Ideas Factory/ the foundry

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The Midland Bank vault. A huge round polished steel vault door with heavy bolts and a spoked wheel stands open on its hinge, framed in a steel ring in a navy panelled wall with a brass Deco wall light. Through it, a room lined floor to ceiling with brass safe deposit boxes, a small table with two leather chairs and a green-shaded lamp under a lit ceiling panel, on grey stone flags.

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Below ground

Tanking, pool air, a second way out of the speakeasy, a vault door's weight and a safe range.

The card

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Below ground

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The notes

rendered

What a real build would need. Notes for the next stage, not a specification.

  • Full tanking and a pumped sump for the basement
  • Dehumidifying plant for the pool hall
  • Second escape from the speakeasy through the wine cellar
  • Vault door of several tonnes needs designed structure
  • Range baffles, backstop, locked door and interlocked lights

The plates

1 · lift any one out
The Midland Bank vault. A huge round polished steel vault door with heavy bolts and a spoked wheel stands open on its hinge, framed in a steel ring in a navy panelled wall with a brass Deco wall light. Through it, a room lined floor to ceiling with brass safe deposit boxes, a small table with two leather chairs and a green-shaded lamp under a lit ceiling panel, on grey stone flags.
01 · The Midland Bank vault