Project 03Warehouse conversion into offices53°29′02″N 002°13′34″W
Foundry 9
- Client
- Ancoats Works Ltd
- Location
- Manchester, United Kingdom
- Year
- 2024
- Area
- 3,800 m²
- Duration
- 19 months
- Structural engineer
- Hallam Rowe Structures, Manchester
We kept the 1924 concrete frame and gave it another hundred years.
Foundry 9 was built in 1924 as a pattern store for the iron foundries of Ancoats: a reinforced concrete frame with a grid of deep-set windows. It had stood empty for eighteen years when we were asked to turn it into offices.
We repaired the frame rather than replacing it, injecting 2,300 metres of cracks with resin and recasting every window reveal in matching concrete. Keeping the structure saved an estimated 1,900 tonnes of carbon.
Inside, a new steel stair rises through a cut light well, and four open floors carry raised access floors over the original slabs. The tenants moved in ten days ahead of programme.
Site 53°29′02″N 002°13′34″W
- Structure
- Retained 1924 reinforced concrete frame
- Repairs
- 2,300 m of resin crack injection
- Windows
- Recast reveals, slim steel frames
- Floors
- Raised access over original slabs
- Stair
- Brushed steel, made in Rotterdam
- Rating
- BREEAM Excellent
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