connections points , creating a sportier modern looking distribution centre .
The roof shape was adapted to the client ’ s functional requirements for racking heights , while providing a visually striking architectural motif that was drawn through the rest of the facility .
Due to the limited site available , the challenge was to optimise everything . By placing certain infrastructure on top of one another where the height requirements were limited the design team could free up more available footprint . The office infrastructure was placed on top of the low-level banana ripening rooms - which was an option , due to the latter being placed outside the general warehouse footprint , which in turn created more available stacking space on the temperaturecontrolled warehouse floor .
This also created the opportunity for an oasis for the staff , raised high above the hard landscape of the working yard . Carrying on from this theme running through all aspects of the project , the architects then used the required legislative fire
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