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February 12, 2010
NEW case study: Stonebridge Hillside Hub
The Stonebridge Hillside Hub, designed by Edward Cullinan Architects for Hyde Housing Association, is a key scheme in the continuing regeneration of the Stonebridge Estate in West London. It is a major resource for the 4,000 strong culturally-diverse local community. The mixed-use building provides a health centre, a community centre, a convenience store, café, open-market and shared-ownership apartments, private car parking, garden and public piazza. Extensive consultation with users and the local community was a hallmark of the scheme's development.
The Hub, replacing a derelict multi-storey car park that attracted serious crime, has earned a string of awards, including the Mail on Sunday British Homes Awards - Mixed-use Regeneration Development of the Year. It was also Highly Commended in the Structural Category of the Wood Awards and was shortlisted for both the Regeneration & Renewal Awards and Building Awards Housing Project of the Year.
Timber is used extensively throughout. Siberian larch was specified for the external cladding for its tight, uniform grain. The elevation was separated into bands of horizontal boards separated from each other by zones containing vertically fixed boards and windows. In addition, two differing sizes of horizontal cladding board were used. This gives the façade a textured ‘corduroy' feel of light and shade when viewed from the surrounding streets.
Both board types have thirty degree chamfered tops and bases to aid shedding of water and to prevent staining and warping. A subtle detail occurs when the horizontal timbers wrap around the balconies where the thinner boards are omitted to allow a greater degree of transparency to these outdoor living areas.
The timber envelope achieves a U-value more than 20% higher than Building Regulations requirements and all timber is from FSC-certified sources.
Inside the building a series of prefabricated glulam arches form the community centre roof structure. This runs from the community centre's first floor hall, over the building's double-height foyer and out into the public plaza, forming a generous entrance canopy. The roof, or ‘armadillo' as it is now known locally, curves across both its width and length.
The bespoke Douglas fir ceiling runs from the community centre and café over the triple-height health centre entrance atrium and into a GP waiting area, uniting the three spaces spatially. It is made from Douglas fir boards treated to Class 0 surface spread of flame.
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