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BESPOKE LIFT INSTALLATION
PASSENGER LIFT
OUR CLIENT
£125 MILLION POUND PROPERTY
The centre of London is home to some
of the most expensive real estate in the
world. Residential homes comprising of 12
bedrooms, 2 basements, 2 lifts, a cinema, a
gym, separate leisure areas, a Spa complete
with a 20m Swimming Pool that seamlessly
transforms itself into an entertainment space,
plus a separate mews property, this superprime
project totalled 22,500 square feet.
iKONIC LIFTS Ltd was one of several
sub-contractors working on this major
residential project, nestled anonymously
amongst foreign embassies in the heart
of Belgravia which required flexibility,
teamwork, and an exact approach to
quality control.
IKONIC CHALLENGE
iKONIC had to ensure this lift looked
stunning but also worked effortlessly, oval
underdriven glazed doors, aged bronze
finishes, space limitations. The structure
was cleverly designed to be used as a
conduit for all necessary electrical and
mechanical services minimising the visual
impact.
Installing a circular lift into a delicate
elliptical stone staircase was a significant
challenge as the structure of the lift could
not transfer any load to the delicate feature
staircase in this £125m property and was
certainly going to be challenging.
Due to the bespoke nature of the lift
several design workshops were held with
the client’s representatives and architects
enabling visual concepts to be developed
and samples produced.
Upon approval of the shaft samples 3D
solid working models were developed
enabling the structural integrity of the shaft
to be closely analysed. It quickly became
apparent there was a tendency for the
structure to lean into the staircase which
was not acceptable.
To overcome the bending movement,
we designed a structural spine for the
shaft by using more rigid structural steel
for the shaft panels located at the rear of
the structure cancelling the flexing of the
structure to within tolerable limits.