1 Liverpool Street

Project

1 Liverpool Street is a mixed-use development in the north-east of the City of London, opposite Liverpool Street station. The development occupies the corner of Liverpool Street and Blomfield Street and is dominated by 16,400m2 of prime office space spread over 10 levels. The footprint of the development spans Transport for London’s (TfL) Metropolitan, Circle and Hammersmith & City lines, and as such the main reception for the office floors has been raised to level 1. The Ground floor includes a 141m2 entrance hall and two escalators that transport the office population between Liverpool Street and the office reception. The remainder of the Ground and Upper Ground floors are set over to retail units, a refuse store and back-of-house office support services. The development also includes three levels of basement that will contain the M&E plant.

Challenge

Being an over-station development meant the main reception floor was at level 1. A pair of escalators transfer tenants from street level to the main reception lobby, from which the ten tenant floors are supported by 5 x 1800kg / 24-person capacity passenger lifts. A 2500kg goods lift serving all levels supports the goods, refuse and plant replacement strategy, and a pair of cycle lifts support end-of-trip cyclists and the movement of bins to and from the bin store. Cyclist and bins journeys are kept separate through the use of access control cards to call the lifts.

The fire and evacuation strategy is supported by a main passenger lift configured with a firefighting entrance and lobby to the rear of the lift car, and the main goods lift doubling as a firefighting lift. Not a typical building configuration but on supported by building control and the London Fire Brigade.

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