Plot K plays a key role in urban design terms. The building footprint is generated by alignment to Great West Road and the Gateway Axis, and the carefully sculpted tower massing helps mark the entrance to the masterplan.

Base, middle, and top datums unify the building with the adjacent plots, whilst its active and articulated frontages address its existing context on the Great West Corridor and new routes within the masterplan.

The two-storey podium houses four commercial units, PBSA circulation spaces, and high-quality communal amenity enjoying good natural daylight and providing far reaching views out.

The taller angular block contains ensuite cluster rooms and shared kitchens served from a centralised core. Affordable rooms are pepperpotted throughout the block with some accessible/adaptable rooms provided within the clusters, ensuring there is a range of options for those with additional needs.

The lower rectilinear block houses the standard and premium studios. There are two cores linked by a corridor configured in the shape of an ‘I’, providing good daylight to circulation spaces furthest from the core.

There are 3 shared external amenity spaces, a courtyard, a podium garden, and a roof terrace, whilst non-accessible roofs accommodate plant, biodiverse green and blue roofs and PVs.

Each cluster includes a shared kitchen/living/diner area, sized according to the number of rooms. These dual-aspect spaces offer expansive views across the scheme and beyond, with most living areas enjoying views to the Syon and Boston Manor Parks.

High-level openings support purge ventilation, while 450mm cill heights allow residents to comfortably sit within the generous window reveals.

The facade design follows a base, middle, and top composition, with a civic podium, legible shoulder, and articulated tower. A gridded façade reflects the cellular room layout, with consistent window stacking.

All elevations remain active with fenestration, while varied openings express internal uses, highlighting communal spaces through larger, panoramic windows.

The building is clad in precast concrete due to its durability, refined appearance, and offsite construction benefits reducing embodied carbon. The façade uses a language of horizontals, verticals, infills and ribbing to enhance the building’s angular form.

A two-tone palette of green and umber unifies blocks, while a gridded parametric system enables efficient panelisation with simple components and subtle variation to the communal areas.

The hierarchy of the façade emphasises the horizontal bands, then angled piers, and where glazing is not full height, spandrels are infilled with a zig zag profiled finish. Window assemblies span from pier to pier incorporating openable panels for purge ventilation. Joints are designed carefully to be concealed within the pier details.

The hierarchy of the façade emphasises the horizontal bands, then angled piers, and where glazing is not full height, spandrels are infilled with a zig zag profiled finish. Window assemblies span from pier to pier incorporating openable panels for purge ventilation. Joints are designed carefully to be concealed within the pier details.