Pendock Column Casings Chosen For Benedictine Monastery |
Column casings from Pendock have been specified and installed at the heart of a Benedictine Monastery at County Down in Northern Ireland, which is widely accepted as being the first to be constructed there since 1183AD.
The new monastery was designed by Brian Quinn of Belfast based architects Rooney & McConville who specified Pendock column casings for use in the church and chapel interior to conceal the steel structural columns and integrate with the internal design scheme and finish.
Naturally, the monastery’s church is an important place for the monks as a centre of worship and prayer, with the choice of interior layout and décor being central to the relaxed atmosphere created within the building.
The use of natural materials, natural light and sweeping curves in the design, to create a feeling of space and peace, would have been compromised if the steel structural columns around the perimeter had been left bare or just painted. As a result, Pendock’s 24 circular section, oak finished column casings provided a simple solution that blended seamlessly with the interior.
Manufactured from pre-formed plywood, the melamine finish is applied during the shaping process, enabling the finished to be easily installed on site by specialist contractor, Killowen Contracts, using the simple fixings that secure the casing to the structural column.
