PBSA, Residential & Retail - Canada Street, London

The £77m Canada Street development in London’s docklands for client Scape is the first large scale installation of AluK’s new C70S 70mm window system.

The mixed-use project includes modern student accommodation in blocks up to 10-storeys high, affordable housing, commercial and health space. It showcases the benefits of AluK’s new, thermally efficient, slim sightline system and demonstrates just how easily it can be integrated in a scheme alongside AluK’s 77ID system residential doors, SL52 capped curtain walling and GT55TB commercial entrance doors.

In total, there is almost 4600m2 of glazing on the Canada Street development, all designed, fabricated and installed in AluK systems.

The C70S system was chosen by HG Construction in response to the specification from Stephen Marshall Architects. Sam Coley, a partner at Stephen Marshall, explained: “Our specification was for a high performing contemporary aluminium fenestration and façade system with slim sightlines and excellent U-Values - and the AluK systems were ideal for that.

“The fact that we could use two different window configurations, residential and commercial doors and curtain walling from one supplier right across this mixed-use development meant we got a satisfyingly uniform look right across the project. For safety and optimal natural ventilation in the student accommodation, we were even able to specify a cost-effective fixed light in AluK alongside a vertical louvre.

“The design scheme at Canada Street included an innovative pre-cast banding façade solution which HG Construction were able to deliver very successfully in the AluK window system and we’re really pleased with the finished look.”

For the main contractor HG construction, the project represented a significant construction challenge because it sits very close to Canada Water underground station and directly above the busy Jubilee Line. Logistically, there were also tight timescales to meet because the student accommodation blocks needed to be finished in time for the start of the academic term.