The new structural timber office building will feature a flexible, open-plan layout and aims to catalyse job creation in Lambeth, attracting creative industries to this part of London. Paradise has been designed to create happy and healthy workspaces, utilising the biophilic and low carbon benefits of structural timber.
B&K Structures were appointed to design and deliver the structural timber elements, including cross laminated timber slabs and V shaped glulam feature columns. The relationship between timber materials features intricate and visually sensitive connections.
Cross laminated timber and glulam have been specified for their low carbon and biophilic qualities, whilst also being sympathetic to the local landscape; the office will directly border a park on one side and overlook a tree canopy on the other. The inclusion of timber is a celebration of the material, and will provide high quality, visually appealing workspace for Paradise's future tenants. Appealing to potential tenants who are becoming increasingly conscious of their own carbon credentials, Paradise is predicted to achieve RIBA’s 2030 Climate Challenge and LETI’s 2030 target; the carbon locked in the frame is equivalent to c. 60 years of tenant emissions.
Like its name suggests, Paradise has been designed to create happy and healthy workspaces. The commercial scheme aims to set new benchmarks of environmentally friendly, low carbon construction whilst promoting occupiers’ health and wellbeing.
The 2111 cubic meters of CLT and 262 cubic meters of Glulam across the Paradise project has resulted in the sequestration of a total of 1805 tonnes of carbon, and due to the responsible management of the forest across BKS’ supply chain, the timber elements will be entirely replaced by new growth in just 8 minutes and 39 seconds.