16 Chart Street

Built

Edmund Sumner

The redevelopment of a 1930's former furniture warehouse in Hackney. Using CLT panels the existing building has been extended to include a new building over the yard and a new rooftop extension.

NEW LONDON AWARDS 2022

Shortlisted in the RETROFIT category

16 Chart Street is a retrofit of a 1930s former furniture warehouse in Hoxton. The works include a new extension to the existing four-storey building, as well as a new stair and lift core alongside the full internal and external refurbishment. After 2-years on site the building has been transformed into a modern, interconnected studio space for structural engineering firm Heyne Tillett Steel. The new floor level was conceived as a working studio space and features a flexible, column-free space with four rows of 10m long north-facing windows to maximise indirect light and minimise solar gain. To the side of the existing building, a new stair and lift core sit alongside a lightweight CLT extension, creating a light-filled space for meetings at upper levels and a new covered entrance to the building. The existing masonry building has capacity for 150 desks and is designed to be both singularly occupied and tenanted to help financially future proof the project.

Vote for this project in the ‘People’s Choice Award’. The voting deadline is 1 November 2022.

Project information

Status

Built

Borough

Hackney

Size

1459 sq m

Completion

May 2021

Location

Chart House, 16 Chart St, London N1 6DD, UK

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