Listed Victorian wool warehouse reoriented and restored to house a community of fledgling creative and technology businesses.
Helical Bar
Whitechapel, London
153,000 square feet
“The new development has successfully walked the difficult line between conservation and imagination that is the perennial goal when refurbishing our architectural heritage.”
Ike Ijeh, Building Design, 2017
- Programme includes workspace, reception/entrance area, art and exhibition space for The Cass, cafe and cycle store
- Crafted interventions upgrade building while respecting history Building refocused towards emerging Goodman’s Fields masterplan
- New 12 metre-wide entrance cut into masonry façade
- Metalwork screen at entrance references history of building, but uses contemporary manufacturing techniques
- Floorplates replanned around five-storey atrium and ground floor ‘walk’ through building
Client: Helical PLC
Structural Engineer: Heyne Tillett Steel
Environmental Engineer: Exigere
