Co Working Offices in Stratford, London Interior Development, English Architecture Photos

Co Working Offices in Stratford

7 Aug 2020

Co Working Offices

Design: Stamos Yeoh Architects

Location: 11 Burford Road, Stratford, East London, England, UK

Stamos Yeoh Architects recently completed a co-working office development project in Stratford, London for us&co which features what the architects think to be a unique one-off helical pre-cast concrete staircase.

The stairs travel from ground to first floor level, involves 20 reinforced concrete treads, each one cast individually from a bespoke fibreglass mould, and then laid above each other.

In order to support the staircase during construction, each tread was propped up with timber formwork, and as the stairs went up, three tensile steel cables were fed through each tread, all the way from base to top, and thereafter tied to structure at the very top & bottom and then post – tensioned (tightened up) in order to pull all the treads together. Then the formwork was removed and the stairs remain self-supporting.

It was quite a bit more complicated than that, but that is the essence of the structural methodology.

This staircase involved many consultants and specialists to ensure it worked and we are proud of the outcome.

The building itself underwent complete renovation as well as a two-storey roof extension to provide co-working space for our client.

The brief was to create a focal point visible from the main entrance and to use this as a feature from which to design the surrounding spaces. Holistically, we were also asked to create a new building to act as a show-piece for our clients business.

Co Working Offices in Stratford, London – Building information

Lead Designer: Stamos Yeoh Architects

Completion date: 2020
Building levels: 6

M&E Engineer: Tate Consulting
Structural Engineer: MLM Group (previously Fluid Structures)
Structural Engineer: Walsh Structural Engineers
Main Contractor: John Cirmaci Builders