John Dodgson House
London, England
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The John Dodgson House is a student residence in London's King's Cross district, about a ten-minute walk from the main campus of University College London (UCL). In 2013, the five-storey building was extended with a roof conversion, increasing its capacity by 49 to 209 student rooms.
The new floors are made of a steel grid structure, with loads transferred to newly constructed pile foundations. Due to the central location of the hall of residence, the new accommodation was prefabricated off-site and lifted into place using a crane as a modular system.
Once the units were in place, they were clad with profiled glass on the front façades. This was intended to create a multi-layered appearance that varies the quality of light inside and outside, day and night. The use of Linit-EcoGlass enhanced the appearance of the building façade. Its “solar” surface structure gives the upper floors an attractive appearance, while the sandblasted inner surface of the low-iron glass diffuses daylight inside and ensures a pleasant indoor climate and privacy.
The glass roof extension was awarded the “Very Good” BREEAM rating, a rating for environmental sustainability in construction.
