Konishi Gaffney建筑事务所在2017年的邀请赛后，完成了位于爱丁堡市中心的Greyfriars Charteris中心的大修工作。这个耗资170万英镑的前教堂的翻新、改进和扩建工程提供了一个灵活的工作空间、一个社区中心、活动空间和一个非教派的圣殿。
Konishi Gaffney Architects have completed the overhaul of Greyfriars Charteris Centre in Edinburgh’s city center following an invited competition in 2017. The £1.7m refurbishment, improvement, and extension of the former church provides a flexible workspace, a community hub, events spaces, and a non-denominational sanctuary.
该建筑在多个层面上都存在通行不畅的问题，并且被封闭起来，从街上看不到。设计重新配置了主入口，它被小心翼翼地插在现有建筑的各个部分之间，使其在外部有一个明确的街道存在，在内部，建筑的所有部分在视觉上都向入口大厅开放，无论是水平还是垂直方向，都欢迎游客进入，了解他们的方向，并通过建筑继续前进。
The building suffered from poor access across multiple levels and was closed off, invisible from the street. The design reconfigured the main entrance which has been carefully slotted in between parts of the existing building giving it a definite street presence externally and, internally, all parts of the building are visually opened up to the entrance hall, both horizontally and vertically, welcoming the visitor in, get their bearings and move on through the building.
现有的大窗户被砍掉了，空间在视觉上被打开，使建筑透明，这样路人可以看到里面的活动，鼓励人们参与。形成了一个新的分层楼梯和座位区，既能创造出从街道到下面一层的建筑景观，又能将协同工作中心与上面的社区功能联系起来。小西卡夫尼从早期阶段就与当地专家Old School Fabrications紧密合作，为楼梯开发简单而有效的细节，并采用枫木、胡桃木护壁板和桦木面胶合板的材料调色板，并进行了刷白处理，以增强其轻质外观。在整个建筑中，所有的新元素都使用了这种材料，使它们在视觉上与众不同，同时又与现有的教堂建筑结构相得益彰。
The existing lancet windows were cut down and the space visually opened up to allow transparency through the building so that passers-by can see activity inside which encourages participation. A new tiered staircase and seating area was formed that serves both to create views through the building from the street and down to the level below and to connect the coworking hub with the community functions above. Konishi Gaffney worked closely with local specialists Old School Fabrications from an early stage to develop simple but effective details for the staircase and a material palette of maple, walnut nosings, and birch-faced plywood finished with a whitewash to enhance its light appearance. This was used throughout the building for all new elements such that they are visually distinct yet compliment the fabric of the existing church buildings.
在教堂和邻近的办公大楼之间插入了一个木制的 “连接 “建筑，形成了一个三层高的顶部照明中庭，电梯可以到达各个楼层。它的外部是由白色水磨石板覆盖的，上面有雕塑般的浮雕图案，是与Chalk Plaster的艺术家Steven Blench合作完成的。这是对该市乔治亚风格建筑的锈迹斑斑底座的现代诠释。水磨石板在较高的楼层被一系列细长的木材（Accoya）翅片打破，给立面带来节奏和秩序。
A timber ‘link’ building was inserted between the church and the neighboring office block forming a triple-height top-lit atrium with lift access to all levels. This was clad externally in white terrazzo panels with a sculptural relief pattern in collaboration with artist Steven Blench of Chalk Plaster. This was intended as a modern interpretation of the rusticated bases of the city’s Georgian buildings. The terrazzo panels are broken up at higher levels with a series of slender timber (Accoya) fins that give rhythm and order to the elevation.
在内部，一个克制的材料托盘被用来描述和统一该建筑的新细木工件元素。美国枫木、桦木面胶合板和白色石膏与主厅的松木天花板结合在一起。天花板上的深棕色桃花心木污渍被用苏打喷砂技术剥去，加上精心的照明和新的双层玻璃，雄辩地照亮了这个空间。斑驳的光线透过6米高的精致的枫木屏风，将大厅与上面新的 “所有信仰和无信仰的圣所空间 “隔开。
Internally a restrained material pallet was used to characterize and unify the new joinery elements of the building: American maple, birch-faced plywood, and white plaster tied in with the pine ceiling of the main hall. The ceiling was stripped of its dark brown mahogany stain using a soda blasting technique which along with the careful lighting and new double glazing eloquently lightens the space. Dappled light filters through a 6m tall delicate maple screen that separates the hall from the new ‘all faiths and none sanctuary space above.
随着项目中木材的广泛使用，现有的教堂建筑在环境性能方面也得到了显著的改善。这包括安装阁楼和地板隔热材料，用新的双层玻璃窗取代现有的单层玻璃窗，包括朝西的大窗。原有的供暖系统被替换为高效系统，并在整个建筑中安装了低能耗的LED照明。在建筑物朝南的大屋顶上安装了一个24千瓦的太阳能电池组，隐蔽在街道上。
Along with the extensive use of timber in the project, significant improvements to the existing church building were made in terms of its environmental performance. This included the installation of loft and floor insulation and replacing the existing single-glazed pane windows with new double-glazed units including the large west-facing nave window. The original heating was replaced with an efficient system and low-energy LED lighting was fitted throughout. A 24kW solar array was installed on the building’s large south-facing roof, hidden from the street.
Architects: Konishi Gaffney Architects
Manufacturers : Cambridge Architectural Precast, Hall & Tawse
Structural Engineering : Forshaw Gauld, Entuitive
M&E : Irons Foulner Consulting Engineers
Quantity Surveyor : Thomson Gray
Lighting Design Consultant : Francis Milloy
Main Contractor : SJS Property Services
Design Team : Kieran Gaffney, Adam Williams, Ivan Fraile-Gisbert, Dana Cherepkova, Dee Farrell
Client : Greyfriars Charteris Centre
Sculptural Collaboration : Chalk Plaster
Joinery : Old School Fabrications
Glazing : Gray & Dick
Country：United Kingdom