The structure supporting the steel and timber roof consists of eight cruciform steel columns supporting longitudinal composite I-beams formed with channels. This enables the roof to float over a non-loadbearing external envelope conceived as a series of pieces of furniture that form alcoves capped by a continuous cornice. This gives rigidity to the assembly, and reflects daylight under the roof. The joinery envelope perches on the upstand at the edge of the concrete raft framing alcoves for seating and kitchen units and ensuring that, externally, the oak cladding stops short of the ground.
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