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Tubular metal ceiling solution from SAS International specified for Wembley Park Underground Station

The existing Wembley Park Underground Station has recently been extended and modernised to provide for a significant capacity enhancement to serve the new Wembley National Stadium and the surrounding area. Pascall+Watson Architects were asked by London Underground, through its PPP framework with Tube Lines Ltd, to proceed with a design proposal for a station scheme that significantly increased the station’s passenger throughput and facilities. SAS International’s Tubeline system has been specified for the public concourse areas to provide a robust solution for this demanding environment.

Public concourse areas are semi-external spaces in which ceilings are exposed to accumulation of dust and to high levels of humidity. The chosen ceiling had to be a low maintenance system that retains its appearance over a long period of time. SAS’s Tubeline system, consisting of 50mm diameter extruded aluminium tubes with a powder-coated finish, was chosen rather than conventional ceiling tiles primarily because of its durability and its ability not to show dirt or dust.

The tubes are fitted within a steel frame suspended from the structural soffit and can be demounted individually. Where required, special hinged panels with the tubes have been provided to give easy access for maintenance to services within the ceiling void.

Aluminium trays separate tubular panels with integrated luminaries and speakers. The ceiling’s perforated nature allows for sign and CCTV camera poles to protrude between the tubes and to be fixed to the structural soffit without any direct interface with the ceiling, in this busy station environment.

When viewed perpendicularly, the metal ceiling tubes give the impression of a seamless ceiling surface. The new works employ a limited, robust palette of materials with pre-cast concrete panelling, exposed steel structures, stainless steel cladding and the tubular aluminium ceilings. All such materials have had to undergo LUL’s rigorous acceptance procedures in terms of their value for money, durability, life cycle costs and performance in fire.

The architectural layout of the new station complex has been designed around the flow of passenger movements in order to enhance the feelings of openness, security and ease of use of the station. A new Auxiliary Concourse provides modern state-of the-art facilities for passengers using the stadium, Arena and Conference centres as well as benefiting day-to-day commuters. The station is being provided with new platform lifts, step-free access facilities, additional staff accommodation, an external landscape upgrade and an extended Train Crew Accommodation building.

Email: edwinac@thinktank.org.uk

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