Fitzrovia Arts Hub

In bringing artists back into central London, and connecting them with Fitzrovia’s burgeoning art scene, this building combines artists’ studios with community spaces where local residents can take part in art projects or engage in lifelong learning in a range of skills and subjects. Sculptural light funnels pierce through the communal staircases to provide daylight at lower levels, while a continuous perimeter ramp enables artworks to be brought up and down to the studios. Outside, facing south, is a large open-air fabrication courtyard where artists work alongside each other. For the first project, the chapel on the NoHo site on Mortimer Street is transformed into a huge screen for projection art.





(Left page) Clockwise from top:

 

Ground floor plan,

View 1: shop & cafe,

View 2: exhibition hall,

3D print: light duct

(Right page) Clockwise from left:

3D print: light experiments,

Courtyard elevation, Perspective section: east to west