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VMZINC for King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery
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A standing seam VMZINC roof in a natural finish has been used in Scott Brownrigg’s design of the new £16 million home of the King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery. The 5.4 acre site at Napier Lines Woolwich is the biggest zinc project in Europe over the past year and achieved a BREEAM 'Excellent' rating. The zinc complements timber cladding on buildings which provide stabling and full support facilities for 170 horses as well as a museum, veterinary clinic, saddlers' and tailors' workshops and the largest, most modern blacksmith's forge in the British Army. Zinc was chosen for its sustainability in a design which is ‘carbon minus’ and will generate surplus energy by running entirely on bio-fuel derived from horse manure and bedding. The zinc roof incorporates solar chimneys which provide natural stack ventilation to the stables together with rainwater harvesting and S.U.D.S systems.
