plain sailing

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PLAIN SAILING
Hobart & Heron successfully won the design & build project for
Stena’s new ferry terminal in Belfast at Victoria Terminal 4
(VT4) in 2006. By the time the VT4 building was completed
and opened in June 2008, we had been appointed directly by
Stena to design and procure the new Loch Ryan Port buildings
on a windswept exposed site just north of Cairnryan in
Scotland. This £50m development project incorporated
dredging, site reclaimation and harbour development works, to
create the land onto which the new passenger terminal, and 5
other support buildings would be built. This passenger terminal
was designed to enhance passenger comfort, and complete
the second leg of the journey that started with the VT4 Belfast
Terminal. Two new luxury fast ferries, which would reduce
journey time and greatly enhance the travel experience for
passengers, were also introduced on the route at the opening
last year.
The terminal building design has a low profile of 2 storeys,
with a curved overhanging roof to provide both shelter from
the elements when the rain is not coming horizontally, and
soften the buildings appearance against the steep slopes of
the Galloway hills which rise some 200m above the A77 road
north on the sites eastern boundary. A high performance
glazed curtain wall façade provides the main external wall
element, and the visual link from inside the building to the
rugged natural landscape of hillside and sea on this exposed
site. A neutral grey external colour pallet for the building was
chosen to enhance the corporate signage colours of Stena on
the roof and canopies. Inside, the colours are a neutral ‘off
white’, with occasional walls of red and blue, Stena’s corporate
colours. Furniture was selected by Hobart & Heron to reflect
modern vibrant departure lounges, café and offices, and
arranged to provide views outside in all directions on both
ground and first floor offices.
The terminal building ground floor is designed to allow for the
smooth flow of foot passengers and staff through the building.
Beyond the ‘meeters and greeters’ waiting area is security,
which is similar to Airport security as this is a main entry port
into the UK. Foot passengers then proceed to the waiting
lounge, which has catering and toilet facilities.
THE TEAM
Client / Stena Line Ports- Loch Ryan
Architect /
Hobart & Heron
Mark Porter, William Dawson, Eamon Farrelly
Quantity Surveyor /
Structural /
Mech & Elec /
Car and freight passengers must drive through a security
building and then through a Ticketing building before parking
in designated waiting rows before being allowed to drive onto
the ferry. Car passengers can also enter the terminal building
from the secure side for refreshments and toilet use.
Sammon
Doran Consulting
Caldwell Consulting
Main Contractor / McLaughlin Harvey
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Photography / Chris Hill
The first floor level of the Terminal building has Stena and
security personnel offices, as well as conference rooms,
meeting rooms, canteens, and stores. On the second floor
are the boiler room and air handling units, with an open
plant well.
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As Architects and Lead Consultant of the buildings design
team, we coordinated design information from the other
consultants for the delivery of all the buildings on the project.
We liaised with the Civil Engineering project manager to report
and monitor progress of the building works. We assisted in the
procurement and selection of a main contractor, sub
contractors, and building envelope contractors. We also had a
main role in the management of both the centralized design
information documentation system, and NEC3 contract
management. Stena also had specialist Swedish contractors,
whom we assisted in getting their design information
approved under Scottish Building Warrants.
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The project was designated as one of the Scottish Parliaments
top ten infrastructure projects and as such was being fast
tracked through the approval process. It also had to be seen
EAST ELEVATION
Fronting Car Park & hillside beyond
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to achieve a higher level of sustainability beyond those
indicated in Scottish Building Regulations. To achieve this the
building is heated and cooled by a highly efficient Air Sourced
Heat Pump VRV Air Conditioning System. The system recovers
heat from the areas in the building that require cooling and
allows it to be used in areas that need heating, for example
the system cooling the comms rooms provides heat to the over
door air curtains at the main passenger entrances. The main Air
Handling Unit that serves the passenger areas also utilizes a
heat recovery wheel to reduce the energy used by the system
that operate on a 24/7 basis.
The lighting scheme within the terminal building was
developed in line with the Stena Corporate ID based on their
main terminal in Gothenburg, Sweden. The operational area of
the site is lit to port standards and required substantial
modelling and production of photo montages during the
planning process.
The project consisted of significant infrastructure works due to
its location. This included a new dedicated transformer
installation, a 1 mile stretch of new street lighting on the A77,
a 1 mile water main installation and new sewage treatment
works to serve the site and the local village of Cairnryan. The
buildings were all completed in 15 months and have been well
received by Stena management, their staff and passengers.
Brian Gordon
Director, Hobart & Heron Architects
SITU: Stena Line, Loch Ryan Port, Cairnryan
Dumfries and Galloway DG9 8RG