Walkers Court Case Study by Cantifix

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Speci f i cat i ons Vert i calbri d gepanels : 1 7.

5mm heat -s t rengt henedlow i ronSGP lami nat ewi t hs olarcont rol 1 8mm argonf i lledcav i t y 25.

5mm heat -s t rengt henedlow i ron SGPlami nat e Bri d gef loor: 39mm low-i ronheats t rengt henedSGP lami nat ewi t hf abri ci nt erlay er 1 0mm low-i ront ougheneds acri f i ci al lay er Bri d geroof : 1 7.

5mm low-i ronheats t rengt henedSGP lami nat ewi t hs olarcont rol 1 8mm argonf i lledcav i t y 1 7.

5mm heats t rengt henedSGPlami nat e

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“Thecurvedstai rupfrom theground floori sfully-li ned,i nti mateand low-key,i nstarkcontrasttothe exposedglasswalkwaybri dgeatthetop.

Offeri ng pri vi legedvi ewsupBrewer Streetanddownthealleyway,thi s elevatedcrossi ng i sonethebui ldi ng’ s mpressi vespaces. ”-IanChalk, mosti Archi tectureToday “Oncei nsi dethetheatre,apurpose-bui lt lobbyspaceleadstoadouble-hei ght glazedbri dgetraversi ng Walker’ sCourt andi ntotherestaurantandbarspace.

Thi shasbeeni nlai dwi tha lace-patterneddesi gnthatrecallsthe netcurtai nsofthearea’ si nfamous brothels. ”–PaulaPi ntos,ArchDai ly

Challenges • Ani ncredi blydi ffi cultcombi nati onofglass andstructuralengi neeri ng • allowancefordi fferenti almovementi nthe twobui ldi ngs Desi gni ntentexcludestheuseofsteel • supportandglassbeams • Veryrestri ctedaccessandli mi tedspacefor i nst allati on • The1 .

9tonnesi depanelshadtobei nst alled aftertheroofandfloor

Theglas sf loorp anels i t si nas lotandi s s uppor t edbyt hei nt e rnals heetoft he d ouble-glazedv e r t i c alp anel.Theuppe rlay e rof t hef loori ss ac ri f i c i alandc anbereplac ed wi t houtaf f e c t i ngt hei nt egri t yoft hes t ruc t ure.

Ty pi calglas st oglas sjunct i on,s ealedwi t h weat heri ngs i li coneext ernalandbond ed wi t hs t ruct urals i li conei nt ernally .A whi t e cerami cpai nt edbandconcealsany i rregulari t i es .

Theglas sf looroft hebri d gehasanetc urt ai n i nt erlay erwhi chs erv est wopurpos es .Mos ti mport ant ly , i tallowss ki rt -andki l t -weari ngt heat regoerst o mai nt ai nt hei rmod es t y !Itals os erv esasanodt ot he area’ ss eed ypas tast hecent reofLond on’ ss exwork d i s t ri ct

Toaccommodatethedi fferenti almovementoftwobui ldi ngs, wedesi gnedaspeci almovi ngdetai ltoensuretheglass bri dgedoesn’ tshatterwheni ti spushedandpulled bycompeti ngforcesonei thersi de

Speci ali s tglas s li f t i ngv ac uum s uckerscapableof li f t i ngupt o3.

5t wereus edt oeas et he glas si nt opos i t i on

Duetospaceconstrai nts,the bri dgewasoneofthefi rst envelopeelementstobebui lt andtherestofthebui ldi ng wasconstructedaroundi t

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