GROUND
FLOOR PLAN
FIRST
FLOOR PLAN
Access
Security measures include intercom access-control
and 24-hour on-site security presence. Visitors and
owners are welcomed from Vesperdene Road by a
manned 24-hour security entrance allowing access
to the buildings atrium via a pedestrian bridge. A lift
from the basement provides access to all floors.
plastered walls, in combination with dark charcoal
steel elements, sharply contrast the red face-brick,
effectively calling attention to stand-out elements and
defining three-dimensional form.
Malmesbury Shale stone, sourced directly from
the site, has been used to articulate the entrance
of the building and to emphasise and announce the
entrance to The Chelsea.
Positioned directly above the pedestrian entrance
is a metal, random slatted screen which serves to
create a distinctive signature to the building. The
screen becomes a focal point of the building and
creates a sense of enclosure for the atrium space
and galleries behind.
Aesthetics
The Chelsea is ‘classic’ in proportioning and language
and its use of face-brick and sun control measures,
specifically its shutters and pergolas, is a subtle nod to
the older Victorian and industrial buildings in the area –
but, of course, with a contemporary twist. Stark white
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The Chelsea