QA1
Redchurch St
Project
QA1
Location
Shoreditch London
Category
Mixed Usage
Status
Onsite
The historic site in Shoreditch spans an urban block stretching from Redchurch Street through to Old Nichol Street. The building therefore has to relate to the industrial context on the South edge of the site, as well as the historic residential Boundary Estate to the North. The function is a mixed use building with retail use on the ground floor, creative office space on the first and 9 large residential units of varying types on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th. The facade design is responsive to the varied interior functions and creates an appropriate playful interchange with the neighbours. Shoreditch is an exciting place and we wanted to design a responsive contextual building absorbed in its locality. No facade opening is repeated but they sit within a controlled framework and use natural materials such as Lime render, slightly uneven hand made bricks and timber. Material changes articulate the change in use from the lower floor through the brickwork mid floors to the openly expressed roof penthouses with expansive City views.
Aerial map of the site bordering industrial uses to the South and residential to the North
My adjoining owners at 19-29 Redchurch Street are typical of Shoreditch property owners: an independent family business with local history and affection for the neighbourhood. The building is surrounded by long-term live-work owners; stakeholders with strong views about both the nature of good development and architectural design quality. Quinn Architects' willingness to collaborate and evolve a design in partnership with all of the adjoining owners, enabled a sensitive building to be both commercially developed and contribute to positive change.
Rebecca Collings, adjoining owner
