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EBI’s Technical Hub in Cambridgeshire is a state-of-the-art facility for computer-based Genome research. The facility also houses a bioinformatics translational suite, to allow collaborative working between researchers, and training facilities. The complex façade design and construction was a key element of the project. The design of the building was by Abell Nepp, with the working drawings by Barber Casanova Ruffles, included anodised curved rainscreen panels for the façade of EBI’s Technical Hub. This design required a truly bespoke solution.
Just like the award-winning McLaren Technology Centre, the MPC has been carefully designed by Foster + Partners to fit perfectly into its environment to be as efficient and environmentally sensitive as possible. Its design develops themes found in some of the practice’s earliest industrial buildings for Reliance Controls and Renault and will showcase McLaren’s technology with a flexible, light and uplifting workplace, more akin to an operating theatre than a factory.
With a new building filling an existing car parking site, a new multi-storey car park was required, to be built on the rural edge of the campus. The design of this car park had to cause as little disruption to the natural surroundings as possible, while still maintaining the robust ‘green travel plan’ on site. ADP Architecture took up the challenge to create a multi-storey like no other. Knowing they would need a supplier that had the technical expertise required for the task, ADP brought Bailey Total Building Envelope on board to build a car park utilitarian in purpose but conscious in its design. It was evident from the start that several factors would need to be taken into account when it came to the design of this project. First, the architectural evolution of a campus university like Sussex had to be considered. Built-in the 1960s, Sussex University follows its own campus university archetype, exposed concrete, red brick and knapped flint are just three of the architectural features seen across the breadth of the university. At the same time, the placement of the car park at the edge of the South Downs National Park called for a sensitive solution so as not to disrupt bat commuter pathways and the surrounding mature trees.
In another impressive façade project, Bailey and Prater collaborated on the Telehouse North Two datacentre in London’s Docklands area. A £135 million 11-floor facility, the building’s exterior has been designed to represent the conductive tracks on a circuit board – the vision of Nicholas Webb Architects, a UK practice specialising in datacentre construction. Illuminated at night, the circuit board façade is a striking addition to London’s financial district. Working closely with the architect and Prater, a dedicated project management team at Bailey offered expert technical advice from the early stages of the project. Bailey assisted in creating workable drawings of the intricately perforated panel design using the latest 3D software. These drawings were integral to the precise manufacturing process and the correct installation of the complex circuitry pattern. Bailey also supplied the expanded mesh panels to the rear of the building. Again, these were 3D modelled to ensure that they fitted into the grid system and allowed for the projection of the steel supports between panels.
Bailey Total Building Envelope was pleased to add the finishing touch to the expansive refurbishment of Cayzer House, a tired 1980s building turned deluxe office space in Victoria, London. The multimillion-pound development of the building, designed by Chapman Architects, involved stripping it back to its concrete frame to allow for total refurbishment of the interior and exterior, with Bailey cladding a further two storeys.
The main challenge in this project was incorporating the niche specialised features for the stadium. Bespoke nosels for lawn maintenance needed to be installed alongside the complex internal speaker systems. These features needed to be paired with the overall design and installation of the cladding system and work in tandem with dismantlable rainscreen cladding panels.
Atlantic is bitumen compatible enabling many old roofs to be overlaid rather than stripped up. Stripping up cause’s considerable disturbance to occupants, further waste to be disposed of by landfill and the possibility of water ingress.
Major construction projects can often suffer from ‘too many cooks’, resulting in delays and difficulties integrating and installing different systems. Keeping the number of suppliers to a minimum increases efficiency hugely. Manor Lodge School in Radlett required a new facility that would not only comply with its green belt situation but also provide a safe and reliable physical activity hall for students.
NORR Architects wanted to emulate the undulating landscape the course is famous for. After constructing a scaled mock-up of the roof, it became clear that the sedum would need to be secured at 460mm intervals using green roof trims. Specified to tolerate the exposed location of the golf course at the edge of the North Sea, the green roofing needed to blend in seamlessly with its surroundings. With such a steep curve to the roof, a strong system was required to ensure that each panel remained flat, even with the growth of the plants.
The challenge of taking the design to reality was that one of the buildings on the development is curved. Salisbury Glass, contacted Bailey Total Building Envelope to help find a solution as it’s virtually impossible to provide a pressed imitation I-Beam which is ‘Truly’ curved. The I-Line system, however, is more flexible and suitable for curved facades.
Bailey curved fascia profile needed to be designed in conjunction with the Tube line while taking into account reduced space and on-site tolerance issues from the tube station. Most of the soffits were above railway tracks and could only be installed at night during limited periods.
Designed to kick-start regeneration in the area, the hub wasn’t without its challenge for suppliers because of its unique design. Bailey worked closely with BAM Design’s Architect and contractor Kovara Projects Ltd from the very start of the project to make the vision a reality.
