Portfolio
Peletron Building, Cumbria.
A pelletron ion accelerator at the Dalton Cumbrian Facility (DCF), University of Manchester, is housed in a steel framed building which is clad in SIPs panels with rainscreen cladding. HMA worked with SIP Co as client and Longworth cladding contractors to provide analysis for the SIP panels in this geometrically complex building.
Fixings were developed to allow for differential movements between the steel frame and cladding. Aluminium framing provides an intermediate connection for the rainscreen and SIPs panels. Completed 2017. Client SIPCo.
Blagdon, Bristol – Detached Barn Conversion.
Conversion of a storage barn, almost completely rebuilt as a 3 bedroom home in a country setting. Steelwork framing was employed for longer span openings for stability and floor support. Larch cladding was used to achieve an appearance in keeping with its locality. Client SIPHus.
Port Lockroy, Antarctic
United Kingdom Antarctic Heritage Trust needed a new accommodation block at Port Lockroy in the Antarctic. Their brief was to design a building light enough to be hand placed, with insulation properties suited to the environment and in a form similar to the original Nissen huts built over 50 years ago. The design incorporated steel curved ‘T-sections’ forming a main frame for SIP infill panels. Erection went smoothly until work was delayed by nesting penguins! Completed February 2010.
School Launceston, Cornwall
Single storey nursery building with a large overhanging roof. SIPs roof panels internally with the overhang formed from joists, sitting on timber posts on the perimeter. Completed 2017. Client SIPHus.
West Heath Stair, Hampstead
A stunning helical stair with stainless steel stringers and glass treads. An engineering challenge was presented in which the glass treads contributed to the structure of the stair – packed tightly between the stringers without unsightly fixings.
The stair was given an innovation award by the local branch of the Institution of Structural Engineers in 2008.
Client: Bisca (UK) Ltd
IstructE Award for Innovation
Castlefield Chapel, Knot Mill, Manchester
Grade II Listed, this former chapel alongside the Bridgewater Canal in Castlefield was designed in the 19th century by Edward Walters. This challenging project involved reinstating column supports where large steel beams had been fitted at ground floor over recording studios, and inserting three mezzanine levels which gained no structural support from the existing building. Completed 2010
Manchester Society of Architects Award
IstructE North West Regional Award
