Key Project Data
- Location: Canary Wharf, London
- Building: Amory Tower (The Madison) – 53 storeys
- Sector: High-rise residential
- Client: LBS Properties
- Architect: Make Architects
- Main Contractor: Balfour Beatty
- Bathroom pods supplied: 487 prefabricated units (16 typologies)
- Sterchele scope: Early-stage design coordination, off-site manufacture, sequenced delivery, and on-site technical integration support through installation and commissioning
The Challenge
Amory Tower is a 53-storey residential development delivered on a constrained urban site adjacent to Canary Wharf. The tower combines private and affordable apartments across multiple specification tiers within a slender structural footprint.
The scheme was originally designed for traditional in-situ bathroom construction. During delivery, a decision was made to incorporate prefabricated bathroom pods, requiring the adaptation of pod geometry to an existing layout rather than designing the building around a modular solution.
This required detailed coordination to align pod dimensions, service interfaces, and structural tolerances within a live high-rise design framework while maintaining programme continuity.
Our Solution
Sterchele was engaged from the design development stage to integrate bathroom pod technology into the established architectural and structural layout.
Our involvement included:
- Detailed design coordination to adapt 16 pod typologies to existing apartment configurations
- Interface alignment with structural grids, risers, drainage, ventilation, and containment strategies
- Dimensional review to ensure compatibility with floor-to-floor tolerances and façade constraints
- Factory-controlled manufacture with defined inspection and verification stages
- Sequenced delivery aligned with the tower’s vertical construction programme
- On-site technical presence during installation and commissioning to support coordinated service integration
The bathroom package was incorporated as a controlled modular system within a design not originally configured for pods.
Why Prefabricated Pods Were Effective
On a 53-storey tower with multiple apartment types, prefabrication provided operational control:
- Consolidation of multi-trade bathroom works into a single manufactured unit
- Repeatable installation methodology across varied typologies
- Reduced labour intensity within vertical cores and apartment fit-out zones
- Standardised quality verification prior to delivery
- Installation sequencing aligned with floor-by-floor progression
The bathroom scope transitioned from dispersed trade activity to a coordinated modular installation process within a highly constrained urban site.
Outcome
The integration of prefabricated pods transformed bathroom delivery from variable, multi-trade on-site construction to a structured and repeatable modular process across 487 units.
This supported:
- Programme predictability within a 53-storey build sequence
- Reduced vertical trade congestion during peak installation phases
- Consistent dimensional and finish standards across multiple specification tiers
- Clear interface coordination between pod services and the building’s infrastructure
By integrating design adaptation, manufacture, delivery, and on-site technical support within a single structured scope, the bathroom package was delivered as a coordinated system within a complex high-rise environment.
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