A visit to the redevelopment of a 1930’s former furniture warehouse in Hackney by Ian Chalk Architects.
Using CLT panels and glulam beams, the existing four-storey building has been extended to include a new building over the yard as well as a new studio space on the top floor of the main building.
Conceived as a workshop and event space, the new floor level was been designed to promote collaboration featuring a flexible, column free space with four rows of 10m long, north-light, windows maximizing indirect light. To the side of the existing building, a lightweight CLT extension complementing the new sawtooth roof structure sits over the original yard, creating light-filled space for meetings, alongside a new stair and lift core and a new covered entrance to the building.
The project was the winner of the 2022 AJ Retrofit Awards and the 2021 Structural Timber Awards and has been shortlisted for consideration of various RIBA awards.
Tickets £10 available from Evenbrite
The studios are an 8 minute walk from Old Street Tube station, Northern Line from London Bridge.
