stubbs mill, ancoats, manchester repair and...
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SECTORCommercialCLIENTUrbanSplashBOOTHKINGROLECivilandstructuralengineeringdesignTEAMArchitect-SixtwoContractor–ArtezLOCATIONManchesterPROJECTCONTACTMarkMoppet,[email protected]
StubbsMill,Ancoats,ManchesterRepairandconversionofalate19th/early20thcenturymillintoretailandcommercialspace
ProjectDescription
StubbsMillislocatedintheNewIslingtondevelopmentin,Ancoats,Manchester.BoothKingprovidedstructuralengineeringdesignandadvicefortherepairandconversionofthislate19th/early20thcenturymillintoretailandcommercialspacefordeveloperUrbanSplash.Thebuildingisabrick-cladsteelframewithtimberfloors,andhadlainemptyforseveralyearsandhadsufferedfromvandalismandtheft.KeyFacts
TheArchitect’sdesignskilfullyandsimultaneouslyretainsbutrejuvenatestheoriginalbuildingwithsomesensitivebutstrikinginterventions.ThestartingpointforBoothKingwasadetailedconditionsurveyofthebuildingtoidentify:
• Immediaterepairrequiredforsafety• Repairrequiredforfuturedurability• Strengtheningwork/modificationsforthearchitect’sscheme