Premier Inn, Heathrow T5

Project Description

The plan of the building takes on a‘doughnut’ form, centred around an inner courtyard in order to provide an acoustic ‘buffer’ zone from the busy roads bounding the site to the north and south. Public areas, such as the main entrance, restaurant and bar have been located on the ground floor with bedrooms on the 4 levels above. This has informed the elevational treatment – the ground floor is a mix of glazed curtain walling and masonary construction, whilst the upper floors have been clad in a colourful rainscreen skin. The building thus takes the form of a rainscreen coloured box ‘hovering’ on a glazed/solid masonary base. An array of colours have been carefully chosen to create a dynamic and animated facade. Hues have been chosen to complement the proposed landscaping and strips of colour help to emphasise the verticality of the elevation – providing some relief from the horizontal form.