The Zig Zag Building Victoria Street, London, SW1

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1 The Zig Zag Building Victoria Street, London, SW1

2 The Zig Zag Building Victoria Street, London, SW1 Top: collage of Victoria Street Below Left: view of West facade Below Right: view of South East corner and entry Client: Land Securities Scope: Lead Design Architectural Services (CMT & Novated) Type: Offices, Retail, Gardens Budget: approx 180M (Kings Gate and Zig Zag combined) Area: Offices -17,440 (187,700 sq ft), Retail - 3,500m2 (37,670 sqft) Status: Completed November 2015 This BREEAM Excellent office building is part of a scheme that replaces an existing slab-like office building on Victoria Street in central London with two new buildings that incorporate a mix of retail and residential. We won this project in an invited competition in Spring 2010, and gained planning consent in November Demolition commenced in March The main contractor was Lend Lease. Changes in Westminster s planning policy in 2009 led to the demand for residential accommodation on sites previously dominated by office accommodation. We responded to this in proposing two buildings that are considerably higher than the UDP initially envisaged.this was possible because we saw opportunities for pedestrian permeability through the site, which led to the creation of two porous blocks and between them

3 two significant new public spaces and public routes lined with restaurants and bars. The design comprises two clearly distinct buildings that express their different internal uses whilst making a harmonious urban ensemble. Zig-Zag (G+12 storeys) provides office space from second floor upwards and Kings Gate (G+14 storeys) is exclusively residential from second floor upwards, housing 100 apartments ranging from studios to three and four bedroom family flats. Additionally, the scheme provides an active retail frontage at ground and first floors of both buildings.the office building is articulated with green-gold coloured metal window reveals that

4 Opposite Top: view of 6th floor roof terrace Opposite Bottom: view of South East corner and entry Left: site plan Below: 6th floor plan of The Zig Zag Building Bottom Left: view Westminster Cathedral Piazza looking East Bottom Left: view of 9th floor roof terrace

5 shelter the occupiers from sunlight whilst making the most of the views over the Royal Parks. Roof terraces have been planted with trees and plants. A courtyard between the new buildings creates spaces for the occupants to eat lunch and to enjoy the street scene. Whilst the building can operate with conventional air-conditioning systems, we have embedded cooling pipes in the concrete floor slabs which work together with chilled beams and an active facade to cut energy costs. When the concrete ceiling is exposed we achieve floor to ceiling heights of 3.4m. 10 of 11 floors of The Zig Zag Building have been fully let. The facade, fabricated in Germany by Gartner responds to current Building Regulations requirements for it to open to provide smoke ventilation, and the need for insulation. The opening panels create Juliette Balconies, offering inhabitants the potential for natural ventilation, fresh air, privacy and views. An external screen of vertical fins protect the predominantly glass facade from solar gain, whilst a hung onyx screen controls glare. Artwork on, within and around the building articulate its ethical commitment to energy use - transforming the essential technical aspects of contemporary design into a series of beautiful experiences of the city.

6 Opposite: view of office entry and South facade Top Left: view of office reception Top Right: view of Angela Hooper Place looking South Left: view of office reception desk Above Right: view of office entrance at dusk

7 Left: concept drawing of the South facade Below: model photograph of the South facade Bottom Left: view of the South facade Bottom Rightt: view of the South facade looking up

8 Left: view of female Wcs Below: view of public art works Below Left: view of 9th floor meeting room Below Right: view of 9th floor break out spaces Bottom Right: view of 7th floor break out spaces

9 About us Lynch Architects was established in December 1997 by Patrick Lynch. Projects range in scale from private houses, galleries and public spaces, to masterplans that include major civic, commercial and residential buildings in central London. Clients include major and smaller development companies, local authorities, private organisations, charities, and individuals, such as Land Securities, Hammersons, Multiplex, and the London Boroughs of Barking & Dagenham, Westminster and Islington. Lynch Architects won The Young Architects of the Year Award in 2005 and was listed as one of The World s 25 Best Architects in Wallpaper magazine The practice exhibited in the Irish Pavilion at the Venice Biennale in 2008 and were included in the Official Selection at the Venice Biennale in A layered facade that fits immaculately well into its surroundings, offering colonnaded spaces at ground floor. Subtle articulations of form in plan create a perceptible sense of arrival, a public street, a bead of experience on the string of Victoria Street. To walk round or past the building is not a dull march but a meander through columns, variable shade and texture evocative of landscape: urban fabric at its most humane. Professor Flora Samuel Blueprint April 2014 Above: site plan of Kings Gate & The Zig Zag Building