Architect
and contractor worked together to bring steel-style Kawneer windows to the £17
million rescue of a partly derelict college.
Kawneer's GT70
slimline renovation windows as fixed lights and top-hung casements are
complemented by AA®100 curtain walling, AA®541 fixed lights and top-hung
casement windows and series 190 doors on the redevelopment of a former
Middlesex University site in Enfield, north London.
Now the
1,680-student secondary school and sixth form Heron Hall Academy, the
redevelopment comprised the refurbishment, remodelling and extension of an
unoccupied 1930s Grade II listed technical college over two years by main
contractor Willmott Dixon.
The glazing systems
by leading UK manufacturer Kawneer were installed over a year by JPJ
Installations - the GT70 windows replacing the original steel windows on the
Art Deco façade and the mullion-drained curtain walling, AA®541 windows and
series 190 heavy duty commercial entrance doors on the concrete frame
extension.
In line with current
thinking, the new wing was designed to complement rather than replicate the
original. Its arrangement reflects that of the original building whereby the
major communal spaces, in this case the new dining hall, are arrayed down its
centreline to connect the teaching wings to west and east.
It is visually
separated from the original by new Kawneer-glazed stairwells while Kawneer
ribbon windows were used to reflect the proportions and horizontal emphasis of
the listed building.
The removed elements
are replaced with a new three-storey block featuring Kawneer's curtain walling
and AA®541 windows, purpose-designed to connect the original wings and
accommodate new dining and specialist teaching facilities.
