Archetech Issue 25 2016 | Page 40

DETAILS • Location: Kensington High St, Kensington, London W8, United Kingdom • Area: 323000.0 ft2 • Project Year: 2016 Landscape • Photographs: Nick Gutteridge, Intended as a composition of free- Philip Vile, Sebastian van Damme, standing buildings in a green setting, Hufton+Crow the design of the landscape is of OMA Partner in Charge: Reinier de primary importance. • Graaf • OMA Project Director: Carol Patterson • OMA Project Managers: Mario Rodriguez, Isabel Silva, Fenna Wagenaar, Mitesh Dixit, Richard Hollington III, Beth Hughes • Allies and Morrison Partners: Simon Fraser, Robert Maxwell • Allies and Morrison Director: Neil Shaughnessy • Allies and Morrison Associate Directors: Joel Davenport, Heidi Shah • Allies and Morrison Associates: Sean Joyce, Johanna Coste-Buscayret • Allies and Morrison Team: Dinka Beglerbegovic, Fabiana Paluszny, Archetech - Page 40 Stuart Thomson • Structural Engineer Arup Structures • Services Engineer Arup Services • Acoustics Arup Acoustic • Facades Arup Facades / FMDC • Quantity Surveyor: AECOM • Landscape Architect: West 8 • Interior Design: CZL • Lighting Designer: R.A.L.C • Developer: Chelsfield Developments (Kensington) Ltd. www.alliesandmorrison.com www.oma.eu Underneath, there is a continuous basement, connecting the three residential buildings and the Design Museum at a single service level. Car parking and storage space are Its romantic character is intended to provided for the residences with contrast with the angular geometries private access to each residential of the buildings, endowing the block, alongside service access to the modern architecture with a deliberate Design Museum. ambiguity. Vehicles (as much as possible) are banned from the site, This basement also houses a number leaving the possibility of a landscape of collective facilities for the residents, with almost seamless transitions such as a spa sky-lit swimming pool, between hard- and soft-scape. cinema, and gym.