In detail 29: Queen Mary Student Village, University of London

By Graham Bizley and Graham Bizley2004-11-05T00:00:00

The north elevation is broken up by a series of projecting triangular

Source: Peter Cook

The largest residential block at the Westfield Student Village has an eight-storey concrete frame built with tunnel-form shuttering. Another word for shuttering is formwork, whereby a frame is constructed to provide support as the concrete hardens.

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