# The Point, Greenwich View Place. Shackerley SureClad granite rainscreen and louvres. Isle of Dogs, London E14. > Shackerley SureClad granite rainscreen cladding and granite-faced louvres for Metnor Construction at The Point data centre, Isle of Dogs, 2016-17. > HTML version: https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/projects/the-point-isle-of-dogs/ The team behind Dmitro Development delivered the natural-granite rainscreen and granite-faced louvres at The Point, a purpose-built data centre beside Millwall Inner Dock, for design-and-build main contractor Metnor Construction. ![Glazed and pale-panelled dockside buildings behind three preserved cranes on the Isle of Dogs, the waterside setting of The Point](https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/assets/projects/the-point-isle-of-dogs/the-point-isle-of-dogs-glazed-pale-panelled-dockside-buildings-fallback.jpg) 01 · Millwall Inner Dock and its preserved cranes, the waterside setting of The Point. Data centre Glazed and pale-clad buildings along the dock edge at Greenwich View Place on the Isle of Dogs, London E14, behind three preserved dockside cranes. The Point, a purpose-built data centre, stands on this constrained dockside site beside Millwall Inner Dock. The team behind Dmitro Development delivered the granite rainscreen and granite-faced louvres for main contractor Metnor Construction, 2016 to 2017. ## At a glance - **Package**: Granite rainscreen and granite-faced louvres - **Role**: Design-responsible granite cladding subcontractor - **Main contractor**: Metnor Construction Ltd - **Location**: Greenwich View Place, Isle of Dogs - **Delivered**: 2016 to 2017 The Point replaced low-rise offices on a constrained dockside plot at Greenwich View Place, beside Millwall Inner Dock, and became the first major part of the Greenwich View campus for client TH Real Estate. Metnor Construction built it design-and-build, and the team's package was the stone that wraps its elevations. [Part of: rainscreen and facade packages](https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/facade-cladding/) ## 02 · Pale granite frames the glazing along the entrance elevation. Light granite frames each glazed bay. ![The Point's entrance elevation on a sunny day, pale grey granite panels framing tall blue-glazed bays above low louvre bands, with young trees and a paved street in front](https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/assets/projects/the-point-isle-of-dogs/the-point-isle-of-dogs-entrance-elevation-sunny-day-pale-grey-fallback.jpg) The Point's entrance elevation on Greenwich View Place. Pale granite rainscreen panels frame each glazed bay and run beneath them in a continuous band, broken by louvres set into the stone. The glazing is a separate curtain-wall package by others. The team behind Dmitro Development delivered the granite rainscreen and granite-faced louvres for main contractor Metnor Construction, 2016 to 2017. ## The granite package - Shackerley SureClad natural granite, mechanically fixed on an aluminium bracket-and-rail system - Granite-faced louvres within the stone elevations - Specified behind the stone: 16 mm cement board, DuPont Tyvek Reflex membrane and 80 mm Kingspan Kooltherm K15 insulation - Vapour-control and EPDM interfaces, fire barriers, cappings and closures ![Close view of large pale speckled granite panels around dark horizontal and vertical louvre openings beneath a projecting soffit, with blue glazing above and a dark brick plinth below](https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/assets/projects/the-point-isle-of-dogs/the-point-isle-of-dogs-large-pale-speckled-granite-panels-dark-fallback.jpg) 03 · Large pale granite panels set out around the louvre openings at street level. A close view of The Point's granite rainscreen at street level: large pale granite panels with a speckled, textured face, set out around horizontal and vertical louvre openings under a projecting soffit, above a dark brick plinth. The panels are natural granite, mechanically fixed to an aluminium bracket-and-rail system. The team behind Dmitro Development delivered the granite rainscreen and granite-faced louvres for main contractor Metnor Construction, 2016 to 2017. The stone ## Two granites, 3,425 pieces of stone. The elevations pair a light granite, OS05, with a dark granite, RV03, for contrasting elements: roughly 1,800 m² of OS05 and 130 m² of RV03, cut into 3,425 pieces. The light granite is 20 mm and 40 mm thick, the dark 30 mm. More than 1,400 granite louvre blades sit within the stone, so the louvres read as part of the granite elevations rather than as a separate system. ## 04 · The dockside range, its glazed bays set in a pale frame, linked to the office building on the water. ![The Point's long glazed dockside range in a white frame with dark louvre bands at walkway level, an elevated glazed link crossing to a white office building standing on piles in the dock](https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/assets/projects/the-point-isle-of-dogs/the-point-isle-of-dogs-long-glazed-dockside-range-white-frame-fallback.jpg) The Point's long dockside elevation beside Millwall Inner Dock: glazed bays set in a pale frame above louvre bands at walkway level, with an elevated glazed link crossing to the existing office building that stands on piles in the dock. The team behind Dmitro Development delivered the granite rainscreen and granite-faced louvres for main contractor Metnor Construction, 2016 to 2017. ## 05 · The same range from across the water, the office building on piles to the right. ![The Point's glazed range seen across the water, set in a white frame along a quay, with a white office building on piles in the dock to the right](https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/assets/projects/the-point-isle-of-dogs/the-point-isle-of-dogs-glazed-range-water-set-white-frame-fallback.jpg) The Point's dockside range seen across the water, its glazing held in a pale frame along the quay, with the existing office building on piles in the dock to the right. The team behind Dmitro Development delivered the granite rainscreen and granite-faced louvres for main contractor Metnor Construction, 2016 to 2017. ## Greenwich View Place, beside Millwall Inner Dock The plot sits on the edge of Millwall Inner Dock. The scheme kept an existing office building on the water and joined it to the new range with an elevated link. Tower Hamlets approved the revised plans in March 2016. ![Aerial view of the Isle of Dogs with the Thames and Canary Wharf towers beyond, The Point's dockside site highlighted in red beside Millwall Inner Dock](https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/assets/projects/the-point-isle-of-dogs/the-point-isle-of-dogs-aerial-thames-canary-wharf-towers-beyond-fallback.jpg) 06 · The Isle of Dogs from the air, The Point's dockside site marked in red. An aerial view of the Isle of Dogs with the Thames and Canary Wharf beyond. The Point's site is marked in red on the edge of Millwall Inner Dock, within the Greenwich View Place campus, where the new building replaced low-rise offices on a constrained dockside plot. ![Site plan of the Greenwich View Place campus with its buildings labelled, The Point shaded along the dockside boundary](https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/assets/projects/the-point-isle-of-dogs/the-point-isle-of-dogs-site-plan-greenwich-place-campus-buildings-fallback.jpg) 07 · Site plan of Greenwich View Place, with The Point along the dockside boundary. A site plan of the Greenwich View Place campus on the Isle of Dogs, its buildings labelled, with The Point shaded along the dockside boundary beside Millwall Inner Dock. The Point formed the first major part of the Greenwich View campus. ![A white office building on piles over the dock, with a piling rig and hoarding on the plot beside it and a dark glazed office block behind](https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/assets/projects/the-point-isle-of-dogs/the-point-isle-of-dogs-white-office-building-piles-dock-piling-fallback.jpg) 08 · Works under way behind hoarding on the dock edge, beside the office building on the water. The Point's dockside plot with a piling rig and excavator working behind site hoarding, beside the existing office building that stands on piles in Millwall Inner Dock and was kept as part of the scheme. Construction started in mid-2016 for design-and-build main contractor Metnor Construction. ## 09 · The elevated link meeting the office building on the dock, seen from above. ![High view over The Point's long glazed range in a white frame along the quay, an elevated glazed link crossing to a white office building on the dock, with preserved cranes at the water's edge](https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/assets/projects/the-point-isle-of-dogs/the-point-isle-of-dogs-high-long-glazed-range-white-frame-fallback.jpg) The Point seen from above: the long glazed range in its pale frame along the quay, the elevated link crossing to the existing office building on the dock, and the preserved cranes at the water's edge. The team behind Dmitro Development delivered the granite rainscreen and granite-faced louvres for Metnor Construction. Where the package stopped ## The stone, not the glass. The granite rainscreen and louvres were one package within Metnor Construction's design-and-build contract. The glazing was a separate package: Visual Concept Ltd installed the curtain wall using Senior Architectural Systems' SF52 curtain-wall and SD door systems. The structural frame and the building services were delivered by others. ## A pale stone frame ARC-MC's design sets every glazed bay in a pale stone frame and carries the louvre bands at ground level within the same grid. ![Design render of The Point's long elevation from above a tree-lined approach, glazed bays in a pale frame over dark louvre bands, with dock cranes beyond](https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/assets/projects/the-point-isle-of-dogs/the-point-isle-of-dogs-design-render-fallback.jpg) 10 · Design render of the long elevation, the dock cranes beyond. A design render of The Point's long elevation, seen from above the tree-lined approach: each glazed bay set in a pale stone frame, with dark louvre bands running at ground level within the same grid, and the preserved dock cranes beyond. The team behind Dmitro Development delivered the granite rainscreen and granite-faced louvres that realise this frame, for Metnor Construction. ![A corner of The Point with pale panels wrapping dark glazed bays on two faces above dark louvre bands and doors at ground level](https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/assets/projects/the-point-isle-of-dogs/the-point-isle-of-dogs-corner-pale-panels-wrapping-dark-glazed-fallback.jpg) 11 · A corner of the scheme, pale panels framing the glazing above louvre bands. A corner of The Point in which pale panels wrap the glazed bays on both faces and carry on around the louvre bands and doors at ground level, the elevation stepping back along the street beyond. The team behind Dmitro Development delivered the granite rainscreen and granite-faced louvres for Metnor Construction. ![Paved walk along The Point's dockside elevation, long dark louvre bands set into pale panels at walkway level, looking towards an elevated link and an office building on the dock](https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/assets/projects/the-point-isle-of-dogs/the-point-isle-of-dogs-paved-walk-dockside-elevation-long-dark-fallback.jpg) 12 · The dockside walk, louvre bands set into the pale stone elevation. The paved walk along The Point's dockside elevation, where long louvre bands sit within the pale stone panels at walkway level, looking towards the elevated link and the office building on the dock. The team behind Dmitro Development delivered the granite rainscreen and granite-faced louvres for Metnor Construction. ## 13 · The elevated link crossing from The Point to the office building on the dock. ![An elevated glazed link crossing from The Point's pale-panelled dockside elevation, with a louvre band at walkway level, to a pale office building beside the dock](https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/assets/projects/the-point-isle-of-dogs/the-point-isle-of-dogs-elevated-glazed-link-crossing-pale-panelled-fallback.jpg) The elevated glazed link added by the scheme, crossing from The Point's pale-panelled dockside elevation, with its louvre bands at walkway level, to the existing office building on the dock. The link and its glazing were delivered by others; the team behind Dmitro Development delivered the granite rainscreen and granite-faced louvres. ## 14 · Beneath the link, looking out along the dockside walk. ![Upward view beneath The Point's glazed elevated link, the office building on the left and the pale-panelled elevation with a louvre band on the right, the dockside walk running out to the water](https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/assets/projects/the-point-isle-of-dogs/the-point-isle-of-dogs-upward-beneath-glazed-elevated-link-office-fallback.jpg) Looking up beneath The Point's elevated link towards the office building on the dock, with the pale-panelled elevation and its louvre band on the right and the dockside walk running out towards the water. The team behind Dmitro Development delivered the granite rainscreen and granite-faced louvres for Metnor Construction. ## 15 · The long elevation from above the approach, a pale frame around every glazed bay. ![The Point's long elevation from above the approach, each dark glazed bay framed in pale stone panels, with dark louvre bands at ground level along its full length](https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/assets/projects/the-point-isle-of-dogs/the-point-isle-of-dogs-long-elevation-approach-dark-glazed-bay-fallback.jpg) The Point's long elevation seen from above the tree-lined approach: a pale stone frame around each glazed bay, and dark louvre bands at ground level running the full length of the building. The team behind Dmitro Development delivered the granite rainscreen and granite-faced louvres for Metnor Construction. ## 16 · Closer in on the entrance elevation, granite framing each glazed bay. ![The Point's entrance elevation from the street, pale grey granite framing tall blue-glazed bays above louvre bands, with young trees and planting in front](https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/assets/projects/the-point-isle-of-dogs/the-point-isle-of-dogs-entrance-elevation-street-pale-grey-granite-fallback.jpg) A closer crop of The Point's entrance elevation on Greenwich View Place: pale granite framing each glazed bay and running below them, with the louvres set into the stone at street level. The team behind Dmitro Development delivered the granite rainscreen and granite-faced louvres for main contractor Metnor Construction, 2016 to 2017. ## The Point, complete beside Millwall Inner Dock. 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