Archetech Issue 39 2018 | Page 73

The project adopts a sustainable approach, expanding and improving the existing office accommodation with the creation of generous communal spaces in the new extension at ground and first floor, as well as the conversion of the panoramic top floor. The ground and first floors have been expanded to activate the frontage and engage both visually and physically with the public space around the building, to create an open and welcoming approach. This new extension allows for generous communal spaces where the building’s occupiers can come together, share facilities and interact with the wider community, a fundamental aspect in TOG’s approach to the provision of shared work space. The larger floor plates are better suited to open-plan, flexible layouts and can be easily accommodated and reconfigured over time, future-proofing the building. The existing top floor plant has been largely removed and the elegant ‘floating canopy’ roof has been converted as office space and a rooftop bar and terrace which makes the most of the prominent riverside location with spectacular views across to Westminster and up and down the River. The relationship between the external open space and the interior of the building is mediated by the introduction of two- storey colonnades which give civic character to the previously introverted lower levels of Tintagel House, while at the same time creating a sense of enclosure and providing private amenity for building users in the form of external terraces along the riverside. STANTON WILLIAMS HAS TRANSFORMED THE EXISTING 12-STOREY OFFICE BLOCK INTO A FLEXIBLE SETTING FOR A VARIETY OF WORK STYLES, CREATING AFFORDABLE OFFICE SPACE AND ANCILLARY SUPPORTING FACILITIES.