Armourcoat Sculptural Plaster provides bespoke design solution with positive environmental credentials at the n2 offices in Victoria, London.
Delivering an oasis of calm in London’s vibrant Victoria, n2 was designed to minimise negative impacts and maximise positive impacts on the environment. The office space achieved a BREEAM ‘Outstanding’ rating for sustainability, WELL gold certification, and NABERS 4.5*; aided via the use of Armourcoat’s handmade Sculptural Plaster finish as part of a high-quality material palette, meeting technical performance and sustainability requirements demanded by the landmark architectural project.
Forming part of ‘Nova’, Landsec’s mixed-use development neighbouring London Victoria Train Station, n2 was born out of a vision to transform the area and attract world-class businesses – providing healthy, sustainable workspace designed to bring professional talent together within a congenial environment.
Led by Lynch Architects with interiors by TP Bennett, n2 has become the first dual-certified workplace in the world to reach the level of BREEAM Outstanding and WELL Gold – setting a global benchmark for sustainable office space. Designed with employee wellbeing, productivity, and collaborative working at its core, the new building delivers 162,000 sq ft of prime office space across 17 floors – helping revitalise London’s Victoria zone whilst providing new workspace that is aesthetically pleasing, sympathetic to the local area and comfortable for its clients.
Working closely with the interior design team at TP Bennett, Armourcoat’s expert creative team helped design and craft a bespoke three-dimensional plaster finish, which was seamlessly installed to curved walls throughout the main ground floor reception zone. Comprised of custom fluted, pre-cast Sculptural Plaster panels finished with a bespoke texture Polished Plaster, the final handmade surface is meticulously integrated within the interior architectural structure, precisely following the concave and convex wall construction within the space.
Bringing texture, depth and shadow across the curved walls, a soft grey, matt stone-effect polished plaster across the 3D fluted surface delivers a captivating, atmospheric character – carefully selected as part of a high-quality and fully sustainable material palette.
The scope of work demanded very-precise circular mounting details to be integrated within the 3D finish – accommodating key ventilation / airflow requirements within the architectural structure of the building linking to a central energy centre providing low carbon heating and cooling, and therefore crucial for the final specification.
Armourcoat’s in-house creative team worked incredibly carefully on this element of the design and production process to ensure an accurate technical and suitable aesthetic solution for the precise design requirements.
The Armourcoat finishes used at n2 are made from natural mineral materials, which are VOC free, A2 fire rated, comprised of recycled material content, with low embodied carbon.
