X2 Warehouse, Heathrow Airport, Middlesex, England

摘要

When it became increasingly difficult and expensive to site enough warehouse space at Heathrow Airport to keep pace with the growth of one of Europe's busiest air cargo hubs, London-based developer Brixton PLC, looked into fully accessible, high-capacity, multistory warehouses that were already a success in Hong Kong, Japan and Singapore. Designed by London-based Cornish Architects, the multistory X2 Warehouse incorporates Verti-Kal by Kalwall Corp., Manchester, N.H., to accentuate the building's height. Verti-Kal is a design variation on the traditional, rectangular grids of Kalwall's translucent wall system. The panels incorporate internal, continuous supports to provide a vertical emphasis instead of standard shoji or square grid layouts. The 242,600-square-foot (22,538-m~2) X2 building features both warehouse and office space that can be configured for as many as eight tenants or consolidated for fewer units.