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Situated in Clink Street immediately adjacent to the 13th century Rose Window wall, a scheduled monument, this development of apartments, retail unit and piazza for Clink Street Properties has required all of Mace Living's logistics and programme management skills. With the narrow streets, large number of tourists and the restrictions upon traffic arising from the market, just physically getting materials and plant to the scheme is a challenge.

The archaeological remains from the ancient Bishop of Winchester's Palace, exemplified by the remaining Rose Window wall, have resulted in their own complications for the team. Extensive excavation work was undertaken under the direction of English Heritage and conducted by the Museum of London Archaeological Services. This has been documented and then preserved in-situ. As a result the piling layout was revised innumerable times to avoid the remains as well as the pre-existing piles from the demolished warehouse which previously occupied the site.

The superstructure is an RC frame clad with brick, aluminium, timber and zinc. The ground floor columns adjacent to the rose wall are suspended from the first floor so that they do not impact on the important archaeology immediately underlying them.

We will be providing the shell and core for the ground floor retail unit. Over this are 4 floors comprising of eight one-bed apartments and 4 two-bed apartments. The fifth floor is occupied by two penthouses and associated roof terraces.

In the piazza area we will be constructing the new supporting framework for the monument. This will have curtain walling to the first three storeys and a mezzanine viewing platform at the original first floor level.

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Architects: Edward Cullinan
www.edwardcullinanarchitects.com

Structural Engineers: Price & Myers
www.pricemyers.com

Service Engineer: Max Fordham
www.maxfordham.com

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