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1 t wo t a be r n ac l e s t r e e t Shoreditch London

T WORKSPACE C ONC E P T wo Tabernacle Street is a

ft office development in London s creative Shoreditch.

blend of period and contemporary architecture

the refined period details of the classic Shoreditch

through to the dynamic modernism of the office floor

rooflights, high ceilings and large windows create

2 T WORKSPACE C ONC E P T wo Tabernacle Street is a distinctive,50sq. ft office development in London s creative Shoreditch. Just off Silicon Roundabout, the development is a blend of period and contemporary architecture providing naturally lit office floor plates over six floors. The building creates a journey for each visitor from the refined period details of the classic Shoreditch warehouse facade and double height reception spaces through to the dynamic modernism of the office floor plates behind where double height spaces, dramatic rooflights, high ceilings and large windows create light and spacious interiors. 5 TABERNACLE STREET 3 Traditional Facade &... Period Reception 3 Modern Office Space... Dynamic Faceted Roofs &... 5 Naturally Lit Floorplates

CITY ROAD LOCATION Hidden Treasure T wo Tabernacle Street has a narrow Victorian warehouse style frontage on the east side

The site is within easy walking distance of London s key creative and finance districts.

world s top financial districts, is immediately south.

Nearby Finsbury Square provides outdoor amenity space and Whitecross Street market offers a plethora of street foods from

3 CITY ROAD LOCATION Hidden Treasure T wo Tabernacle Street has a narrow Victorian warehouse style frontage on the east side of Tabernacle Street in Shoreditch. The building expands into the L-shaped plot at the centre of the city block behind. The site is within easy walking distance of London s key creative and finance districts. Innovative Shoreditch lies to the north, the design studios of Clerkenwell to the east whilst the Square Mile, one of the world s top financial districts, is immediately south. Over 3,00 media, software and communications companies make up the East London Tech Cluster, making this one of the Capital s most vibrant areas. Start-ups sit beside high profile new arrivals like Google s Campus Initiative and Cisco s new innovation centre. Nearby Finsbury Square provides outdoor amenity space and Whitecross Street market offers a plethora of street foods from around the world on Monday to Friday lunchtimes. Transport Links OLD STREET OLD STREET 9 0 LEONARD STREET TABERNACLE STREET 6 7 WORSHIP STREET 3 EPWORTH STREET SCRUTTON STREET 5 8 Soundcloud Vice Magazine 3 Demand Media Ing Media 5 Moo 6 Mind Candy 7 Google Campus 8 7 Digital 9 Thomson Reuters 0 Sage Publications Site Model Local Media Occupiers

4 FACADE Restored Detail F ollowing a fire in March 00 the burnt out shell of the original building was all that stood on the site. Details of the surviving features of the Victorian facade to Tabernacle Street were carefully measured and catalogued by the architects Piercy & Company. The elegant period elevation was then painstakingly reconstructed in keeping with the surrounding Victorian warehouse character. Imperial brickwork with weathered pointing and stonework cills, cornices and column capitals bear on one another to create an authentic Victorian masonry frame. Openings are spanned with steel beams and infilled with traditionally detailed sash and casement windows - double glazed for thermal and acoustic comfort. At street level a huge 3m x m frameless glazed picture window to the reception space provides a contemporary touch. Above: Technical drawings showing reconstructed stone moulding Opposite: Tabernacle Street facade under construction

Juxtaposed with this, and hinting at the dynamic modernity of the office interior, are other more contemporary elements including a chandelier (Bec Brittain designers, New York), crisply detailed oak

5 RECEPTION & CORE Eclectic Interiors E ntering the building, visitors are welcomed into this elegant and characterful reception space. The authentic period style of the front facade is continued in the form of vintage interior features. Moulded plaster cornices, picture rails and a ceiling rose decorate the white walls and soffit. Juxtaposed with this, and hinting at the dynamic modernity of the office interior, are other more contemporary elements including a chandelier (Bec Brittain designers, New York), crisply detailed oak wall panelling and large format floor tiles. Although constrained by the narrow site, the reception has a 6m floor to ceiling height and a small first floor gallery giving it an appropriate sense of scale and grandeur. The core area contains two unisex wcs and a disabled wc on every floor. All feature modern sanitaryware combined with oak panelling, handcrafted tiling and cast iron radiaotrs Above: Material Palette Opposite: Reception CGI Piercy&Company

OFFICE SPACE Dynamic, Open & Filled with Light A ll of Two Tabernacle Street s six office floors have their own individual character. Faceted walls.

Window cills are set low to the floor to allow views out from a seated position. On the first, second, third and fourth floors frameless rooflights increase the daylight levels.

6 OFFICE SPACE Dynamic, Open & Filled with Light A ll of Two Tabernacle Street s six office floors have their own individual character. Faceted walls. distinctive glazing and ingenious natural lighting create spaces that are a far cry from anonymous cubicle-dominated office floorplates. Each floor is flooded with natural daylight. Window cills are set low to the floor to allow views out from a seated position. On the first, second, third and fourth floors frameless rooflights increase the daylight levels. Floor to ceiling heights have been maximised by locating heating and cooling units in a contained high level services bulkhead. Splaying out from this are high specification light fittings suspended beneath exposed concrete soffits. Ground and first floors are linked with a dramatic slot atrium containing a feature stair and frameless glazed rooflight. For a tenant taking on multiple floors, there is potential to extend the atrium into the basement office space. 305mm* 600mm* Above: Section through office space Opposite: Feature stair from ground to first floor CGI Piercy&Company * circa. subject to construction tolerances

7 Top Floor Office CGI Piercy&Company

OTHER SPACES Meeting Rooms & Terraces Terrace G enerous external terraces, ideal for drinks receptions or simply a break from the office environment, are located on the second and fourth floors

At the front of the building three meeting rooms enjoy views over Tabernacle Street through large traditional sash and casement windows.

8 OTHER SPACES Meeting Rooms & Terraces Terrace G enerous external terraces, ideal for drinks receptions or simply a break from the office environment, are located on the second and fourth floors and accessed via fully glazed double doors. They feature industrial powder coated steel balustrades and dark ceramic floor tiling inset with discreet uplighters. At the front of the building three meeting rooms enjoy views over Tabernacle Street through large traditional sash and casement windows. Exposed brickwork, oak cladding, exposed concrete soffits and dark floor tiles make up the material palette of these areas. Terrace 3no. Meeting Rooms Above: Meeting Room (construction photograph spring 0) Opposite: Model of scheme showing the location of Terraces & Meeting Rooms

9 FLOOR PLANS 6 he following pages show the building layouts from basement through to roof. Principle rooms T and functions are keyed on the drawings. 3 5 KEY Offi ce Space Wc 3 Disabled Wc Lift 5 Reception 6 Stair in Atrium 7 Terrace 8 Refuse Store 9 Cycle Store 0 Shower Changing Storage 3 Plant Ground Floor /3 3/0 Lower Ground Floor First Floor

10 KEY Offi ce Space Wc 3 Disabled Wc Lift 5 Reception 6 Stair in Atrium 7 Terrace 8 Refuse Store 9 Cycle Store 0 Shower Changing Storage 3 Plant Meeting Room Second Floor Fourth Floor 3 3 Third Floor Roof Plan

SPECIFICATION & AREAS AREA:,50 sqft of Office Space over 6 storeys (basement to fourth floors) FLOORS:

sqm RECEPTION: Galleried double height space 8sqm 89sqft 3rd 6sqm 7sqft 305mm TERRACES: On nd and th floors

showers on lower ground floor 600mm Reception Office 7sqm 33sqft CHANGING ROOM: Changing room with twenty

11 SPECIFICATION & AREAS AREA:,50 sqft of Office Space over 6 storeys (basement to fourth floors) FLOORS: Bespoke open floor plates from,09 sqft to,33 sqft 8sqm 89sqft th 5sqm 33sqft 050mm OCCUPANCY LEVELS: Up to :6 sqm RECEPTION: Galleried double height space 8sqm 89sqft 3rd 6sqm 7sqft 305mm TERRACES: On nd and th floors LIFT: 0-person 8sqm 89sqft nd 80sqm 90sqft FLOORING: Raised floors with overall 5mm depths HEATING & COOLING: Fan coil air conditioning in offices. Central heating in core areas st 78sqm 9sqft CYCLES: Twenty four secure internal cycle spaces SHOWERS: Two showers on lower ground floor 600mm Reception Office 7sqm 33sqft CHANGING ROOM: Changing room with twenty four lockers Basement 3sqm,09sqft 370mm SUSTAINABILITY: Very Good BREEAM rating SPACE: 305mm floor-to-ceiling heights TOTAL,5sqm,8sqft REFUSE: Refuse store in basement *NIA figures shown above

12 PROJECT Street Address Two Tabernacle Street London Borough The London Borough of Islington Project Size,50sq.ft Completion Date October 0 DESIGN TEAM Client Durley Investment Corporation Project Manager/ Cost Consultant/ CDM Jackson Coles Architect Piercy&Company Structural Engineer Price & Myers M&E Engineer GDM Sustainability Consultant Darren Evans Planning Consultant DPP Fire Engineer Exova Building Control Head Projects Group CONTRACTOR Kind & Company Brochure design by Piercy&Company Piercy&Company was founded in 00 and is part of a new generation of leading British architectural practices. The studio has carved a reputation for carefully crafted contemporary residential, commercial, and civic projects in sensitive historic environments. Influenced by the British Arts & Crafts tradition, Piercy&Company s buildings have a strong sense of materiality linked to the local. As well as looking to the past, the practice looks forward, engaging with new technologies and techniques in the exploration of more generous, expressive forms of architecture. An emphasis on a direct response to the conditions of each site has led to a diverse portfolio. From the conversion of an 80 Martello Tower into a private house, to the transformation of a tired 960 s office building into contemporary apartments on London s Oxford Street and the twenty-first century re-imagining of a Victorian warehouse for the Turnmill building in Clerkenwell; each project is shaped by a rigorous investigation of the particularities of people and place. At the heart of the studio s ethos is the concept of designing through making. A digital fabrication centre and the studio s own workshopsprovide a testing ground for new ideas, whilst collaborative relationships with artists and makers continually invigorate the studio. The studio s work regularly attracts awards and industry accolades. Listed in the Observer Hotlist and AJ 0 Under 0, Piercy&Company has been the recipient of RIBA Awards, the MIPIM Future Projects Sustainability Award and in 00 was nominated for both the Stephen Lawrence Prize and Manser Medal. Jarvis Keller Stephens St John St Smithfield London ECM AA T: E: agency@jarviskellerstephens.co.uk

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