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News Release from: Marley Eternit | Subject: Fibre cement roofing and cladding materials
Edited by the Buildingtalk Editorial
Team on 16 October 2007
Marley Eternit materials make fantasy a
reality
Three types of fibre cement roofing and cladding materials from Marley Eternit specified in redevelopment of a nursery school in East London.
Kintore Way Children's Centre uses Marley Eternit's profiled sheeting on the roof and upper elevations and Multiclad rainscreen cladding on the lower elevations of a new extension as well as Rivendale slates on the roof of an existing 1930s nursery The multi-coloured roof of the new, snaking extension, which focuses on green and blues to reflect the canopy of trees in a central courtyard and the nearby river, probably most reflects Cottrell and Vermeulen's distinctive style which is typically promoted in the use of colour, shapes and components in their raw state
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 7 Mar 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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For Kintore Way is on Grange Road, Bermondsey, where sisters Margaret and Rachel McMillan pioneered nursery education before the First World War with principles reflected in the Government's Sure Start programme for children from six weeks upwards.
Work on the GBP1.6 million project for Southwark Council included stripping the pitched to flat roof of the existing 440m single-storey nursery and replacing the natural slates on the pitched element with Marley Eternit's fibre cement Rivendale slates.
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Catherine Skelcher of Cottrell and Vermeulen, who worked in design partnership with MRA, said: "We wanted as close a match as possible to the original slate since we didn't see the point in trying to revamp this element of the project.
The Rivendale slates were economical and lightweight - the benefits that natural slates don't have".
Construction of the new 600m building over one and two storeys by main contractor Jerram Falkus Construction involved a steel frame to the two-storey section where staff offices and a meeting room top the main entrance.
The pitched elements of the roof are covered with Marley Eternit's fibre cement profiled sheeting painted in blue, green, white and orange and complemented by translucent GRP sheets.
These are continued vertically down below the eaves and with the help of a concealed, inset gutter, create a strong enveloping roof form.
Lower parts of the walls are clad with Marley Eternit's flat, fibre cement decorative rainscreen panel Multiclad.
Catherine Skelcher added: "We design a lot of environments for children where we want to create interest with colour to give a joyful environment.
The Multiclad panels are a smooth material which children can touch.
They are a good way to economically create an environment with colour without resorting to decorating.
They are also flexible and durable.
"The profiled sheeting to the roof and upper elevations where the children can't reach is more rugged.
It was vital here that the material could be easily worked to follow the dogleg of the site.
Unless you are going to use something like ceramic tiles, it had to be a material that could be cut".
Cottrell and Vermeulen has used all of these materials before as well as Marley Eternit cladding for an innovative cardboard classroom prototype at Westborough Primary School, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex.
"They are fairly fundamental to the project as they enabled us make the form and although the colours are quite out of the ordinary, they do reflect the natural theme which was a direction that came from the client," said Catherine. Request a free brochure from Marley Eternit ...
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