Pendock metal casings – Project insights
The decorative, durable and weather-resistant properties of metal casing solutions have long been recognised as key attributes by architects and specifiers, together with their inherent versatility.
Within the extensive range of decorative architectural casings manufactured by Telford based specialist, Pendock, its column casings, building linings and services casings all feature aluminium and stainless steel products. The following projects illustrate how the company’s bespoke manufactured metal casings are being used in three diverse applications.
UCL East Campus
University College London’s East Campus at One Pool Street on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, Stratford is using brushed stainless steel column casings to conceal structural steelwork
Designed by architects, Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands (LDS), the building is constructed around two towers of 13 and 17 storeys. A total of 12 column casings are installed in groups of three at four external locations, on the third level of each tower, in areas that function as covered, open-air student relaxation and break out spaces.
Each column casing is 775mm in diameter to accommodate the building’s structural supports, and range in height from 3215mm to 3370mm. As the column casings are exposed to the elements, their stainless steel construction provides a weather resistant, virtually maintenance free and highly durable solution.
Phoenix Point – London, Thamesmead
C-shaped and L-shaped aluminium casings from the Pendock Profiles range are being used to conceal heating pipework, electrical cabling and ventilation ducting at Phoenix Point in Thamesmead, as part of an extensive refurbishment and upgrade programme of flats located within the eight-storey cylindrical building. Originally built in 2008 on the site of a boiler house used for a community heating scheme, Phoenix Point’s circular structure provides a mix of one and two-bedroom flats.
The Pendock casings are bespoke manufactured to match the form of the building and are located below the walkway on each tier. Incorporating a white PPC finish, the casings not only conceal building services, but also act as a mounting point for lighting outside each flat.
St James House – Telford
The transformation and repurposing of a former HMRC building (St James House) into new serviced offices in Telford, Shropshire, includes bespoke manufactured aluminium parapet capping from the Pendock Linea building linings range.
Manufactured from weather resistant 2mm thick aluminium, the parapet cappings also incorporate a slate grey PPC finish to blend in with the existing column casings. The building’s main entrance has also been given a facelift with a new canopy incorporating bespoke metal bulkheads and fascias, also from the Pendock Linea range.
