The Fold, Sidcup, United Kingdom. Architect: Studio Egret West Limited, 2013. Square view of East Facade at dusk.

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Studio Egret West have been challenged to turn the existing site of a run down office block into a new mixed use building that benefits the whole area. The Site is known as Athena House, Station Road, Sidcup. The surrounding area is a mixture of shops, offices and homes of varying styles, alongside a public realm that is in need of updating. The Fold is based on a tight and awkwardly shaped site the curved and folding nature of the building allowed us to continue one aesthetic around the site while breaking down the mass as the folds overlap. The site demanded a building with no back, only public faces on all sides, and had significant contextual constraints. We found that using the curved folding facade we can step and split the building while keeping a single and continuous identity.

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