Vent and escape shafts are provided at stations and at 1000m intervals between stations along the Jubilee Line Extension. Ian Ritchie Architects designed the architecture for 6 shafts between London Bridge and Canary Wharf, one being part of Bermondsey Station.
The architectural intention was to create a family of sculptural objects which articulate the functional character of the shafts (air movement, plant, escape and access).
These characteristics are translated according to the individual, and often sensitive site locations to produce a unique and locally responsive expression of the presence of the Jubilee Line. Conventional louvres and grilles have been dispensed with in favour of designing discreet and/or highly articulate and efficient free air space ventilation zones.
The principle forms are:
These forms are made from a palette of materials:
Wherever possible landscape and planting forms an essential ingredient providing a seasonally shifting foil to the architecture of the surface structure.
Culling Road was awarded UK Copper Building of the Year 2000, and Innovation in Copper 2000.