Proposed
Allford Hall Monaghan Morris
Located at the centre of the Knowledge Quarter opposite Kings' Cross and St. Pancras stations, Belgrove House is a new-build specialised office and laboratory building for the life sciences sector.
Located at the centre of the Knowledge Quarter on Euston Road opposite King’s Cross and St. Pancras stations in Camden, the proposal at Belgrove House is a new specialised office and laboratory building for the life sciences sector. It is designed to be highly sustainable and an example of how carbon emissions may be reduced in construction, operation, and future refurbishment, including whole-life carbon assessment.
A planning application for the building has been submitted to Camden Council.
The building's configuration emerges from a clear, legible arrangement of uses on the site. Life sciences research laboratories and write-up offices can be located on the largest floorplates at floors one to three, providing animation to the façades and a public window into the research activity within. HQ style offices can be located to the north of the site on floors five to nine. A generous ground floor provides combined occupant and public access via the main entrance on Euston Road into a reception and exhibition space. A new step-free entrance to the Underground is proposed, located on the north-west corner, a direct link from the building into King’s Cross and St. Pancras Stations. From Argyle Square a publicly-accessible entrance into a café and event, meeting and education space is proposed offering new animation to the square and access into the lower-ground floor auditorium.
A principal objective for Belgrove House is to ensure the development and its occupiers contribute to reducing inequalities and increasing life chances in the area. The proposed development will deliver a substantial package of public benefits that respond to this objective, and Camden’s vision, maximising social value at the planning, construction, and end user phases by supporting increased access to jobs, skills training, and education opportunities.
The ground floor entrances will provide shared access for MSD employees, members of the public, and Knowledge Quarter organisations. This will foster engagement, exchange, and public awareness of the opportunities associated with the development.
A second objective is to deliver a highly sustainable building. To achieve this the team have utilised a full life-cycle carbon assessment model, and have developed a series of innovative design measures, including novel ventilation strategies and highly efficient systems that substantially reduce operational carbon emissions. A ‘biophilic’ double-skin façade will provide views through planting and the opportunity for fresh air from opening windows.
Precis Advisory, Gerald Eve Planning Consultants and AHMM Architects
‘This is to be a building at the heart of Camden, the Knowledge Quarter, and London. It is an exciting opportunity to add to the historic importance of the area, which has always been dynamic and is now London’s centre of industry and innovation We hope that our proposal starts an industry conversation about the future direction of the design, flexibility and sustainability of life science building programmes; offers new spatial opportunities for research, collaboration and innovation amongst science and technology organisations; and, importantly, inspires local people in Camden, and especially young people,
by giving them access to this incubator of ideas and exemplar of design.’
Project information
Status
Proposed
Borough
Camden
Size
25000 sq m
Completion
2025
Location
King's Cross St. Pancras, Euston Rd, London N1 9AL, UK
Team Credits
Acoustic Consultant
Sandy Brown
Approved Inspector
Bureau Veritas
Architect
Client
Cost Consultant
Alinea
Ecology Consultant
PJC Consultancy
Facade Engineer
FMDC
Fire Consultant
Bureau Veritas
Heritage Consultant
Peter Stewart Consultancy
Landscape Architect
Bradley-Hole Schoenaich Landscape
M&E / Sustainability Engineer
Planning Consultant
Community Consultation Consultant
Services Engineer
Structural Engineer
Transport Consultant
TTP
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Last updated on
31/05/2024
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