materials were
required, these were carefully selected
requirement cutting a vertical penetration through the
house. By shifting the stairway, the
and Scott, as both owner and project structure of the warehouse was
lead has over specified leading the As a place of refuge from the everyday reinforced and a stack ventilation
building to exceed the regulations for a bustle of the city, outdoor space was an system incorporated whereby hot air
new build. essential requirement. Spatially, the absorbed by the house’s brick fabric can
building fills its entire footprint, which escape via the vertical route when lower
The house is designed to be as passive meant the best option was to remove level windows and doors are opened to
as possible with a balance of solar gain, the original pitched roof and build a let cooler air from outside in through the
thermal loss and passive ventilation as rooftop garden. dwelling.
three key factors that work towards the
sustainability credentials. In its Although there was an initial desire to This element of the design reflects the
appearance, the building does not boast flip the layout upside down with kitchen, notion that technology does not always
any bolt-on sustainable measures which dining and living areas upstairs near the or automatically mean high-tech. Here,
Scott generally avoids in his projects. He rooftop garden, the need for privacy and a sound understanding of how heat
believes that sustainability should not be distance from the noise of the street moves and how design can be used to
an extra or add on at the end of the ultimately led the upper floors to be control air flow allows for temperature
project, but should be an elementary reserved for sleeping quarters whilst regulation throughout the year and there
consideration in the design strategy from living and dining are at street level. The is no need for air conditioning.
day one. 49 Scrutton Street uses house also has a playroom for the Following from his own experience as
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an apprentice working under John terracotta have never had a reason to In Waterloo, Kyson is working on a major
Halton, Scott promotes a hands-on look at other technologies. ‘We believe project restoring the Grade II listed Old
approach to Architectural Technology that by introducing a secondary Fire Station and adding a structural glass
education. ‘One of the things I found substrate material and having it backed addition to the rear. The ironwork of the
useful about my own education was onto a concrete panel or pre-cast building’s projecting balconies was found
learning how to build before I learnt how columns we could provide stability to the to be severely rusting, hence there was
to design’. Although he admits there is a material’. an urgent need for restoration with a
case for learning the other way around serious risk of collapse. The former
too, as many do in architecture degrees. The result, he explains will not be the Marston’s pub has now moved back in
He thinks that an Architectural typical slick finish of modern terracotta, on the lower level, whilst offices will
Technology education gives good rigour but there will be five or six different ‘cake occupy the upper floors once the project
for working in a practical office mixes’ of terracotta that will produce is soon complete. The firm is also
environment. varied effects and colour in the columns working on a large scale mixed use
of the lattice shell. The aim is to retail, office and residential scheme next
After years of practical experience reinvigorate terracotta as a material. ‘In door, a limestone clad structure that
himself, Scott started the practice in the past it was a really beautiful material stands on an important junction
2006. Previously he had spent 10 years and it was used at the base of pubs and successfully mediating between the
in practice working for CAD Associates, quite ornate buildings, whereas in recent larger scale buildings of Waterloo Road
HBG Construction, Purcell Miller Tritton times it has been utilised as factory and the finer urban grain of Lower
Architects and Sidell Gibson Architects. Marsh.
Today the growing practice of thirteen
prides itself on realising projects like 49
Even in larger scale Scott is happy with how the practice is
Scrutton Street that are ‘intelligently projects there is great growing. The firm has gone from
conceived yet simplistically elegant’. To consideration and strength to strength and although it
date, the firm has completed many respect given to the would like to continue to develop, there
is no desire to be a ‘big’ practice. He
residential projects primarily working on
brownfield sites and adaptive reuse
selection of materials would like Studio Kyson to maintain its
projects in London. However, more friendly and tight-knit atmosphere and to
recently they are seeing a shift into hotel produced rainscreen cladding’. continue to apply the same thoughtful
projects. The practice is currently Although the structure is made up of approach and maintain client
working at planning stage on a new nine simple columns, Scott wants to bring relationships throughout the design
storey hotel in Islington. back a feel of the handmade. For this, process. He doesn’t want to lose control
he has been playing around with mini of the detail. At present, the firm is
Even in larger scale projects, there is pieces of terracotta. A small sample is refurbishing a room across the hall for
great consideration and respect given to never far from reach in the office and their workspace to expand.
the selection of materials. Much both abstract and representative models
attention is focused on the natural are on show in the Studio’s entrance. They are simultaneously building a small
qualities of these materials and what model making workshop. Although
they are capable of. The challenge at Kyson are also working on a new five expanding, there is still a strong
the hotel project in Islington is to build a star boutique hotel in Shoreditch for the emphasis on testing materials and
nine storey lattice shell out of terracotta luxury brand Blakes Hotel. The brand processes via different techniques such
column casings; although at this stage it has an existing hotel in Kensington and as model making both in the virtual and
looks like Kyson may have to invent the here Kyson are currently working with real world. The models around the
technology themselves. The limits of renowned interior designers Anouska Studio are made of the raw materials
terracotta mean that it cannot go as big Hempel to add a new private penthouse, and give a tactile sense of the embodied
as they want it to be, however, Scott restaurant and bar. experience that will result once a design
thinks that those who are making the is realised.
Feet of clay: the challenge at Kyson’s Islington hotel
project is to build a nine storey lattice shell out of
terracotta column casings; although at this stage it looks
like Kyson may have to invent the technology
themselves. The solution is likely to be five or six
different ‘cake mixes’ of terracotta that will produce
varied effects and colour in the columns of the lattice
shell. The aim is to reinvigorate terracotta as a material.
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New life in Newport
With views of Carningli Mountain (an extinct volcano) and the Preseli hills; the
extension and renovation of Pwll Farm House in Newport, Pembrokeshire, offered
Tom Kinver MCIAT, Chartered Architectural Technologist, and his team at Kinver
Kreations Ltd a unique and exciting brief. By Hugh Morrison, Editor.
om explains that his first The new owners’ inspired brief was to connected harmoniously with the
T introduction to the building and
clients was slightly unusual, ‘I had
a phone call asking if I could view this
create a welcoming, warm and modern
family home. The National Park planners
worked closely with Tom and his team to
extended living spaces.
Powder coated aluminium glazing units,
old farmhouse on behalf of the potential enable a beautiful rear and side a new feature entrance and bespoke
buyers that same Saturday morning as extension to be created. Vertical French oak and glass staircase helped turn this
they were unable to get there from oak ‘stepped’ cladding, sedum and lead home into an even more special place
London and were concerned it would be roll mop roof coverings helped create to live in and visit.
snapped up, I had a brief tour of the the stunning space required, but in a
property with the agent and with after sympathetic design. Tom wanted to The original property had a single storey
my quick phone call back to the clients, achieve a reconciliation of opposites, extension added during the 1970s as
they thankfully were able to snap it up where the host building, a traditional well as an outdoor swimming pool. The
quickly.’ farmhouse with its enhanced character, extension was truly unsympathetic to
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the main house. This created a house. We created a traditional first floor Tom, the clients and builders were
challenging brief for the design team, as rear extension to the farmhouse and recently rewarded for all their hard work.
Tom explains. ‘The challenge was to placed the juxtaposing modern The project was recently crowned the
create an extension that allowed for an extension under it’. ‘All Wales’ winner at the Local Authority
additional kitchen and dining area, utility Building Control (LABC) Building
room, master bedroom, extra The entire farmhouse was renovated, Excellence Awards for the Best
bathrooms, a games room and gym; with new natural slate roof coverings, Extension and Material Alteration to a
plus changing rooms for the outdoor lime pointing, decoration, plumbing, and dwelling. The award celebrates all vital
swimming pool, whilst aiming to undo underfloor heating. Oversize floor slabs elements in the creation of an excellent
the 1970s architectural damage to the and high quality materials have truly buildings; technical design and
old farmhouse, and ignoring the transformed this home into a welcoming innovation, sustainability and high
temptation to simply demolish the space, and the wonderful views of the performance.
extension. river and adjacent woodland as well as
the landscaped gardens are captured The project is now going forward to the
‘We looked to encapsulate the new with the large fenestrations. The project Grand Finals in London this November
extension around the two buildings, was completed on time and to budget in to compete for the best extension and
aiming not to outbalance the host farm summer 2014. material alteration in the UK.
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CIAT Registered practice Wardman Brown designed The Beacon, an advanced
and highly sustainable building planned for Hemel Hempstead. Lee Wardman
MCIAT, Chartered Architectural Technologist, discusses the project.
he Beacon, Hemel Hempstead by excess of the 10,000 plus dwellings Not to do so risks the Green Belt and
T Corona Properties and CIAT
Registered practice Wardmans
Architectural Services, is a 16 storey
detailed in the Core Strategy Document
September 2013. Unless we develop
land and communities more efficiently,
affects future generations.
The Beacon aspires to be the UK’s only
mixed use building incorporating the there will be a natural inevitable EPC A++ multi-dwelling building,
latest and most advanced renewable encroachment onto the green belt. Most utilising zero carbon and low carbon
technology (funded and supplied by local councils envisage at least a 1% technologies, with a unique design to
Symbio Energy a supplier and generator reduction in the green belt area as reduce energy loss, indoor arboretum to
of renewable energy) and aims to identified in the Core Strategy create clean air, on-site gymnasium and
become the world’s most sustainable Document. It is therefore imperative that leisure facilities providing an integrating
building. ideology and previous doctrine are re- community lifestyle. It includes ‘A’ grade
examined. When land is scarce, it is offices and a roof garden offering
There is a desperate requirement for logical to build efficiently, elegantly unparalleled views of Hemel Hempstead
additional housing in the UK, far in higher and lower into basement areas. and surrounding areas.
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The Beacon will provide 208 apartments In his foreword to the UK government’s
and employment in the offices on ground National Planning Policy Framework Lighting up the
and first floor. It aims to be part of the (NPPF) 2012 document, The Rt Hon
regeneration of the town as detailed in Greg Clark MP, then Minister for Beacon
the Dacorum Core Strategy and will Planning stated ‘Development that is
serve as a much needed iconic sustainable should go ahead, without The Beacon incorporates the best
representation into the gateway of delay – a presumption in favour of principles of sustainable community living
Hemel Hempstead. Buildings such as sustainable development that is the and efficient use of scarce land resource
the ‘Gherkin’ and ‘The Shard’ provide basis for every plan...Planning must not incorporating the latest in renewable
prestige to the City of London. The simply be about scrutiny. Planning must technology consisting of:
Beacon will similarly provide its be a creative exercise in finding ways to
surroundings with prestige and enhance and improve the places in Solar PV
sustainability kudos by aiming to be the which we live our lives.’
only EPC A++ building of its kind in the 0.96MWp PV installation consisting of
UK. ‘Sustainable means ensuring that better 2,216no 435W PV modules. Producing
lives for ourselves don’t mean worse an estimated 876,327kWh per annum.
Landmark iconic developments enhance lives for future generations... We must
the character of a town and act to lure accommodate the new ways by which CO2 savings - 401,000Kg per annum
inward investment into an area thereby we will earn our living in a competitive
promoting economic growth. It is no world. We must house a rising population,
coincidence that cities throughout the which is living longer and wants to make Vertical Access Wind Turbine (VAWT)
world such as Dubai, Singapore, and new choices. We must respond to the
Kuala Lumpur all seek to have iconic changes new technologies offer us. Our At this stage we have earmarked 2no
buildings which attract investment into lives and the places in which we live 10kW Aeolos wind turbines. We estimate
the city and country. It is hoped the them, can be better, but they will that these would provide a combined
Beacon will put to rest Hemel certainly be worse if things stagnate’ annual yield of 48,000kWh per annum.
Hempstead’s reputation as the ‘ugliest
town in the UK’ (Daily Telegraph, 13 Future development needs to CO2 savings – 25,000Kg per annum
August 2013). incorporate sustainability and
innovation. The Beacon is exactly that, a
The building aims to meet Dacorum’s beacon for sustainability and innovation. Ground Source Heat Pump System
CS17 New Housing policy for an
average of 430 net additional dwellings Client: Corona Properties
Design: WardmanBrown The GSHP system consists of 582kW
to be be provided each year (between peak load which is served using multiple
Engineer: Thomasons
2006 and 2031), while also providing a M&E consultant: Retroflo heat pumps throughout.
35% equivalent social housing offsite via Automated car parking: Skyline
a monetary contribution Renewable energy: Symbio Energy
Issue 115 Autumn 2015 13CONSERVATION
Historic modernism
The Cripps Building by Powell and Moya,
part of St John’s College Cambridge,
recently underwent major conservation
work. Toni Page MCIAT, Chartered
Architectural Technologist and Accredited
Conservationist at RH Partnership
Architects Ltd, describes the challenges of
a ‘historic’ modernist building.
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hilst many think of listed place for students, fellows and staff in enable safe access to the flat roof areas
W buildings as being at least a
century old, there are many
examples of modern 1960s architecture
which to live and work. However, during
this time there have inevitably been
problems of degeneration of the
which had been closed due to the
inadequate height guarding. The college
also wanted to take the opportunity to
that due to their innovative designs have building. At the same time, there have improve the sustainable elements of the
been listed. These often present been substantial changes in the way we design by utilising solar panels located
significantly different challenges to design and construct buildings − fire on the tank room roofs for water heating.
conservation than more historic regulations have changed considerably;
buildings, due to the lean design and accessibility; and energy efficiencyare The refurbishment works consisted of a
materials used in their construction. One increasingly important; and enabling new fire alarm system and
such example that has only recently alternative use of accommodation during compartments being formed to meet the
been listed as grade II* in 2009, is the vacations has significant financial current regulations for fire safety, new
Powell and Moya Architects Cripps advantages. services (both electrical and
Building owned by St John’s College, mechanical), new drainage systems
Cambridge. (both foul and surface water), new
guarding at roof level, new card access
Powell and Moya Architects were There have been system to the rooms, improvement in
commissioned to design purpose built substantial changes in disabled access by providing accessible
accommodation for St John’s College in bedrooms on the ground floor level,
the 1960s. The buildings were funded by
the way we design and thermal upgrades to external
former St John’s undergraduate student construct buildings components along with Portland stone
of Natural Sciences, Sir Humphrey repairs and renewing lead clad panels.
Cripps. The Cripps building opened in
1967. Where opportunities existed to improve
The college realised a number of years services distribution, this was taken to
The Cripps Building sits on the western ago that the quality of the improve access for long term
side of the college grounds. It is a four accommodation offered by the Cripps maintenance or reduce visual impact.
storey building formed from eight blocks Building is of a lower level than might be This led to clever design solutions such
joined to form a long snaking terrace expected by students, particularly those as utilising the new stainless steel
across the site, taking into account the studying in Cambridge. Whilst the rooms guarding at roof level to become part of
constraints imposed by the proximity of are very large and spacious, the level of the buildings lightning protection system.
the river, existing college buildings and thermal comfort is very poor and the
the Bin Brook which runs through the condition of the built-in furniture and The roof was also leaking after several
site. The snaking form created two new general finishes needed constant campaigns of remedial works over time
large three-sided courts. attention. which had led to excessive loading of
the slim roof deck. Structural repairs
The Cripps Building is an important This led to a brief to improve the thermal were carried out using carbon fibre
example of architecture of its period, performance of the building whilst ‘plasters’ internally, heavy screed
described by Pevsner as ‘a masterpiece’. providing en-suite facilities and removed from the roof deck and a new
Forty years since their construction the improved shared kitchen space for the asphalt roof finish on lightweight tapered
buildings still provide a very agreeable students. The college was also keen to insulation board.
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Materials were chosen to suit heavy phase started in 2009 and the final approval were received in 2009 for initial
student use and sensible cleaning phase was completed in 2014. phases with further approvals received
regimes in the new en-suite areas and in line with the phasing.
kitchens whilst original features such as Liaison was held with Building Control,
the indigbo doors and muhuhu flooring Conservation Officer, English Heritage, A contract management form of contract
were refurbished and retained in the Twentieth Century Society and other was used with specialist sub-contractors
bedrooms and corridors. authorities along with reviewing all being brought in for specialist items
proposed works against the such as refurbishment of bronze framed
The Cripps buildings contain 199 conservation plan to ensure that any windows, new lead cladding panels,
student rooms and a number of Fellows’ changes were not detrimental to the stonework cleaning, new stainless steel
setts (rooms with adjoining facilities) overall appearance of the building. roof guarding, furniture restoration and
This presented the college with a Given the prominence of the building, it fall restraint system.
problem of needing to decant significant was considered a listed building by the
numbers of people during the design team from the initial feasibility The works have been completed for
construction works. The preference studies for the project in 2006 despite some time now and the feedback is
expressed by the college was to phase only receiving its grade II* listing in positive. It is great to see such an iconic
the refurbishment works, carrying out 2009. Listed building Consent, Planning 60s building working well for the college
works on two blocks at a time. The initial Permission and Building Regulations and hopefully for many years to come.
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Make the past your future...
The CIAT Conservation Register
The CIAT Conservation Register identifies Chartered Architectural
Technologists competent in the conservation of historical buildings and
their surroundings. The competencies that all Members must demonstrate
in order to join the Register link directly to the ICOMOS guidelines
(International Council on Monuments and Sites). CIAT is a member of the
Edinburgh Group, a consortium of bodies with expertise and
representation within conservation, including Historic England, Historic
Scotland and professional bodies.
CIAT Accredited Conservationists are recognised by leading heritage
agencies to act as lead consultants on grant-funded projects.
To join the Register and for further information please visit:
www.ciat.org.uk/en/Join_CIAT/qualifying/specialist-registers
or contact Amina Khanum, Specialist Registers’ Coordinator at Central
Office on 020 7278 2206 (amina@ciat.org.uk)
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What the doctor ordered
P+HS Architects are
setting a new standard
for design in healthcare.
Isabelle Morgan,
Administrative
Coordinator, looks at how
this is being achieved at
an award-winning
hospital, with calm
spaces that encourage a
sense of community to
ease the treatment
process.
alking into The Endeavour Unit With an almost hotel-like atmosphere and client needs. From initial stages, regular
W at The James Cook University
Hospital, it is clear this is not a
typical NHS building. The light filled
aesthetic, the Unit goes beyond regular
treatment units to make the patient’s
experience more pleasant than is usually
meetings were held with the Foundation
Trust, NBBJ and Interserve at the
hospital that ensured a positive working
atrium and waiting area has a peaceful expected in a hospital environment. relationship amongst the group and
atmosphere, a result of the calm colours, mutual understanding of what the project
open space, and surrounding shading was aiming to achieve.
and landscaping. As you approach the
entrance of the Unit, the car park,
The staff claim to be Being a treatment facility, ensuring the
although only metres from the building less stressed...and technical elements were right was top of
disappears behind the now tall-grown patients have been the list. Also key, was the challenge of
wild shrubbery and is out of sight and arriving early for their how to design a building with a non-
mind. clinical feel. Technical Director Adrian
appointments Taylor MCIAT of P+HS Architects notes
The specialist centre for cancer treatment the need for a broad perspective on the
and winner of the 2014 Award for Completed in 2012, CIAT Registered issues at hand in this type of project. ‘In
Excellence in Architectural Technology Practice P+HS Architects realised the all projects, we have to ensure that every
has achieved an effective design solution project in collaboration with NBBJ technical detail is delivered to the highest
for a facility with a range of complex Architects and Interserve Construction quality, meeting rigorous standards for
technical requirements but also a strong Limited for South Tees Hospital NHS the building type, but we never lose sight
need for sensitivity towards the end user; Foundation Trust. P+HS Architects pride of the need to be sympathetic to the
individuals suffering from cancer and themselves on their ability as a practice users. In healthcare environments we
those accompanying them for treatment. to really listen and understand what the have to remember that users are often
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community at the hospital with people
gathering here to socialise and chat. The
success of the building has raised
awareness of how the quality of clinical
spaces impact on the daily routine of
staff, patients and visitors, the non-clinical
feel easing the anxiety often felt when
attending for daunting treatments.
Building radiologically-tight bunkers to
house linear accelerators, (used for
radiation treatment), as well as CT
scanners and other technical equipment
drove the crucial design decisions for the
Unit. Although multiple spatial layouts
were proposed, including one where the
bunkers were underground to achieve
maximum radiological protection, budget
ultimately dictated these would be on the
ground floor.
Much research went into investigating the
best method of construction for the
bunkers. In the past, the most common
method of construction for bunkers has
been solid concrete walls and roofs. This
method has a number of issues
associated with it and therefore it was
decided that an alternative mode of
construction employing concrete
sandwich panels, known as the Forster
Sandwich system would be used.
Although used in other projects in
Europe, The Endeavour Unit pioneers the
use of this system in the UK. The
manufacturers travelled over from
Germany to give a presentation and
speak with the design team about how
this method of construction would work
and the panels are a welcome alternative
Top: exterior view of the unit. Above: a radiological bunker to the traditional use of the concrete
blocks. Although they are thin, the
distressed or unwell, families are anxious P+HS worked hard to convince the client packing that goes inside them is very
and staff are working under enormous that the extra space (along with the dense and ensures maximum radiological
pressure; it's our job to create facilities additional cost) would give them the protection. The panels also have
that not only function well, but that building they wanted. It seems going that environmental benefits as in this case,
support users at this difficult time’. Led little bit further has paid off. The staff they were filled with local blast furnace
by Stephen Hatcher MCIAT, a holistic claim to be less stressed working in the slag.
approach to the brief was taken whereby new building and patients have been
the treatment facilities were incorporated arriving early for their appointments. This The main benefit of using this method is
into an overall design solution that is has been a nice surprise for both the that there is a reduction in the risk of
comfortable and welcoming for patients Unit’s staff and those who worked on the radiation escaping. With concrete there is
and visitors daily. design and construction, as this had an inherent risk of this happening. There
never been experienced at the existing are not only problems with it drying out
Central to this approach is the open plan treatment facilities across the road. and cracking but it is impossible to
double height entrance space, the atrium. properly test the mass of the concrete
More generous than the usual circulation What P+HS Architects has accomplished until it is totally set. If there is a problem,
and waiting areas at these facilities, this is not only a pleasant space to be in, but this is not known until the project is nearly
space was seen as very important and also a catalyst for a growing sense of finished at which point it is too late to
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rectify. The sandwich panel system is a
much more controlled method of
compacting and testing density. The
panel system also offers program
benefits because there is no need for
pouring large volumes of concrete and
waiting for it to set. With the panels,
Stephen says ‘they came on, they
erected them and they were offsite pretty
quickly’.
David Churchill
In another break from the norm, the new
treatment bunkers have made an impact
on how the patient experiences the Award-winning Kingfisher Court
building. In a traditional bunker, there had
to be a maze between the waiting area Stephen recognises the privilege of spectrum including social housing, extra
and treatment room to prevent the having a client who aspires to create a care, apartments and master planning.
escape of radioactive beams to adjacent building that not only meets the clinical With a high volume of Architectural
rooms. However, the design employed criteria, but goes much further. With The Technologists and Technicians in the
allows for an alternative which is a mini Endeavour Unit, South Tees Hospitals practice, P+HS are well prepared for any
maze access corridor. Stephen says, NHS Foundation Trust recognised the challenging brief that may come their
‘The mini maze means you must have a possibilities of design to affect the users’ way.
door at the entrance of the bunker, daily lives and Stephen hopes in the
however we felt that this was a lot less future to have more clients with such Adrian says ‘Projects are not getting
imposing than a long walk down a narrow vision. The benefit of good design can be easier to deliver. Every project is difficult
corridor’. What this means is a shorter seen in the results. so you need that very strong technical
distance between waiting area and back up to be able to deliver some of the
treatment facility with easier flow to the Stephen himself has been with P+HS complex projects we’ve done and that is
patient’s visit reducing some intimidating Architects for 14 years. Following the one of the reasons that as a practice we
elements of the experience in traditional success of The Endeavour Unit, he has are very keen on pursuing as many
radiotherapy bunkers. more recently been acting in a monitoring Chartered Members of CIAT as possible,
role for a new hospital project in demonstrating our strength in technical
The building has a BREEAM excellent delivery and providing reassurance to
rating and sustainable features were As a practice we were clients and contractors that the people
considered throughout the design very keen on pursuing delivering their buildings know what they
are doing.’ P+HS currently have 10
process and incorporated as an integral
part of the building. Generally, the
as many Chartered Chartered Architectural Technologists
building is naturally ventilated with natural Members as possible and 8 members of other grades.
airflow and daylight to all working spaces.
The atrium is especially airy in its Cambridge for Nuffield Health. Here, P+HS Architects continue to expand their
openness and passive solar shading has Stephen has been acting on behalf of the portfolio and work in other areas of
been used on all of the main glazed client, visiting site and inspecting the healthcare and housing. One of their key
elevations. Most of the glazing on the works to ensure that the building has areas of growth and expertise is mental
ground floor is south facing and here been constructed according to the healthcare. They are currently delivering
there is a brise soleil shading system with drawings and specifications. He is also a £41m project in Northampton for St
aerofoil sections over the front windows currently working on a new operating unit Andrew's Healthcare: a charity providing
as well as a large overhang surrounding and mortuary at the Darlington Memorial specialist NHS mental healthcare. In
the entrance. The combination of these Hospital. The Darlington project involves 2014, the Practice completed Kingfisher
passive solar features ensures the inside six new operating theatres and a Court near St Albans, another major
temperature is controlled effectively year- refurbishment of the existing operating mental healthcare facility, for which they
round. department and day surgery wards, along won Project of the Year in the Design in
with a new mortuary department and Mental Health Awards. Kingfisher Court is
A ground source heat pump was also bereavement suite. a state of the art, 86 bed acute adult
installed which helps provide the under mental health facility designed around the
floor heating to the large floor space of Although The Endeavour Unit is recovery model of care.
the atrium. This mechanism pumps fluid Stephen’s first project of this type, P+HS
down into the ground where the are well versed in building radiotherapy The stereotype of hospital facilities as
temperature is steady all year long. As units. The firm that began 31 years ago architecturally drab and sterile is shot to
the fluid comes back up it is pre-warmed has grown today to have over 50 staff the ground by P+HS as they design airy
and when it enters into the heating plant over two offices in Stokesley and Leeds, open spaces establishing a sense of
therefore it has already been warmed. and a new office in Newcastle. Their work calm and building community. It will be
This means that the boilers have less is primarily in the realm of healthcare and interesting to see what innovations
work to do and energy consumption is housing. On the residential side, the continue to arise as the firm continues to
reduced. practice has projects across a wide grow.
Issue 114 Summer 2015 2150TH ANNIVERSARY
CIAT: the first fifty years
In the third in our series of articles celebrating the Institute’s 50th Anniversary, we
look at the developments of the 1980s in this extract from 40 Years On: A History of
the Chartered Institute of Architectural Technologists by Adam Endacott, Archivist.
he year 1984 was an extremely Architectural Technology — the
T
Administrator Sharon Klein left the
productive one for SAAT. First, a Society after seven years’ service, Constructive Link
formal description of the work of having ensured that Graham Watts had
SAAT members was released: settled in as the society’s first Chief In May, the long awaited report from the
‘Members of the Society are specialists Executive. It was calculated that SAAT Reappraisal Group entitled Architectural
in modern architectural construction now had members in 33 countries, with Technology — the Constructive Link was
materials and management with an a regional breakdown of 5,351 — there published. The report was the product of
increasing involvement in computer were actually more overseas members over 18 months intensive study and
technology as it affects the industry’ than in two of the Society’s UK regions research by a group consisting of David
then, in January the inaugural meeting (South Wales and West and Northern Cracknell, Helen Cochran, John Gailer,
of the National Practice Committee was Ireland). SAAT introduced a new service Edward Grizzell and Graham Watts. The
held and began work on the proposed called ‘The Careers Information Service report presented a macro-view of the
alternative system for Building Control. (CIS)’, publishing careers literature. future needs of the UK Construction
Former RIBA president
and Brutalist architect
Owen Luder cuts the
Institute’s 21st birthday
cake with President Paul
Newman.
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Industry and the role of professional
Architectural Technicians and
Technologists. Broadly grouped into nine
sections, the constructive link looked at
the background to the current situation,
technological change, economic and
political change, economic input, project
management, future practice, education
and training, institutional policy and an
assessment of current SAAT policies.
The report was unquestionably the most
extensive single item of research work
ever undertaken by SAAT, selling at
£5.00 per copy. The publication
underlined the need for adaptation to
economic and technical change, new
methods of building procurement and
diversification of architectural training
and services. It also illustrated how the
application of technical expertise can
contribute to resolution of the many
problems facing the construction
industry from within the architectural Representatives of the new Hong Kong Centre at their 1985 AGM
practice.
In the same month, a breakthrough performance. Over 200 delegates At the close of his keynote speech
came for members in private practice on attended the seminar. The AGM itself ‘1984’s Call for Technical Competence’
their own account when large numbers was held on 23 November and it was to the SAAT Annual Conference, Paul
of Building Societies and Banks gave resolved that the title British Institute of Newman presented the third Honorary
recognition to SAAT’s full Membership Architectural Technicians be pursued membership to Professor Denis Harper
qualification, for inspection and instead of British Institute of CBE for his immense contribution to the
certification purposes. At the time, 255 Architectural Technology, as the latter integration of technical competence into
members were in approved modes of had been rejected by Companies House the design and building process, his
self-employed practice. Graham Watts in April, because of objections from the involvement as Chairman in the RIBA
made a visit to Hong Kong to assist with RIBA and the Architects’ Registration working party on technician education
the establishment of a Society centre on Council of the UK (ARCUK). A new and training which led to the formation
an informal basis prior to the AGM. Article of Association was created by of SAAT and his association with
unanimous vote to allow the facility of various aspects of the Society’s work
The first SAAT National Student Award the creation of Overseas Centres, thus since that time. The SAAT/PUGH Award
was presented by John Walkerdine, paving the way for the unanimous was presented to Sam Allwinkle for his
Chairman of the BTEC Construction decision to create the first such centre in article ‘Thermography and Building
Board, held at the Park Court Hotel, Hong Kong. Performance’. Sam expressed his
Lancaster Gate in June to four students delight at the honour of receiving the
from Richmond upon Thames College. As Graham Jackson handed over his award and donated his prize money to
In total, 32 colleges entered for the presidency to Paul Newman at the the Save the Children Fund for
award. The total membership at 1 AGM, he reflected on the publication of Ethiopians.
August 1984 stood at 5261 (2 Honorary, the Constructive Link and said ‘We have
4146 full, 819 associates, 187 students made a real beginning and can be In September, Owen Luder, now a Past
and 107 retired). pleased — pleased but not complacent President of RIBA wrote in Building
— and the older members have only magazine ‘SAAT members are growing
The AGM was held from 22 to 24 prepared and reinforced the foundation in numbers and confidence. It is no
November 1984 at the Crest Hotel for the younger members to continue accident that they propose to change
Erskine, Glasgow. It included a seminar the superstructure of what will one day their name to the British Institute of
on ‘Building Enclosure Performance’, be a very fine Institute of technology.’ At Architectural Technology(sic). It is clear
which would help very much in the end of his term, Graham Jackson where they think their future lies. It is
increasing awareness of the vital was presented with a bound and signed doubtful whether SAAT today would be
importance of architectural technology set of papers from the Council, at his prepared to lose its independence and
within the area of building enclosure last full meeting of Council as Chairman. throw its lot in with the RIBA’ −
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dustbin enclosure. Membership by
August had reached 5369.
Finally in November 1985 it was officially
agreed that the name of the Society be
changed to the British Institute of
Architectural Technicians. The decision
was made for three primary reasons;
that the notion of a Society had been
replaced by the reality of an Institute, all
matters now related purely to
Architectural Technicians and the rapidly
growing international membership.
Conferences
The start of occasional conferences for
CPD organised by SAAT in conjunction
with other authorities for the benefit of
members began on 11 October.
Approximately 40 members attended the
Cement and Concrete Association
Headquarters in Wrexham Springs for a
day conference aimed at discussing and
The amalgamation of IAAT illustrating new production quality control
and BIAT: Jim Kirwan (right) and site testing techniques for concrete,
and Charles Lehman new ways of using the material in
construction and means of avoiding
defects in reinforced concrete.
a statement which produced mixed monitor continually the activities of Charles Lehman became the Society’s
views across the membership. professional Architectural Technicians in first President Elect, a role newly
their Continuing Professional created to give the Incoming President a
Colin Denton MSAAT was awarded the Development. Over 140 members substantial overlap period in which to
OBE (Order of the British Empire) in the enrolled on the scheme during the first become fully conversant with the various
New Year’s Honours List of 1984 in month. The announcement of the aspects of the position.
recognition of his outstanding service as Student Award winner was duly
a Chief Building Surveyor. To round off announced and awarded to Richmond The AGM was held on 29 November
the year, SAAT produced an abridged upon Thames College, who retained the 1985 at the Danbury Park Management
guide to the 1984 Building Act. trophy for a second year. Centre, Chelmsford, Essex. The
delegates unanimously voted in favour
Hong Kong Centre Now, after 20 years, SAAT no longer of changing the Society name to The
remained the only Associated Society of British Institute of Architectural
Following on from the formation of the the RIBA under Bye-Law 75 of the Royal Technicians, and on the second day of
Hong Kong Centre, a Committee of five Charter. That honour was accorded to the AGM, John Walkerdine MBE was
members was duly elected in the early the Society of Architectural Illustrators awarded Honorary membership for his
months of 1985, with MAK Hon Kuen after several years of lobbying to long and valued services to technician
MSAAT as Chairman. The Committee become associated. To compensate, education and training and for his long
oversaw the first overseas assessment SAAT joined the World Organisation of friendship with the Society.
boards in Hong Kong from 9 to 13 Building Officials. The World
December. In all, 37 candidates were Organisation of Building Officials was 21 years of SAAT
assessed with 28 recommended for full established in June 1984 to provide an
Membership. The visit was substantially international forum for all professionals 1986 marked the 21st birthday of SAAT
funded through a generous grant from involved in the administration of Building and a host of events and commemorations
the Commonwealth Foundation. Codes and Standards. The Society were held to celebrate the occasion.
could now call itself a Chartered National Council approved a package of
Continuing Professional Development Member of the World Organisation of ideas to promote and develop the
Building Officials. celebration, which included special
In May, the Society proudly launched headed notepaper, issued to mark the
SAAT’s Continuing Professional Central Office undertook a face-lift in transition from SAAT to BIAT and a
Development Scheme. At the launch, the July with renovations to the front special one-day franking motif used on
scheme was not compulsory to members elevation and forecourt of the office. The 12 February. The 21st birthday proved to
and those undertaking the scheme work included the installation of new all the sceptics in the industry that the
would need to complete a minimum of sash windows at each level, the Society had survived and was here to
120 units of CPD throughout the year. cleaning and re-pointing of all brickwork stay as the only independent qualifying
The overall aim of the scheme was to and a new paved forecourt with a brick body for Architectural Technicians.
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