Eagle Place, Piccadilly, London W1

摘要

Ihe relative depth of the elevation -900mm - allowed the exploitation of the sculptural quality of faience as a cast material. The units incorporate complex stooling, reveals and running moulds that repeat over the six sections of the facade. The faience has a wall depth of 40mm and is coursed and sized to accommodate the tolerances of a fired material. In order to bed the units in a lime mortar to create a continuous sealed surface, as opposed to an open joined rain screen, the structural substrate has to be stiff and a movement structure was designed to achieve this. A closely analysed support system to allow for the movement of the primary structure, the thermal expansion of the faience and the plasticity of lime mortar lies between the two systems.