Crystal Palace feature has cedar shingles in nod to park’s scaly prehistoric statues
Chris Dyson Architects has completed a new café in south London’s Crystal Palace Park that references recreation space’s famous grade I-listed dinosaur statues.
The two-storey lakeside building is wrapped in half-round cedar shingles, the design of which Dyson said was inspired by the scales on the Victorian-era sculptures on the opposite side of the water.
On the ground floor, the café can seat 60 customers inside with a further 50 outside. It also provides public toilets and a service kiosk. On the first floor, the building offers multi-purpose community space that can seat 60.
The project was funded as part of a £2.4m package of improvements for the park bankrolled by the Greater London Authority and Bromley council. It followed a public consultation in which park users said the old café did not meet their needs.
戴森的café于今年4月开业。建筑师说，这个项目创造了7个全职工作和20个兼职工作，利润的一部分将用于公园其他部分的改善，包括恐龙雕像的维护。
Project Team
Landscape:Kinnear Landscape Architects
Structural Engineers:The Morton Partnership
M&E Engineers:NLG Associates
QS:Cinns Ltd
Main Contractor:Lengard
Business Case Developer:Counter Culture LLP
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