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APING AS

Gardens with lake

-Lift and stair

connecting flats,

podlum and garages

Section through terrace block, podium and railway

Mews

Terrace Houses -Lockup Garages -Underground

wide, relatively shallow areas for car- peting plants, low shrubs and creepers, and formal arrangements of boxes or troughs for large shrubs and small trees.

with large forest trees, with over 2 second-floor podium level there are acres (nearly 1 hectare) of ornamental lake. Elsewhere, in the artificial con- ditions of concrete plant boxes and beds, planting varies in scale; in some places large forest trees are planted in storey-height concrete tanks while at

BARBICAN

Key to Site plan

W Lake

IV

L

Lawns and soft landscaping

1

Guildhall School of Music and Drama

IVb

2

Theatre

V

3

Concert hall

4

Library and art gallery

VI

5

Conservatory

Public services building

7

Whitbread's brewery

VII

8

LEB Substation

9

Junction of Golden Lane and Beech Street

VHb

under podium

10 Cripplegate Institute

VIII

11 Golden Lane estate

12 Students' hostel

13 City of London School for Girls

1X

14 Preparatory school

15 Gymnasium and swimming pool

X

16 Tennis courts

17 St Giles' Church

XI

18 St Giles' Square

19 Roman wall

20 Site for London Museum

21 Ironmongers' Hall

22 Barber Surgeons' Hall

23 St Alphage's Church

ruin

24 Podium shops

25 Shops under Block V

26 Water feature

Block

1

||

40 storeys of flats, and three two storey penthouses with roof terraces; garages under podium

40 storeys of flats, and three two storey penthouses with roof terraces; garages under podium

38 storeys of flats, and three two storey

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ramps, stairs and the surround of the lake are built of brick or faced with brick tiles of the same colour and quality as the semi-engineering brick used for walls below podium level. The use of a traditional material helps to

The 'hard' landscaping of paving, emphasize the role of the podium level

penthouses with roof terraces; garages under podium

6 storeys of flats and 1 storey of pent- house flats; maisonettes, flats and gara- ges below podium

3 storey terrace houses

3 rows of maisonettes on 6 floors, with shops below and garages below podium 6 storeys of flats and 1 storey of pent- house flats; maisonettes and garages below podium

6 storeys of split level flats with pant- house maisonettes above

2 storey terrace houses with garages under podium

6 storeys of flats and 1 storey of pent- house flats; 2 storeys of flats below podium

5 storeys of flats with penthouse mai- sonettes above

5 storeys of flats with penthouse mai-

sonettes above

6 storeys of flats and 1 storey of pent- house flats; 3 storeys of flats below po- dium

5 storeys of flats with penthouse mai- sonettes above

XIII 4 storey terrace houses with garages XIIIb 4 storey terrace houses with garages XIV 6 storeys of flats with 2 storeys of pent-

house flats above

XV

XVI

7 residential floors including and 3 storey maisonettes

Storey

6 storeys of flats, and 1 storey of pent- house flats

XVII 7 residential floors including 2 storey

and 3 storey maisonettes

XVIII 6 storeys of flats with 2 storeys of pent-

house flats above

(Commercial

accommodation

podium under Blocks XIV-XVIII)

below

as 'ground' and forms a visual transi- tion between the natural colours and textures of grass, trees, plants and water and the stone-grey finish of the modern tall buildings.

The same detailed attention has been given to the signposting of the site

within the buildings, in the open and in the underground roads and parking areas in order to provide sufficient essential information with- out creating a visually cluttered 'sign- scape'.

Detailing and finishes

The detailing and finish of the buildings in the Barbican have been carefully chosen to give an attractively uniform character to the neighbour. hood, to emphasize the structure of the buildings and to weather evenly and attractively. The main structure is of 'in situ' concrete throughout, with exposed surfaces tooled to highlight their strength and monolithic quality; most of the exposed concrete has been given a heavily pick-hammered finish, with the softer texture of bush-ham- mering where appropiate. Dark Pen Lee crushed granite aggregate has been used throughout.

External walls below podium level

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