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Paint the whole world with a rainbow
Renzo Piano has traded in his usual palette of white and silver for orange, lemon and lime in his design for Central Saint Giles
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Situated on the edge of Covent Garden in London, the recently-completed Central Saint Giles provides 375,000 square feet of office space, 56 private apartments and 53 affordable homes, along with a selection of restaurant and retail units at ground level. Formerly occupied by a non-descript government building, the area has been transformed from a dead spot in the middle of the city into a lively piece of London and a place that will keep the office workers happy while welcoming the locals.
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Piano included winter gardens on the office floors, breaking them up with recesses and projections to ensure the office staff were satisfied with their new place of work. The architect says the challenge for him was to create a development that brought heart and soul into a forgotten part of Central London’s urban fabric. “A place that, by adding levitated, articulated and colourful buildings, physically expresses the people focused and socially responsible credentials of modern corporate tenants.”
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The project also has its fair share of green credentials;
BREEAM target of 'Excellent'
20% better energy performance than the current Part L regulations
80% of heat in the development is generated from renewable sources (biomass)
60% of rainwater falling on office roofs and the piazza will be collected and used
100% of cooling tower water discharge will be collected for re-use
Green roofs and roof gardens attenuate rainfall and heat build-up and have ecological benefit
90% of demolition materials are being recycled; targeting 15% of recycled materials used in construction
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