IDR - Independent Design Review
Soapworks Bristol
Watkins Payne carried out the Independent Design Review role for Block A at The Soapworks development.
The Minerva House redevelopment works will include the partial demolition of the existing building and extension comprising of additional upper floors and a new lower ground floor. The development is a 9 storey building comprising 12,659 m² (NIA) of office area over basement to eighth floor and 289 m² of retail area located at ground floor.
The office HVAC consists of variable refrigerant flow fan coil units and on floor fresh air ventilation systems. Domestic hot water for office toilets and showers are served by central storage served by dedicated air source heat pumps.
Watkins Payne carried out the Independent Design Review role for Block A at The Soapworks development.
The carbon neutral status was achieved by exemplary as-built air tightness facade solar and thermal performance significantly in excess of the Building Regulations requirements, highly energy efficient M&E systems, LED lighting and photovoltaic panel arrays on the roof of the warehouse.
The project also involved the refurbishment of the reception space and improvement of the cycle store entrance and wayfinding at basement level.
11 Waterloo Place is located in St James’s London. The newly refurbished CAT A office space on the 1st floor is complete with amazing views of Big Ben and St James’s Park.
