Client: Threshold Key Homes |
Architect: Gardner, Stewart and Stewart |
Contractor: Mansell Construction Ltd |
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Project: Banstead Court, Acton, London
Banstead Court consists of five blocks of affordable housing designed and built for low energy consumption. Hubbard supplied helical ramps with balustrades for easy first floor access. Balustrades and handrail to core staircases were also supplied, together with 50 balconies with privacy screens and 10 juliettes.
What we did: The Results
Originally known as Westway Beacons, Banstead Court apartments are available for key workers; others are set aside for ex-service personnel. Some are specifically designed to meet the needs of disabled residents.
Each of the five blocks is designed to a horseshoe shaped plan with a winter garden to the centre. Access from the ground floor to the first floor is via helical ramps with a gentle rise, four of which were manufactured by Hubbard, one being a concrete construction. The ramps are constructed of mild steel flat stringers holding steel trays filled with concrete. Polyester powder coated mild steel balustrades with glass infill were applied to the ramps and upper walkways.
Hubbard also manufactured and installed polyester powder coated balustrades with perforated infill and wall mounted handrail to two core staircases, as well as ten glazed canopies with steel support structure to each block.
Upper apartments have balconies or juliettes manufactured by Hubbard in galvanised steel with glass infill. A total of 50 balconies and 10 juliettes have been supplied, together with privacy screens.
Externally, Hubbard provided curved steel balustrades with hot-dipped galvanised finish to the tops of retaining walls and hot dipped galvanised balustrades to all access ramps and steps.