Promoted as Reading’s newest design-led destination, Station Hill combines leisure facilities, restaurants, premier office space and residential dwellings, fostering a “live-work-play” environment.
The underground parking area called for 25% free open air shutters with a LPS 1175 SR2 security rating and a large opening width of over 7 metres.
Whilst perforated shutters are not unusual, combining the security rating with a large opening area is a more specific combination. Intimidator industrial shutters manufactured by CGT Security, are a collection of high performance shutters with LPS 1175 Issue 8 certified security levels up to and including D10 (SR4) and are available in larger widths.
The Intimidator IR2 is available in aluminium, stainless steel and galvanised steel with perforations, and can span up to 8 metres. This made it an ideal choice for both the loading bay shutter and the car park shutter.
The architects also wanted to ensure that the shutter would not detract from the appearance of their design, and as the Intimidator offers attractive styling and was colour-matched to their specific RAL colour with a satin finish, this gave them exactly what they were looking to achieve.
