The former granary is located in Barking in east London. It was not used for its purpose for many years, when in 2009 the development company Rooff acquired it and the surrounding outbuildings, in particular the malt house. From the very beginning, the company intended to redesign these buildings, preserving state-protected monuments and adding a number of new objects to them. The plan for the new block of creative industries was developed by the Danes Schmidt Hammer Lassen, and the Londoners PTE - Pollard Thomas Edwards took up the specifics.
The historic buildings of the former granary were added by PTE architects with compact volumes. In terms of their dimensions and silhouettes, the new objects are as close as possible to the buildings of the 19th century, but at the same time they have the most modern forms. In particular, architects use two- and three-pitched roofs with ridges shifted in different directions, and on the planes of the facades they often make “folds”, which give the structures visual lightness. The facades of the new buildings are faced with bronze panels - according to the architects, this material most favorably sets off the brutal brickwork of the historical buildings.
The total area of the reconstruction was over 4000 square meters. For two years, while the construction was in progress, the restorers were engaged in careful restoration of the historical granary - in particular, all the original floors were preserved, window openings were opened, the brickwork was strengthened. As a result, the developer Rooff is located in The Granary, and the remaining premises are leased to companies of the "creative" profile.
