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Southbank Tower announces partnership with Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) to transform the tower’s lobby.
ZHA’s first refurbishment of an apartment building interior
introduces a new mezzanine and lift, concierge desk and lighting scheme
for the lobby of the repurposed Southbank Tower. One of the UK’s most
ambitious renovation projects, the 30-storey office
building completed by Richard Seifert in 1972 was converted by KPF in
2015 into a 41-storey mixed-use tower that incorporates two and three
bedroom apartments.
The lobby’s design by ZHA draws inspiration from the organic forms of
flower petals that overlap to conceal the lobby’s lighting scheme. The
fluid curves of the structure house the tower’s concierge on the ground
floor, before peeling back at the top to reveal
a new mezzanine level which serves as an additional lounge for
residents and guests.
The sculptural petals in glass fibre reinforced gypsum and marble
furniture pieces within the lobby are formed to precision in an off-site
studio using 3D digital fabrication. This process minimises the
duration of works in the lobby and disturbance to residents,
while also creating original pieces at an architectural scale to a
level of detail otherwise associated with intricate, hand-crafted design
works.
Incorporating a colour palette and materials informed by the existing
building, the lobby marries polished marble and concrete with walnut and
leather.
Helmut Kinzler, ZHA project director explains, “The design has evolved
from our work reinventing the spaces of art museums and galleries around
the world; creating immersive spatial experiences for the Southbank
Tower’s lobby that enhance the materiality and
volumes of the original structure.”
Construction of the 200 square metre lobby will commence in early 2020 and is due for completion in summer 2020.
This collaboration with ZHA marks the first in a series of brand
partnerships for Southbank Tower on behalf of the investment firm which
acquired 37 apartments within the building in early 2018.
Source : Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA)
