In the November issue of the CIBSE Journal, the official magazine of the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers, Kent School of Architecture's Dr Henrik Schoenefeldt shares his extensive knowledge of the Palace of Westminster's infrastructure.
Acting as a ‘tour guide’ for Deputy Editor Liza Young, Dr Schoenefeldt explains the challenges faced by those undertaking the building’s restoration.
‘Like a palimpsest, the Palace of Westminster has generations of different systems piled on top of each other. The building evolved so much over a period of 100 years that you have to unravel the layers to understand how and why it changed,’ he says.
The full interview and article can be read here.
Dr Schoenefeldt is Senior Lecturer in Sustainable Architecture in KSA. Since June 2016, he has been seconded to the Houses of Parliament to lead the AHRC-funded research project ‘Between Heritage and Sustainability – Restoring the Palace of Westminster’s nineteenth-century ventilation system’.
