Heatherwick Studio led the masterplan and design for the Bombay Sapphire gin distillery in Hampshire, which opened in 2014.
The transformation of the five-acre site included the renovation a 300-year-old paper mill and the restoration 23 existing buildings.
In the modernisation scheme, the River Test, which runs through the site, was widened and used as an organisational device.
Two curved glasshouses, one with a temperate climate and one with a Mediterranean climate, emerge from the renovated mill building and house the 10 botanicals used in the gin distillation process.
Waste heat from the still house is recycled and used to grow the plant species within the glasshouses.
Traditional large copper stills are located within the interior, which consists of an educational dry room and bar to accommodate tours and public events.
The project was the first facility in the drinks manufacturing industry and the first renovation to achieve BREEAM 'outstanding' accreditation.
Heatherwick Studio led the masterplan and design for the Bombay Sapphire gin distillery in Hampshire, which opened in 2014. The transformation of the five-acre site included the renovation a 300-year-old paper mill and the restoration 23 existing buildings. In the modernisation scheme, the River Test, which runs through the site, was widened and used as an organisational device. Two curved glasshouses, one with a temperate climate and one with a Mediterranean climate, emerge from the renovated mill building and house the 10 botanicals used in the gin distillation process. Waste heat from the still house is recycled and used to grow the plant species within the glasshouses. Traditional large copper stills are located within the interior, which consists of an educational dry room and bar to accommodate tours and public events. The project was the first facility in the drinks manufacturing industry and the first renovation to achieve BREEAM 'outstanding' accreditation.
Thomas Heatherwick