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long Victorian warehouses with attached train viaducts to create a new public space and retail destination.聽</span><span style="font-family: Montserrat">Built in 1850 to receive coal for London as it arrived by rail from the North of England, the two-storey brick and cast iron structures were later adapted for light industry, storage and nightclubs until they fell into disuse by the late 1990s.</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: Montserrat;font-size: 17px">The studio’s design opens up the area to the public, linking the long viaducts and the yard between them to create a space for people to enjoy. Rather than making a box element colliding with the geometry of the existing roofs, the gabled roof of each building rises up and stretches towards the other, meeting to form a new upper storey that gives the project a central focus.</span><br /> <span style="font-size: 17px"> <span style="font-family: Montserrat"> This glazed space provides an unexpected elevated viewpoint over London, while the sheltered double-height space beneath creates a heart to the development that can also host concerts and performances.聽</span><span style="font-family: Montserrat">At the same time as creating the new elements to the project, the studio lead a sensitive restoration of the Victorian structures and cobbled yard to preserve their historic character while adapting them to create an unusual mix of retail and caf茅 spaces. The outcome is a dynamic new public space for London designed for known companies, emerging brands and newly graduated students from the adjacent Central Saint Martins Art School.</span></span></p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="details"> <nav class="close-details"><ul><li><a href="#"><span class="hidden-md-down">CLOSE</span><span class="hidden-lg-up"><svg width="9px" height="9px" viewBox="0 0 9 9" version="1.1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"> <defs></defs> <g id="Page-1" stroke="none" stroke-width="1" fill="none" fill-rule="evenodd"> <g id="Artboard" fill="#000000"> <polygon id="Fill-2" points="1 1.26009135 4.2375 4.4572275 1.0875 7.56795457 1.4375 7.82718183 4.5 4.80286384 7.7375 8 8 7.74077274 4.7625 4.54363659 7.911625 1.43290952 7.5625 1.17281817 4.5 4.19713616 1.2625 1"></polygon> </g> </g> </svg></span></a></li></ul></nav> <div class="details-content entry-content text-center"> <div class="width-wrap xs-pt-30 xs-pb-30 xs-pl-30 xs-pr-30"> <h6>Client</h6> <p>Argent LLP</p> <h6>Location</h6> <p>London, UK</p> <h6>Appointment</h6> <p>2014</p> <h6>Status</h6> <p>Completed</p> <h6>Size</h6> <p>13,500sqm</p> <h6>Group Leader</h6> <p>Lisa Finlay,聽Dani Rossello Diez</p> <h6>Project Leader</h6> <p>Tamsin Green</p> <h6>Studio team</h6> <p>Jordan Bailiff, Einar Blixhavn, Erich Breuer, Darragh Casey, Jennifer Chen, Dani Rossello Diez, Ben Dudek, Andrew Edwards, Alex Flood, Daniel Haigh, Phil Hall-Patch, Steven Howson, Sonila Kadillari, Michael Kloihofer, Nilufer Kocabas, Ivan Linares Quero, Elli Liverakou, Freddie Lomas, Jose Marquez, Mira Naran, Ian Ng, Hannah Parker, Monika Patel, Luke Plumbley, Jeff Powers, Thomas Randall-Page, Emmanouil Rentopolous, Angel Tenorio, Takashi Tsurumaki, Pablo Zamorano</p> <h6>Collaborators</h6> <p>ARUP, BAM, Giles Quarme & Associates, Holmes Wood, G+T, Hoare Lea,<br /> Speirs and Major</p> </div> </div> </div> <nav class="close-project"><ul><li><a href="https://heatherwick.com/projects/buildings/?from_proj=coal-drops-yard"><span class="hidden-md-down">CLOSE</span><span class="hidden-lg-up"><svg width="9px" height="9px" viewBox="0 0 9 9" version="1.1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"> <defs></defs> <g id="Page-1" stroke="none" stroke-width="1" fill="none" fill-rule="evenodd"> <g id="Artboard" fill="#000000"> <polygon id="Fill-2" points="1 1.26009135 4.2375 4.4572275 1.0875 7.56795457 1.4375 7.82718183 4.5 4.80286384 7.7375 8 8 7.74077274 4.7625 4.54363659 7.911625 1.43290952 7.5625 1.17281817 4.5 4.19713616 1.2625 1"></polygon> </g> </g> </svg></span></a></li></ul></nav> </section> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://heatherwick.com/wp-content/plugins/google-site-kit/dist/assets/js/googlesitekit-consent-mode-3d6495dceaebc28bcca3.js" id="googlesitekit-consent-mode-js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://heatherwick.com/wp-includes/js/jquery/jquery.js" id="jquery-js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://heatherwick.com/wp-content/themes/heatherwick/library/plugins/aos-2/dist/aos.js" id="js-aos-js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://heatherwick.com/wp-content/themes/heatherwick/library/js/jquery.debouncedresize.js?v=1717253355" id="js-debouncedresize-js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://heatherwick.com/wp-content/themes/heatherwick/library/plugins/bxslider/jquery.bxslider.min.js" id="js-bxslider-js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://heatherwick.com/wp-content/themes/heatherwick/library/plugins/lazy/jquery.lazy.min.js" id="js-lazy-js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://heatherwick.com/wp-content/themes/heatherwick/library/plugins/lazy/plugins/jquery.lazy.vimeo.min.js" id="js-lazy-vimeo-js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://player.vimeo.com/api/player.js" id="js-vimeo-api-js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://heatherwick.com/wp-content/themes/heatherwick/library/plugins/jquery.mobile.custom/jquery.mobile.custom.min.js?v=1717253355" id="js-jquery-mobile-js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://heatherwick.com/wp-content/themes/heatherwick/library/js/scripts-project.min.js?v=1717253355" id="js-project-js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://heatherwick.com/wp-content/themes/heatherwick/library/js/scripts.min.js?v=1717253355" id="js-js"></script> </body> </html>