of the surrounding site and becomes
one of a series of public spaces creating
pedestrian routes from the canal to Dundee
Street.
the basement were re-used to make the
servery counter. Large timber doors were
re-imagined as tables in the café. Bespoke
shop fittings were crafted using plywood,
steel and rubber in a nod to the industrial
heritage
The print studio sits at first floor level in
the expansive triple height former joinery
workshop. Fabric repair works were carried
out as necessary, but the patina of one
hundred and fifty years of occupation
was maintained. Historic joist pockets
within the raw brick walls are retained, the
original muscular cast iron structure and
timber trusses are left exposed, and marks
of previous interior paint colours are left
untouched. Our approach was not to white
wash away the many stories of this space,
but instead allow a new layer of occupation
to add to the ongoing narrative of this
place. In collaboration with visual artist Calum
Colvin, Page \ Park designed one of the
permanent artwork commissions in the
building. The EPscope is a fantastic
synthesis of periscope and kaleidoscope
providing a view from the public café into
the print studio above overlaid with images
of products made by the rubber company.
These objects refract and collide to create
an infinity of patterns that are at once
obtuse and accurate, like a memory.
Where original fabric was no longer
required it was repurposed. Old glazed
bricks found behind layers of plaster in www.pagepark.co.uk/
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