Staticus has been appointed as the façade contractor for the 32-storey, 107-meter-high mixed-use Tottenham Hale tower, which will consist of 279 homes and commercial spaces
Tottenham Hale tower is the final piece of the neighbourhood’s eleven-phase re-development programme.
Staticus’ façade solution comprises a mix of unitised, stick and crown facades, balustrades, privacy screens and parapet cladding, which in total will cover close to 15,000 square metres.
Architects Hawkins\Brown incorporated balconies or terraces into the design of all the apartments in the Tottenham Hale tower. These need balustrades or privacy screens, so to achieve the highest degree of privacy for each, without encumbering the view, numerous corners and columns are required.
Staticus UK MD Paulius Gurksnys said: “Due to this design feature almost half of all the unitised façade panels are corner elements that will require more design, manufacturing and installation time than their straight counterparts.
“In addition, the Tottenham Hale site is compact and located in the middle of a densely populated and very busy residential area, placing extra emphasis on health and safety at the site.”
The prevalence of columns and corner elements combined with the compact nature of the site make the installation phase of this project particularly interesting. To keep to the necessary safety standards without affecting the installation schedule, Staticus will adopt an innovative approach utilising a custom-built mobile jig. This will allow it to install the panels from behind the numerous columns.
Staticus is one of the first companies to utilise a newly-developed system that facilitates the integration of fully prefabricated sliding doors into façade panels. Its design teams worked closely with the system developers to ensure that panels fitted with this new system work as intended.
