Studio RHE wins planning for MI6 bunker

RHE工作室计划将一个1.5英亩的地下掩体改造成创意产业的工作空间。

The 58,000sq ft scheme will be created beneath Allies & Morrison’s 37-storey Keybridge apartment building near Vauxhall gyratory.

Built on the site of a 15-storey brutalist BT telephone exchange on South Lambeth Road – dubbed forbidding by Pevsner – this is set to be the UK’s tallest residential brick tower when it completes.

它将包含260套由达令联合公司设计的公寓。交付架构师是David Wood Architects。

There are unconfirmed rumours that the old 1975 Keybridge House – which was itself built on the site of a former fishpaste factory – was once used by spooks who arrived through a secret tunnel. Terry Farrell’s MI6 headquarters is a few hundred yards away.

Developer General Projects appointed Studio RHE to create Storybox in the 5m-high single-storey basement which it describes as an adaptable subterranean environment. It envisages occupiers might use it for pod hotels, labs or gaming experiences.

艺术家汤姆·普莱斯(Tom Price)被委托围绕该项目设计一系列嵌入式雕塑，同时也将有底层咖啡馆和装置。

General Projects’ London schemes include the “repositioning” of James Stirling’s No1 Poultry which is now occupied by branches of WeWork and indoor golf operator Puttshack.

Work is set to start on site immediately and be complete by the summer.