Worship Square
Structural and civil engineering for a new 9-storey workplace in the South Shoreditch Conservation Area. The development replaces two energy-inefficient 6-storey blocks with one high-quality modern office building.
Key features
Structure-led approach
A highly efficient design using a conventional steel and concrete slab solution with a centrally located reinforced concrete core providing lateral stability
Basement retaining walls
A secant piled wall installed from ground floor, inboard of the existing walls, designed as part of the basement waterproofing strategy to omit the carbon heavy liner wall construction
Re-use of piles and new foundations
The foundations are constructed from a concrete raft slab with the existing piles reused to enhance the bearing capacity
Exposed structure on office floorplates
Exposed steel beams create an industrial feature in the workplace interiors, befitting the Shoreditch location
Total engineering
HTS delivered total engineering for the project, including temporary works design of the basement propping and overall stability during construction
Geotechnical foundation analysis model
Structural embodied carbon
150
kgCO2e/m2
Material intensity
1159
kg/m2
Awards
Geotechnical foundation analysis model
