Assaels Perfect West End Circles
Published on 07-08-2008 by Skyscrapernews.com
One of the most unpleasant pieces of sixties architecture standing near Victoria Station could soon have an intimate meeting with a wrecking ball if the Notting Hill House Association and Barratt West London get their way.
Located on Rochester Row, the narrow site is bounded by Greencoat Place to the north west and Greycoat Place to the north east and is less than 300 metres from the prime business and government centre of Victoria Street.
The proposals by Assael Architecture feature knocking down the existing office building and multistory car park on the site and replacing them with an interlinked couple of buildings, one residential and the other office, each with their own entrances.
The building will have its frontage framed using traditional Portland Stone with aluminium panels in between that will have patterning on them. Dreamed up by artist Oliver Marsden, combined together these will form a series of circles radiating out from a central spot rather like the concentric circles you see in a raindrops ripple.
Containing 38 private and 17 social apartments, the zinc clad penthouses will be located in a smaller stepped back two storey section surrounded by roof gardens creating a green living environment in the middle of a city for those who can afford it. They will also be able to enjoy some uninterrupted views over Westminster.
A central atrium will fill part of the space in the middle of the building effectively turning it into separate blocks, the access of which feed off the innards of the atrium. Topping the full height atrium will be EFTE, a strong plastic used most famously in the Eden Project in Cornwall.
Following the destruction of the old street-line by the erection of the existing car park, Rochester Row should finally have a chance to have a sense of scale and continuity restored to it, this time with a distinct street front.
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