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'Historic Achievement'
Vestry House Museum
| CLIENT: | London Borough of Waltham Forest |
| CONSULTANT: | David Gibson Architects |
| LOCATION: | Vestry House Museum, E17 |
OUR ROLE
The construction of two independent single storey exhibition buildings with open courtyard, connected to the original 1730 museum via a glass roofed link structure.
THE PROJECT
This contemporary scheme compliments the existing historic building with skilful use of light and space. The pagoda walkway and the glass roofed link building unite the new with the old seamlessly.
A mixture of new, and carefully selected reclaimed materials, were used in the construction process. The new buildings are traditional cavity wall construction on mass fill concrete foundations with pre-cast beam and block suspended floors. Extremely good thermal values were achieved by the use of advanced insulation materials in the walls floors and roofs. The roof was finished with a traditional ‘raised seam’ zinc covering.
State of the art under floor heating was installed together with an automated climate control system, to ensure the protection of the artefacts, and the comfort of the staff and visitors.
There were many challenges to overcome on this project due to the historic nature of the building, not to mention the extremely restricted site access and the protected trees directly adjacent to the new buildings. With a combination of innovative site processes, traditional craftsmanship and careful project planning we are very proud to have overcome these challenges in an efficient and cost effective manner.
We are also extremely pleased to have played a significant part in the evolution of this historic and important 276 year old public building.
CONSTRUCTION FEATURES
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