Game-changing green
A playful example of post-Olympic East London regeneration. Here East provides an XL setting for large and small, tech giants to craftspeople, to work and experiment.
📍Location
🏢Building Details
Retrofit of London 2012 Olympic Games media hub into 1.2m sq. ft. dynamic office space, across 3 buildings (area could fit x6 Boeing 747s)
Community campus for 3,700 people: innovative start-ups, scientists, artists
Winner of RICS Social Impact National Awards 2020 – Project of the Year
👷🏾♀️Developer & Contractor
Gavin Poole – CEO of Here East
Daniel Dawe – Director of Investment at Delancey
✍️Architects & Engineers
Nicola Rutt – Former Partner at Hawkins\Brown
David Bickle – Partner & Creative Director at Hawkins\Brown
Dr Sarah Prichard – UK Managing Director & Partner at Buro Happold
Simon Jughard – Associate Structural Engineer at Arup
Kath Kok – Former Senior Consultant at LDA Design
Steve Cook – Former Managing Partner, now Consultant, at Cundall
Dusty Gedge – President of European Federation of Green Roof and Green Wall Associations (EFB)
🌱Sustainability
BREEAM Excellent + powered by 100% renewable electricity
Bio-solar roof = combination of solar panels + green roof – plants help create atmosphere for solar panels to function optimally
Extensive reuse of existing structure + materials
Energy-saving measures: connection to local district heating system + 8m digitally printed dots provide solar shading to façade
Set within 45 hectares of Biodiversity Action Plan habitat
🥦 Wellbeing
‘The Gantry’ – 3-storey external steel frame (former air conditioning units) – now a “cabinet of curiosities for the 21st century” providing space for artist studios
‘The Yard’ – facilities for outdoor cinema, markets, public events, even a retro video-game bar – strong social focus
Home to Global Disability Innovation Hub – driving new ways of thinking about disability innovation
🎈Bonus feature
It used WikiHouse technology: an open-source construction system and global design commons for high-performance, low-energy buildings. It means buildings can be customised, printed, and self-assembled. The mission of WikiHouse is decentralisation – empowering local communities to build the infrastructure they need.
🔗 Check it out https://www.hawkinsbrown.com/projects/here-east
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