The main tower block contains the studio apartments, with a total of 266 beds and 7 wheelchair adapted units, plus amenity areas, spread over the top 22 storeys alongside the viaduct carrying the main line through to Elephant and Castle station.

The site also includes the use of three arches beneath the viaduct adjacent to the site which have been used for plant space and other back of house functions. CRE8 Structures are appointed as structural, civil and geotechnical engineers for RIBA Stages 2 to 6.

The building has one full basement which occupies the whole site area and is further space for plant and water tanks. The building is of slender form and makes full use of the site and the air rights above adjacent footpaths and the Network Rail operational clearance strip next to the viaduct, once it is a sufficient height above the rail tracks, by cantilevering out. The use of 3D finite element modelling of the structural frame at concept design stage, has allowed the refinement of the design and cost certainty to be established, for this structurally complex building, prior to planning submission.

Discussions with Network Rail have been led by CRE8 Structures to establish the technical acceptability of the proposals. Principles have been agreed and the next stage will be to obtain full technical approval. The use of complex wind analysis has allowed the refinement of the design and cost certainty to be established for this complex building.