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originally a tram shed and converted into a

popular antiques market in 1979,‘the mall’aces a controversial conversion into high

rent retail units.

now mostly empty,‘the mall’poses ar more

interesting interior design prospects than

just another commercial retail outlet

site analysis‘the mall’ antiques arcade

359 upper street,

islington N1



01 -site history01.01 - site history

01.01.1 -

First tramline opened in Islington in 1871

by northmetropolitan tramways, and at the

beginning o the 20thcentury they became

electried, creating the demand or these

electricity sub stations.

01.01.2 -

Built in 1906 as an electricity sub station

or the trams by E. Vincent Harris (London

County Council Architects), certain details

where inspired by George Dance II’s New-

gate Prison.

01.01.3 -

In 1933 the London Passenger Transport

Board was created, and ownership o the

sub station would have been pas sed to this

body

01.01.4 -

In 1938 trams where replaced by trolley

busses, which where then replaced by bus-

es in 1961, rendering the building derelict.

01.01.5 -

In 1975 permission was granted to convert

theinterior o thebuilding to provide ocesand aresturant on a newly created rst oor,

and an antiques market on the ground oor

and basement.

tram electricity sub station in 1909

newgate prison elevation

newgate prison print

359 upper street, derelict in 1971

359 upper street, derelict in 1970

the mall antiques arcade interior, 1998the mall antiques arcade interior, 2001themallantiquesarcade basement2002



01 -site history01.02 - area history

01.02.1 -

The Agricultural Hall and Royal Free Hospi-

tal are the most prominent, with a dairy and

the courthouse in close proximity to the site

01.02.2 -

The agricultural hall and the Royal Hospital

are still proiminent, there is also the Court-

housestill, and a number o schools and two

cinemas have emerged

01.02.3 -

The Agricultural Hall is now the Business

Design Centre, the Courthouseand the Hos-

pital still remain. There is also a University

and a number o schools

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01 -site history01.03 - area history

01.03.1 -

Photograph dated 1890, tramlines rst

opened in the area in 1871, the rst tramline

ran rom Holloway Rd, to Upper St, Angel,

then on to Finsbury Sq.

01.03.2 -

Trams in this area became electried in the

early 1900’s when the electricity sub station

was built (which is now The Mall)

01.03.3 -

Photograph dated early 1900’s, ater the

upper St sub station was built, showing the

HollowayRdtram travelingurtherup Upper

St.

01.03.4 -

Camden Passage opens as an antiques

trading area in 1960 ater a businessman

named John Payton had a vision that the

Passage could becomea universally known

antiques centre.

01.03.5 -

‘The Angel’was originally an inn near a toll

gate on the Great North Road (at what is

now the corner o Islington High Street and

Pentonville Road)



02 -site context02.01 - site location

02.01.1 -

Islington is located in thenortho London, in

the United kingdom

02.01.2 -

The Mall Antiques Arcade is located in

Upper Street, in Islington

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02 -site context

02.02 - the site

02.02.1 -

south east elevation

02.02.2 -

west elevation

02.02.3 -

north east elevation



02 -site context02.03 - surrounding area

9 8 7 1 2 6 4 5 302.03.1 - The Mall

02.03.2 - Residential

02.03.3 - Business Design Centre

02.031.4 - Camden Passage

02.03.5 - Upper Street, shops

02.03.6 - Upper Street, shops

02.03.7 - Upper Street, cinema

02.03.8 - Royal Bank o Scotland

02.03.9 - Angel Station



02.03.1 -

the mall, 359 upper street was part o the

‘camden passage’antiques trade, world

amous.

02.03.2 -

ats directly behind the site, with some

shops belonging to ‘camden passage’.

02.03.3 -

‘business design centre’located less than

100m rom site, of o upper street.

02 -site context02.03 - location inormation

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02.03.4-1 -

‘camden passage’world amous or its

antiques trade, lots o individual shops

02.03.4-2 -

outdoor stalls and indoor shops. including

some o those that where evicted rom‘the

mall’

02.03.4-3 -

passage leads straight to ‘the mall’, the

site is described as ‘the heart o camden

passage’.

notice the Lom Bok here, this used to be anantiques arcade called the Angel Arcade,

along with Foxtons which used to be the

Gateway Arcade, and the Riess down the

road which used to be the GeorgianVillage.


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02.03.5 -

busy main road,‘upper street’experiences

heavy trac during the daytime

02.03.6 -

indpendentshops andchainshopsopposite

‘the mall’over the main road (upper street

west side).

02.03.7 -

over the road rom‘the mall’, large cinema

complex and more chain stores, along rom

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02.03.8 -

royal bank o scotland building, right next

to angel tube station, almost opposite‘the

mall’.

02.03.9 -

angel station less than 100m along upper

street rom‘the mall’.upper street withmany

chain stores.


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03 -site drawings03.01 - plans

A A

03.01.1 -

Basement Plan

03.01.2 -

Ground Floor plan

2. Ground Floor Plan

1:200 @ A31. Basement Plan

1:200 @ A3



03 -site drawings03.02 - plan/ section

03.02.1 -

First oor Plan

03.02.2 -

Section AA

1. First Floor Plan

1:200 @ A3

2. Section A-A

1:100 @ A3



THE MALLANTIQUES ARCADE ON TWO FLOORS

THE MALL

03 -site drawings03.03 - elevations

03.03.1 -

West Elevation

03.03.1 -

East Elevation

1. West Elevation

1:200 @ A3

2. East Elevation

1:200 @ A3



03 -site drawings03.04 - elevations

03.04.1 -

South Elevation

03.04.2 -

North elevation

1. South Elevation

1:100 @ A3

2. North Elevation

1:100 @ A3



04 -site survey04.01 - access

site access

south elevation

north elevation

04.01.1 -

Site is accessed romnorth and south open-

ings, via pavement orroad, being mindul o

the one way system surrounding the site

Site can also be accessed via a side open-

ing on the west elevation

04.01.2 -West elevation holds the majority o the

openings,including 12 windowsand 1 door

The south elevation holds one o the two

double heighted archways, currently oc-

cupied by metal shuttering and a window

above

04.01.3 -

North elevation holds the other doubleheightedopening,alsocurrentlyoccupied by

metal shuttering and a window above



04 -site survey04.02 - orientation

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autumn

winter

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04.02.1 -

The sun rises on the east elevation, which is

the only elevation with windows.

04.02.2 - Towards the aternoon, the interior o the

buildingonlyrecieveslightthroughthesouth

entrance.

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04 -site survey04.03 - architectural details

04.03.1 -

Lettering rom the 1970’s, and the a cade

lined with various diferent proles o

decorative details along the length o the

building.

04.03.2 -

False‘windows’in the style o the Newgate

Prison, demolished in 1902.

Steppedpatternbrickwork prominentaround

the whole building.

04.03.3 -

Large archways at either end o the building

currently utilised as windows and entrance

to the ground oor.

Windowson west elevation have black awn-

ing detail over them

04.03.4 -

On the interior the trusses are utilised to

hold the lightingand various other electrics.



05 -site analysis05.01 - volumes

basement

groundoor

rst oor

05.01.1 -

First oor - 5.2m at the highest point

oor space 10x43m

05.01.2 -

Ground oor - 3.3m high throughout

oor space 10x43m

05.01.3 -

Basement - 2.6m at highest point

oor space 10x41m



05 -site analysis05.02 - structure

Roo

Original columns and trusses

First oor partition

Ground oor partitions

Basement partitions

05.02.1 -

Roo may have been replaced since rst

built in 1906

05.02.2 -

Columns and trusses believedtobeoriginal,

rom 1906

05.02.3 -Firstoorand rst oorpartitions introduced

in the 1970’s, to become a resturant

05.02.4 -

Ground oor partitons introduced in the

1970’s to become an antiques arcade

05.02.5 -

Basementpartitionsintroducedinthe 1970’s

to become part o the natiques arcade



05 -site analysis05.03 - structural grid

05.03.1 -

The structural grid o the site is dictated by

the columns and trusses that hold the roo

05.03.2 -

Thecolumns dictate theexisting circulation

o the space, and lie strictly in line with other

architectural elements such as the archway

entrances

Structure is load bearing.



05 -site analysis05.03 - circulation

05.03.1 -

First Floor circulation, entrance rom stairs

rom the street and rom stairs rom Ground

Floor

05.03.2 -

GroundFloor Circulation, entrance at either

end rom the street.

05.03.3 -

Basement Circulation,entranceateitherend

via staircases rom Ground Floor

05.03.4 -

Site has a very prominent circulation route,

north to south

First Floor

Ground Floor

Basement



05 -site analysis05.04 - heritage listing

05.04.1 -

The English Heritage listing makes it very

clear that the envelope o the building is

protected by the Grade II listing, but makes

no mention o the interior partitions o the

building, so it is assumed that these can be

altered in any way, i it does not damage the

building’s exterior envelope



05 -site analysis05.04 - potential or change

05.04.2 -

Existing 1970’s partitionscouldbe complet-

ley removed

05.04.3 -

Ground oorslab could beremoved to orm

triple height space

05.04.4 -Mezzanineoor level couldbe intorduced to

divide the space up vertically

05.04.5 -

Using the existing structural grid, the space

could be divided into units once again

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06 -possible uses06.01 - timeline exhibition

06.01.1 -

Due to the building’s linear nature, it could

be turned into a timeline based exhibition,

dividing the large empty volume (as indi-

cated in possible alterations)and implying a

specic route through the building

Based on the building’s antiques history

and it’s context withing the area that is sits,it being very accessible and visible, this

programme would be appropriate

The exhibition would ocus on the history o

chairs, reecting on the areas antique past

06.01.2 -

The building would unction as ollows:

06.01.3 -

The programme requires these minimum

area sizes to unction

store stafroom

lobby securitylobby

oceino/sales

publicentrance staf entranceexhibitareas

exhibit areas

staf

w/c

staf w/c

oce

storage

ino/ sales

lobby/publicentrance

6m sq 6m sq

300m sq 30m sq

12m sq

12m sq

18m sq

12m sq

w/c

w/c

6m sq

6m sq securitylobby

w/c

staf w/c

stafroom

24m sq




06.01.4 -

similar spaces have been created:

TheVictoria & Albert Museum holds many

diferent exampleso antiqueand historical

urniture, in various diferent inormative

exhibitions,theexhibition spaces are much

larger butit is important to look at how these

itemsare displayedandwhat inormationisgiven

06.01.5 -

The vitra design museum exhibits it’s

contemporary chaircollection in a contem-

porary enviro nment, looking at how these

are displayed and what items are ac tually

displayed is important

Room 101, Europe & America

Room 118, Neo Classicism in Britain

Room 122, Technological Innovations

Room 56, Britain & the Indies




06.01.6 -

the spaces could apply to the site in the

ollowing way, relating back to the possible

alterations that could be made to the build-

ing

sectionsthatsupportthis programmein the

site analysis document are:

01.01- site History

The use is inormed by the site’s antiques

history

01.02 - area history

the use is inormed by the area’s antiques

history

02.03- surrounding area

the use is reection o the area’s current

antiquestrade, toorm anexhibition tobring

more potential buyers into the area

04.01 -access

the use is inormed bu the ease o access to

the site via transport links and the link to the

pavement

05.01- volume

the volume would be suitableto dividewith

mezzanines orexampletocreate an exhibi-

tion space

05.03- circulation

the site’s circulation suggests a linear path

through the building, a path on which this

history o chairs could be described

large space allocated

or display, space letover so high space

orexhibitionpossible

space in base-

ment canbe used

also

possible structural enhancment to accomodatelinear path through exhibition

basement oorground oor



06 -possible uses06.02 - shopping arcade

w/c

06.02.1 -

Due to the building’s linear nature, it could

be divided up into a series o shops that

wouldrangerom antique shopstomodern

alternatives

based on the building’s antiques history,

and the nature o the surrounding area, the

proposal o an antiques shopping arcademake a good addition to the area

The arcade would include a number o

shopsdividedintotime periods,sellingitems

rom that period

06.02.2 -

The building would unction as ollows

6.02.3 -

the programme requires these minimum

area sizes to unction

Each shop will require the same amount o space or each area

circulationentrance shop oor

store

stafroom

customer/

staf

display

pre 1900 1900-1920 1940-1950 1960-1970 1980-1990

customer staf

shop oor

displaystaf/ ocestaf w/c

store

35m sq

16m sq

8m sq

8m sq

6m sq

14m sqpublic w/c

public w/c

12m sq

12m sq

staf w/c

shop oor

store

stafroom

customer/

staf

display

staf w/c

shop oor

store

stafroom

customer/

staf

display

staf w/c




06.02.4 -

similar spaces have been created:

06.02.5 -

Chen Mi Ji, a small a ntiques shop trades in

the items thatwould be or sale in 359 upper

street, and the way they are displayed in this

small space is important.




06.02.6 -

The spaces could apply to the site in the



ing



01.01 -site history

the use is inormed by the site’s antiques

history

02.03 -surrounding area

the use is a reection o the site’s location

and it’s consumerist nature

04.01 -access

the use is inormed bu the ease o access to

the site via transport links and the link to the

pavement

05.01 -volume

the volumetric properties o the site make it

suitable to divide up into seperate units

05.03 -structural gridsthe structural grids could dictate how to

divide the space up

05.03.5 -circulation

the circulation o the site suggests anarcade

type space, where the user could walk

through the space and emerge rom the

other end


circulation

seperate shop units

store and staf room

or each seperateunit

showing the possible circulation route

through the building



06 -possible uses06.03 - activity space

06.03.1 -

Due to the areas surroundings, the area

demographicand the building’s volumetric

properties, thecould besuitableor an activ-

ity centre building programme

The programme would ocus include a

climbing wall, bicycle repair and storage

acilitiesandequipment or parkourtraining

06.03.2 -

The building would unction as ollows

06.03.3 -

the programme requires these minimum

area sizes to unction, based on an area or

80 people

showers/changing/

w/c

admin cleaner

w/c

entrance hall

rereshment

store

rst aid

w/c

6m sq

w/c

6m sq

admin

8m sq

cleaner

6m sq

showers/changing/w/c

12m sq

showers/changing/w/c

12m sqrst aid

6m sq

hall

252m sq

staf

changing

staf changing

12m sq

rereshment

20m sq

store

25m sq




06.03.4 -

similar spaces exist and provide useul

precedence:

westway activity centre, thoughlarger than

the site, provides a good insight into how

these acilities could work

06.03.5 -

The Arch climbing centre is dedicated toclimbing andclimbing walls, the congura-

tion o the walls are a good example o how

a climbing wall could t into small spaces




06.03.6 -

The spaces could apply to the site in the



ing



01.01- site history

the site’s history associated with transports

inorms the ideao a space or the movment

o the body

02.03- greater area

This area o islington has a lot o schools

within a mile o the site, there is a possibil-

ity o school children being able to use this

space

05.01- volumes

when emptied o all o the partitions within

the space, the site provides a large volume

o about 43 x 10 x 12m, which could be

suitable tohouseaclimbingwallandvarious

other equipment

05.03- circulation

the site’s circulation is very linear, meaning

there could be anopportunityto place some

kind o linear activity circuit through the

building


possible structural alterations toaccomodate

the neccesary equipment and circulation

spaces rom the rstoor can be situated

in basement possibly

minimum spacerequired or a smallsports hall, elongated

to t site



07 -feasibility07.01 - which programme?

07.01.1 -

The most apropriate programme or this site

would be the Retail Arcade proposal.

This is because it compliments many o the

aspects o the curent site explored in the site

analysis phase.

07.01.2 -

The activity centre just wasn’t easible

enough, thougg the idea relates to the his-

tory o the building,andthe theoryis appeal-

ing, the main road would pose a problem

or visiting school children and there just

isn’t enough space in the site to provide a

comoratable activity environment.

07.01.3 -

Although very easible in terms o the space

and the history o the building, the timeline

exhibition is not as easible as the retail

arcade in terms o the areaaround islington,

and it’s retail nature.

This proposal wouldn’t provide as great an

addition to the local area as the retail arcadewould, eventhough it is entirely appropriate

or the building

pre 1900 1900-1920 1940-1950 1960-1970 1980-1990

groundoor

minimum spacerequiredora smallsportshall,elongatedto tsite

possiblestructuralalterationstoaccomodatethe neccesary equipmentandcirculation

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