▁part ▁of ▁Central ▁London ' s ▁urban ▁fabric . ▁A ▁place ▁that , ▁by ▁adding ▁lev itated , ▁art ic ulated ▁and ▁colour ful ▁buildings , ▁phys ically ▁express es ▁the ▁people - f oc used ▁and ▁soci ally ▁responsible ▁credentials ▁of ▁modern ▁corpor ate ▁ten ants ." ▁He ▁has ▁said ▁that ▁his ▁design ▁was ▁intended ▁to ▁fragment ▁the ▁outline ▁of ▁the ▁building ▁to ▁make ▁it ▁less ▁impos ing , ▁and ▁that ▁the ▁cer am ic ▁fa ç ades ▁were ▁inspired ▁by ▁the ▁appearance ▁of ▁brick ▁walls ▁and ▁the ▁cases ▁of ▁gu it ars ▁and ▁drum ▁k its ▁in ▁music ▁sh ops ▁in ▁the ▁vic inity . ▁Exp la ining ▁why ▁he ▁chose ▁to ▁make ▁the ▁building ▁so ▁colour ful , ▁he ▁said : ▁" The ▁colour ▁idea ▁came ▁from ▁obser ving ▁the ▁sudden ▁surprise ▁given ▁by ▁brilliant ▁colours ▁in ▁that ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁city . ▁C ities ▁should ▁not ▁be ▁b oring ▁or ▁repet itive . ▁One ▁of ▁the ▁reasons ▁cities ▁are ▁so ▁beautiful ▁and ▁a ▁great ▁idea , ▁is ▁that ▁they ▁are ▁full ▁of ▁surpr ises , ▁the ▁idea ▁of ▁colour ▁represents ▁a ▁joy ful ▁surprise ." ▁The ▁decision ▁to ▁provide ▁a ▁public ly ▁accessible ▁central ▁cour ty ard ▁was ▁made ▁as ▁a ▁conscious ▁rep udi ation ▁of ▁the ▁closed ▁architecture ▁of ▁the ▁old ▁St ▁G iles ▁Court , ▁which ▁P iano ▁described ▁as ▁" a ▁kind ▁of ▁for tr ess ." ▁He ▁has ▁said ▁that ▁the ▁development ' s ▁access ibility ▁will ▁make ▁people ▁warm ▁to ▁it : ▁" As