Projects > Carnival
- Southampton
- Client: Development Securities
- Size: 13,240sqm /142,500sqft
- Services: Architecture
Urban Design
Carnival House arranges five floors of office space around a dramatic central wintergarden covered by a lightweight, semi-translucent ETFE roof to form a tempered internal environment accessible by building users. Large areas of glazing are shaded by brises soleil and form a distinctive counterpoint to the use of concrete rainscreen panels on the main entrance elevation.
The concrete panels take the form of an artwork called ‘The Largest Longitude / Time Plot in the World’ by artist Chris Tipping, in association with the NOC Southampton. It is a work in low relief, constructed as panels of mid ocean and sea surface topography, which is lit to dramatic effect in the evening.
 "Main entrance façade facing onto West Quay, including fully glazed triple height reception")
 "Brise soleil to the elevation provides solar shading and a distinctive appearance to the building")
 "Carnival House comprises of 142,500sqft of B1 office around a dramatic central five -storey winter garden linked by an internal staircase and bridges")
 "A lightweight, semi-translucent ETFE roof membrane encloses the 5 storey winter garden to form a tempered internal environment accessible to building users")
 "Full height double glazed curtain wall with perforated acoustic spandrel panel")
 "?The Largest Longitude / Time Plot in the World? by artist Chris Tipping, in association with the NOC Southampton")