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Plantroom Layout

Drawing
4th November 1982 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Drawing on tracing paper, bound along the edge with blue tape, detailing the plantroom layout in the basement of a building at 27-37 Wigmore Street. The mechanical units are represented with grey film and the structure is rendered in red pencil. There are hand-stencilled dimensions and notes throughout. As is the convention with drawings of this type, the engineer's name is pre-printed in a box in the bottom right hand corner of the sheet and the project details are given in a box above this. A piece of punched plastic has been applied to the right hand side of the drawing so that it can be stored in a hanging unit.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitlePlantroom Layout
Materials and techniques
Pen and ink on tracing paper
Brief description
Drawing of the proposed layout of the mechanical services at 27-37 Wigmore Street by Ove Arup & Partners for The Halpern Partnership, the architect, and London & Leeds Estates Ltd., the client, 1982. The drawing numbered '11396 M2013C'
Physical description
Drawing on tracing paper, bound along the edge with blue tape, detailing the plantroom layout in the basement of a building at 27-37 Wigmore Street. The mechanical units are represented with grey film and the structure is rendered in red pencil. There are hand-stencilled dimensions and notes throughout. As is the convention with drawings of this type, the engineer's name is pre-printed in a box in the bottom right hand corner of the sheet and the project details are given in a box above this. A piece of punched plastic has been applied to the right hand side of the drawing so that it can be stored in a hanging unit.
Dimensions
  • Height: 59.2cm
  • Width: 84cm
The scale of the drawing is 1:50
Marks and inscriptions
11396 - MECHANICAL. WIGMORE ST. M_2013C (On the piece of plastic from which the drawing would be suspended; Handwriting; Ink)
Subjects depicted
Place depicted
Collection
Accession number
E.444-1990

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Record createdJuly 26, 2003
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