Completed in April 2022, this extensive refurbishment of Grade II listed building Bridge House will create light, and airy contemporary CAT-A office space which will incorporate AET’s innovative and highly adaptive underfloor air conditioning (UfAC) system across all five floors.
Purchased in 2020 by GMS Estates and located next to London Bridge, Bridge House, was originally built in 1832 as a hotel, and subsequently altered in the 1960s with a rear annex added in the 1970s.
The refurbishment of the building was led by award winning Emrys Architects, who obtained planning consent to remove the 1960s rooflights, create new windows, and add a new floor above the old 1970s annex. Furthermore, a new garden roof terrace will deliver stunning views across the City, Borough Market and Southwark Cathedral.
AET’s CAM-V (floor supply, high level return) system was selected by consulting engineers and long standing supporters Milieu Consult as the most appropriate air conditioning solution, as it offered the highest level of flexibility and adaptability as well as enabling the generous floor to ceiling heights to maximised at the same time. An underfloor air conditioning system efficiently and effectively makes use of the void beneath a raised access floor to create the air ventilation path, eliminating the need for unsightly ceiling-based services.
“AET Flexible Space’s UfAC ™ is, as the name suggests, very flexible. It provides a very comfortable environment and an opportunity for occupants to create change within the workplace with much more ease than traditional overhead systems.”
A total of 13 CAM-V33 Conditioned Air Modules (CAM’s) were installed across five floors which are served by high-efficiency, roof mounted heat pump units. Conditioned air is delivered into the space by AET’s market leading fan assisted Fantile™ units which fit seamlessly within the raised floor void. A mixture of AET’s standard TU4 and slim line TU350 Fantile™ units were installed throughout the building with the later on the Ground and Fourth floors to accommodate the shallower, 200mm floor void. The used room air is then routed back to the CAM units at high level where it mixes with fresh air, filtered, reconditioned and redistributed back into the floor void.
The adaptability of AET’s UfAC system will give the incoming tenants complete control over how they use the office space by allowing them to quickly and easily reposition the Fantile™ units to suit their CAT-B layouts making for a more cost effective and sustainable air conditioning solution.
- Investor / Developer – GMS Estates
- Architect – Emrys Architects
- Quantity Surveyor – Project Focused Consulting
- M&E Consultant – Milieu Consultantcy
- Main Contractor – DDC Limited
- M&E Contractor – TSG Electrical Services Ltd