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Category 1: Buildings
This project comprises the construction of a new
Temple complex in Kingsbury, London, for the Shree
Swaminarayan Gadi Community.
The purpose of the project is to locate the Temple in the
centre of the community as the community’s existing
Temple is located on the periphery in Golders Green.
The site for this project was already developed as a
building and civil engineering contractor’s yard and
office complex. The site comprised a substantial three
storey office building to the north of the site, a single
storey warehouse building to the south of the site
and extensive concrete hard standing throughout.
The warehouse building was demolished whilst the
existing office building was partially demolished, for
refurbishment later, under an enabling works contract.
The Temple complex comprises the Temple building, the
Multi-Function Hall building and the refurbishment of the
Office building.
The Temple building is a three storey building with an
internal 18 x 20 x 7.5 m high clear clerestory space over
the worship area. The structure of the building is in situ
reinforced concrete framed comprising a 500 mm thick
raft foundation slab bearing onto Firm to Stiff London
Clay; 250 mm thick flat slabs at 1st, 2nd and Roof level
augmented by downstand beams at transfer locations;
and a 100 mm thick dome supported by a 250 mm slab
and 1.2 m deep grillage of beams over the clerestory
space. The floor and roof structures are supported by in
situ RC columns and walls. The walls act as shear walls
to provide stability to the structure. The structure of the
building was analysed and designed using the analysis
and concrete design modules of Scia Engineer. Of
particular importance was the checking of the potential
long term deflections of the clear span structure over
the open area.
The Multi-Function Hall building comprises an 18.5 x
33.5 x 9.5 m high clear span sports hall, with viewing
galleries to the rear; a three storey administration block
to the western end; and a basement plant room under
the eastern end. The sports hall portion is steel framed
with long span glulam timber rafters over the space.
The administration block and basement plant room are
in situ RC framed. This building was founded on CFA
piled foundations due to Made Ground exceeding 3 m
depth under the footprint of the building. The ground
floor slab is a suspended 250 mm thick in situ RC flat
slab. The stability of the sports hall frame is provided by
horizontal diagonal bracing girders in the plane of the
roof spanning between the concrete framed block to
the west and vertical diagonal braced bays in the east
gable wall. Shear walls provide stability to the concrete
framed portion. The in situ RC structures were analysed
and designed using the analysis and concrete design
modules of Scia Engineer.
The refurbishment of the Office building comprises
a steel framed reworking of the eastern end of the
retained building to better blend in with the architectural
theme for the site.
Software: Scia Engineer
Shree Swaminarayan Temple - Kingsbury, London
