Haptic Architects

🌳The W3 Building: timber at the heart of a Kings Cross community 📖Read our new article on the impressive W3 building, designed by Haptic Architects for clients Related Argent. 💪👶Designed to house a creche, a gym and a cafe, W3 features exposed timber internally and a timber facade. 💚The building gains its striking appearance from its 'pre-weathered' facade. 🏗️The floor slabs are CLT, while the beams and the columns are glulam. A cassette system is used for the walls: these are OSB with mineral wood insulation inside, and fermacell® insulation on the inside face. 🦺Midgard Ltd were the main contractor, while Hybrid Structures were the timber subcontractors. 👇Click on the link below to read the article now. https://lnkd.in/eNJvTxGn

Haptic are so pleased to have continued our participation with Open City on their “Young City Makers” programme for another year running! With everything young people face in London and beyond, programmes like this are totally invaluable and being there last night to celebrate the children and their wonderful work at the new Tower Hamlet’s town hall by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris really epitomised why it’s so important. Over 3 workshops, we worked with children from Henry Maynard Primary School in Walthamstow drawing interpretive maps, discovering the hidden treasures of King’s Cross and Coal Drop’s Yard and finally, reimagining what local landmarks could have looked like, through the imagined eyes of local artists such as Angry Dan, William Morris and Grayson Perry! Together, we explored the creativity, curiosity, and imagination that architecture sparks at all ages. Hat’s off to the team at Open City for organising it all so brilliantly and a thank you to the children for sharing their incredible ideas with us. Open City Sarah Phillips Manijeh Verghese Thanks to our lovely Haptic Architects team Sherief Al Rifai Jack Penford Baker Emma Galvin Vittorio Asperti and the highlight of the awards celebration was to pick up the Landscape Prize!

Haptic Architects are hiring! We are seeking talented, enthusiastic and engaged Part 1 and Part 2 Architectural Assistants and Architects to join our team in London to work on a range of projects in the UK, Norway and other international locations. Our practice and projects are rooted in our Scandinavian values, creating a safe and welcoming space to bring your complete self and share your ideas. Haptic aspires to be representative of the richness and diversity of the places we work and value, having a team that represents diverse lived experiences and understandings. We encourage applications from groups currently underrepresented in the architectural profession. BIM / Revit proficiency is essential for Part 2 and Architect candidates. It is beneficial for candidates to have experience in infrastructure or complex projects. Immediate start is preferred. Please send us your CV and work examples to recruitment@hapticarchitects.com

We are delighted to announce that Author King’s Cross has been shortlisted for the AJ Architecture Housing Awards 2024 Housing (£40 million and over). Our community hub for Related Argent is part of the Author project at King’s Cross by David Morley Architects LLP with Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios (FCBStudios). The landscape architecture is designed by fabrik. Wish us luck! https://lnkd.in/erJ-6xri

Join Dimitris Argyros, Technical Director from Haptic Architects on 25th September at the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) 2024 International Conference, held at the Barbican Centre in London. He will be presenting the thought leadership piece "A model for a sustainable and regenerative tower", developed with Ramboll and winner of this yea's CTBUH "Award of Excellence" in the Innovation category. In his talk, Dimitris will explain the flexible and adaptable tower typology and associated benefits including extended building lifespan and reduced whole life carbon as well as the application across three different regions. SESSION: Track B, Session 6: Innovation Award (Part 2) DATE: Wednesday, 25 September TIME: 11:10am-12:35pm Learn more here https://lnkd.in/d4dDPgdt

Regenerative Highrise Our regenerative high-rise project has been shortlisted for the CTBUH Innovation Award 2024. Haptic, in collaboration with Ramboll, have developed a proposal for a new sustainable and regenerative tower typology. The typology maximises flexibility and adaptability to extend its lifespan to 150+ years. It seeks to address the challenge of waste in the construction industry and uses a series of ‘maxi-floors’ – innovative, three-storey-high structural decks. The intermediate soft decks are lightweight and interchangeable, to allow the tower to be flexible and reprogrammed over time, according to social and economic

Tarnkvartalet Tarnkvartalet is shortlisted for the WAF Future Projects Award, in the Education category 2024. Haptic Architects, together with PIR2, are working on a new school and cultural centre for the Bærum municipality, creating a bold new landmark building on the site of Oslo’s decommissioned airport, for an emerging neighbourhood in Fornebu.

We are delighted that our Community Hub at Kings Cross has been shortlisted for the following awards. Public Building of the Year, AYA 2024 Structural Timber Awards 2024 Architect of the Year, Haptic Architects  Engineer of the Year, Ramboll  Client of the Year, Related Argent Wood Awards 2024 We are also immensely proud to be shortlisted as part of the wider triangle site alongside @davidmorleyarchitects and @fcbstudios (more detail to follow). We would also like to congratulate @alliesandmorrison and Porphyrios Associates for the shortlisting for the Stirling Prize for the Kings Cross Masterplan that our building forms part of.

We are delighted that our Community Hub at Kings Cross has been shortlisted for the following awards. Public Building of the Year, AYA 2024 Structural Timber Awards 2024 Architect of the Year, Haptic Architects  Engineer of the Year, Ramboll  Client of the Year, Related Argent Wood Awards 2024 We are also immensely proud to be shortlisted as part of the wider triangle site alongside @davidmorleyarchitects and @fcbstudios (more detail to follow). We would also like to congratulate @alliesandmorrison and Porphyrios Associates for the shortlisting for the Stirling Prize for the Kings Cross Masterplan that our building forms part of.

Tarnkvartalet Tarnkvartalet is shortlisted for the WAF Future Projects Award, in the Education category 2024. Haptic Architects, together with PIR2, are working on a new school and cultural centre for the Bærum municipality, creating a bold new landmark building on the site of Oslo’s decommissioned airport, for an emerging neighbourhood in Fornebu.