STRATFORD IQL PAVILION PROGRESS

The Pavilion in the International Quarter Stratford is starting to take shape. In 2017, ACME won the invited competition, and over the last four years, we have been working with Lendlease and Blumer Lehmann team to construct a lightweight timber structure above the DLR tunnels at the entrance of the Queen Elizabeth Park. Made of CLT and glulam, with external cladding in Accoya fins, the structure is getting close to Net Zero Carbon in construction.  The Pavilion accommodates an Olympic Park visitor centre, a cafe, a restaurant, and a public rooftop terrace overlooking the Eastbank and the London Stadium. D&D will commence fit-out of the spaces shortly, for opening in Fall 2021.

SURFACE DESIGN AWARDS FOR BUMPERS OAST

Bumpers Oast won the Surface Design Awards 2021 for best "House Exterior" and best "House Interior". The jury was impressed by the contemporary interpretation of the Kentish oast houses, traditionally used to dry hops. 

TALK AT BAU ONLINE

ACME will speak in the Forum "Facing the Future", for BAU Online, the German Building Congress. Friedrich Ludewig will outline in a few projects how emerging 3D tools are affecting how we manage complexity, and how BIM is changing the way we communicate and evaluate space. The talk on Friday the 15th at 1pm (GMT+1) and will be followed by a panel discussion moderated by Boris Schade-Bünsow, the Editor of Bauwelt. Registration here.

ACME IS NET CARBON ZERO

The ACME Carbon Audit for year 2019-20 is complete. We have used 85t of Carbon, through heating and power, commuting, coffee and milk, paper and corporate travel, equating to 1.2t per employee. We have offset this Carbon through the planting of trees in UK schoolyards. The Audit also summarizes the carbon embodied in the projects we designed during the year. We are proud that the majority of our projects are now timber buildings, locking carbon within the structure. However, the embodied carbon of our buildings remains very large, with much to do in the coming year to reduce the carbon footprint of our buildings. The Audit is available here: link. Please feel free to copy our methods and sources, it is high time for all of our industry to move to Net Carbon Zero.

HAPPY 2021

Happy 2021 from everyone at ACME.