🟩 GreenBricks Building of the Week 🟩 Southworks

Smartest green

Completed June 2021, Southworks is a landmark post-pandemic, future-proofed office. The smartest building in the world, it fuses technological and natural features. Industrial echoes create a modern translation of the past.

📍Location

London, UK

🏢Building Details

• 7 storey, 70,000 sq. ft.

• Winner of Smartest Building 2021 in The Futureproof Awards

• Architecture inspired by warehouse aesthetic: simple concrete, brick and glass features throughout

👷🏾‍♀️Developer & Contractor

• Tomáš Jurdák – Real Estate Partner at MiddleCap

• Johnathan Crawley – Managing Director at MiddleCap

• Milos Halecka – Innovations Director at MiddleCap

• HG Construction

✍️Architects & Engineers

• Trevor Morriss – Principal at SPPARC

• Georgia Katsaouni – Associate Director at SPPARC

• Lucía Seco Bartolomé – Associate Director at SPPARC

• Ben Freedman – Head of Buildings at Sweco

• Norman Disney & Young

🌱Sustainability

• BREEAM Outstanding + EPC A = positioned within top 1% of sustainable UK offices

• Passive design: manually openable windows + naturally lit + very efficient thermal performance while mitigating solar gain and glare

• Lighting uses daylight responsive energy saving controls – including passive infrared (PIR) sensors

• Photovoltaic cells on roof providing renewable energy source

• IoT + sensor technology collects data on air, water, and electricity, ensuring resources are delivered cleanly and efficiently throughout; live data streams available for all occupants via Building App

🥦 Wellbeing

• First UK building to achieve Platinum Smart Building Certification (2nd globally after EDGE Amsterdam) – technology-first approach creates safe, responsive and productive environment

• Warehouse style windows + generous building proportions creates a spacious, bright gallery-like feel

• Achieved Cycling Platinum Score: 105 cycle spaces, cycle repair station, and 4 Brompton bikes for bike-pool scheme

• 8,000 sq. ft. of both private and communal terraces

🎈Bonus feature

A stunning double-height entrance is formed from handcrafted Italian crystalline cast glass bricks. These translucent bricks create a statement entrance while allowing light to penetrate into the lobby.

🔗 Check it out https://www.whysouthworks.london