NO. 3 SLIP CHATHAM DOCKYARDNo 3 Slip 1838. This had a linked truss structure and was originally covered in Tarred Paper, which was quickly replaced with a zinc roof. The slip was backfilled around 1900 and a steel mezzanine floor was added. It became a store house for ships boats.

The dockyard closed in 1984. It covered 400 acres (1.6 km²). After closure this was divided into three sec-tions. The easternmost basin was handed over to the Medway Ports authority and is now a commercial port. 80 acres (324,000 m²), comprising the 18th century core of the site, was transferred to a charity called the Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust and is now open as a visitor at-traction. The other tranche was converted into a mixed commercial, residential and leisure development.

St Mary’s Island, a 150-acre (0.61 km2) site, once a part of the Dockyard, has been transformed to a residential com-munity for some 1,500 homes. It has several themed areas with traditional maritime buildings, a fishing (in looks only) village with its multicoloured houses and a modern ener-gy-efficient concept. Many homes have views of the River Medway. A primary school (St. Mary’s CofE) and a medical centre provide facilities for the residents and there are attractive walks around the Island.

Chatham Historic Dockyard is a maritime museum on part of the site of the former royal/naval dockyard at Chatham in Kent, England.

Chatham Dockyard covered 400 acres (1.6 km²) and was one of the Royal Navy’s main facilities for several hun-dred years until it was closed in 1984. After closure the dockyard was divided into three sections. The eastern-most basin was handed over to Medway Ports and is now a commercial port. Another slice was converted into a mixed commercial, residential and leisure development. 80 acres (324,000 m²), comprising the 18th century core of the site, was transferred to a charity called the Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust and is now open as a visitor at-traction. It claims to be the world’s most complete dock-yard of the Age of Sail. The attraction has seven main elements:· 3 historic warships: · HMS Gannet (1878) · HMS Cavalier (R73) · HMS Ocelot (S17) · The Ropery: a Georgian and Victorian rope factory. · Wooden Walls: a recreation of the working life of the dockyard in 1758, centred on the construction of HMS Valiant. · Museum of the Royal Dockyard: with model ships and other exhibits, from the Spanish Armada to the dock-yard’s closure shortly after the Falklands War.

Lifeboat: a museum about the work of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution which has 17 historic vessels.

3 Slip - The BIG Store: Originally a covered slip-way, now a display of large objects from the Dockyward and the nearby Royal Engineers Museum.

No 1 Smithery: Originally an iron-working building, restored and re-opened in July 2010 to house temporary exhibitions, permanent displays and stores of objects from the Dockyard itself and from the National Maritime Museum and Imperial War Museum, particularly paintings and ship models.

Workers at the dockyard performed eight years of resto-ration work on the Havengore, the ceremonial vessel that carried the body of Winston Churchill during his state funeral. In addition the dockyard is acting as custodian of artifacts, masts and rigging from the Cutty Sark and the Medway Queen, while their hulls are being restored elsewhere. Records of the ships built at Chatham go back to 1646.

NO. 3 SLIP CHATHAM DOCKYARD - MEZANNINE

NO. 3 SLIP CHATHAM DOCKYARD - GROUND FLOOR

NO. 3 SLIP - SECTION AA 1:200 NO. 3 SLIP - SECTION BB 1:200 NO. 3 SLIP - FIRST FLOOR - MEZANNINE 1:200

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ANISH KAPOOR - SKY MIRROR JAMES TURRELL - LIGHT/SPACE JUTA CASTRO/NUJI - SPACE01 DAN GRAHAM - REFLECTION ZAHA HADID - OPERA HOUSEDANIEL LIBESKIND - MUSEUMTORAFU ARCHITECTS - DREAMANISH KAPOOR - CLOUD GATE

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SECTION AA 1:75

JOINT DETAILING 1:20 JOINT DETAILING 1:20 JOINT DETAILING 1:20FIRST FLOOR PLAN (MEZANNINE) 1:500

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LOAD PATHS 1:200STRUCTURAL CORE 1:200 NATURAL VENTILATION 1:200

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DIBOND MIRROR SHEETING

FINISHED PINE TIMBER

TENSIONED STEEL CABLING

MIRRORED PANELS

STEEL CABLING

TIMBER FRAME

STEEL SUPPORTS

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