The extension was recognised as a key regeneration scheme for the local community and had to achieve a new identity to help the centre stand out on the old Marquess housing estate just off Balls Pond Road, a major east-west route, along with requirements for durability, low-maintenance and robustness in the face of vandal attacks.
It also needed to be attractive, durable, energy efficient and represent good value for money as well as secure, vandalism having been a particular problem in the past due to youths climbing over the perimeter railings and damaging external play equipment and breaking windows,.
The north-west façade of the new, 275m², two-storey, timber-framed extension was clad vertically with the steni colour panels using screws and battens by specialist sub-contractor D&G Contracts over one month of the seven-month total build.
The steni colour panels, which are available in 40 standard colours, different gloss levels and two thicknesses, were designed in a water based theme using blues and greens to reflect the nearby river and as a playful statement announcing the new building on the corner.
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