EDITORS CHOICE
Frontage of the Wickside development . Image courtesy of
CJ O ' SHEA and Company Ltd .
UNIQUE SCHÖCK SCONNEX IS THE SOLUTION AT WICKSIDE
A major canal-side development , at Hackney Wick , on the edge of London ’ s Olympic Park , is being delivered by CJ O ’ Shea . Known as Wickside , it will provide 475 homes across a seven-acre area , along with an art gallery , shops , restaurants , creative studios and even a brewery . Buildings in Phase 1 have an under-croft walkway with a row of exposed concrete columns that required a recently introduced solution from Schöck – the Sconnex range . cold spaces below , with heated apartment space above . To avoid having to insulate the column heads , Schöck has incorporated two of its Sconnex products , which allow walls and columns to be directly and permanently insulated . This solution allows for exposed concrete finishes below the slab soffit , resulting in both an aesthetic finish and excellent thermal performance for the structure .
A graphic of the Sconnex type W in position
Schöck has transferred its Isokorb expertise from balconies , to walls and columns , offering a highquality solution that ’ s easy to use and contributes to a sustainable building concept . This is a unique solution in meeting the building physics calculation that estimates around 40 % of all structural thermal bridges in buildings are caused by walls and columns ; and these can be responsible for at least 10 % of the heating energy loss .
A combination of warm and cold spaces
The exposed concrete columns in question at Wickside support residential apartments and these sit above the commercial space below . When the commercial space is not in use there are effectively
ARCHETECH - PAGE 10