Meeting place for the business world: Regent’s Place, a 13-hectare campus in London’s West End, is home to numerous global companies. These include Facebook, Bank Santander, the asset manager Dimensional Fund Advisors L.P., the group headquarters of the British department store chain Debenhams and many other well-known addresses. But retail, catering and other leisure activities can also be found on the business premises.
With the redesign of 1 Triton Square from 2018 to 2021, the development of Regent’s Place, which has already been extensively renovated, is progressing further. Upon completion of the project, which is being built by British Land Company PLC, the building will provide modern, flexible working environments. The offices are grouped around a large central atrium that connects floors and people. In the course of the expansion, the building will be increased from five to eight floors, with four large roof terraces at the top. The renovation of a total of around 34,000 square metres increases the leasable area by around another 12,000 square metres, creates space on the ground floor for retail and leisure activities and also offers more cost-effective workspace. Around 29,000 square metres of office space have been pre-let to Dentsu Aegis Network, a globally active group of agencies for communication and media consulting.
Most of the existing building envelope and superstructure were retained and partially renovated. This corresponds to the sustainable, BREEAM-certified (Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Methodology) approach for the project. New facade areas were also added as part of the building expansion. Facade panels from natural stone supplier Mineral by Eberhart GmbH, based in Saarwellingen, Saarland, were installed on around 2,300 square metres. They are made of the French limestone “Val de Nod” and measure 900 x 450 x 40 millimetres. The limestone panels can be securely fastened to the anchoring base with approx. 25,000 Fischer FZP II cyclone panel anchors. A special turning part with reduced groove width was used as the suspension nut of the undercut anchor in order to adapt it optimally to the Gartner substructure. The facade system is made of stainless steel (A4) and is therefore resistant to corrosion.
The Zykon plate anchors FZP II are anchored in natural stone in a positive-locking manner and completely without expansion pressure. “For this purpose, conical drill holes are first created and then undercut,” explains Detlef Postler, project support for fischer facade systems. "The anchors then only need to be spread by means of a setting device and then connected to the substructure. We offer the complete system with matching accessories from a single source." This technology offers many advantages. “By allowing the anchors to be attached to the back of the panel at the statically optimal position, the so-called fifth point, the load-bearing capacity is increased and the bending stress in the panel is reduced by up to 50 percent compared to the edge attachment,” explains Steven-Henrik Maier, market manager of fischer facade systems. "It doesn't stop there, the undercut anchors also look a lot better than the edge fastenings: This ensures a harmonious joint pattern without visible fasteners."
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