Edinburgh Print factory creative space
Edinburgh Printmakers / Page \ Park Architects
Description from the Architectural Office: The original site of the Edinburgh Printing Factory creative space is the headquarters of Rubber Company (NBRC) in the north of the United Kingdom. The main content of the project is to transform the abandoned building into a multi-functional art complex.
Text description provided by the architects. The Edinburgh Printmakers new creative hub is located within what once was the headquarters of the North British Rubber Company (NBRC). Our project involved the redevelopment of this derelict building into a multi-use arts complex centredaround printmaking production.
architecture's core concept is to allow it to have new functions through precise design strategies and at the same time express the characteristics of the existing building. The NBRC Building is the only preserved building in the 19th century Castle Mills industrial complex. More than 3,000 employees of NBRC have worked here, mainly producing rubber products, including the famous Hunter Welly boots. During World War I, the company produced 1185,036 pairs of rubber boots for the army, when the factory needed to operate 24 hours a day to meet the needs of customers.
Central to the architectural concept was to make precise interventions to facilitate new use while respecting the character and story of the existing building. The NBRC building is the only surviving structure from the once large and important nineteenth century Castle Mills industrial complex. At its height, NBRC employed over three thousand people and produced a vast array of rubber products on site, including the famous Hunter well boot. During the First World War, 1,185,036 pairs of rubber boots were made for the army with the mills running 24 hours a day to keep up with demand.
printing factory creative space contains two exhibition halls, shops, cafes, education spaces, employee offices, environmental control archives rooms, 8 creative industrial units, and 1 large printing studio. The brand new architectural elements fully express the understanding of the characteristics of the heritage. The entrance to the building faces Dundee Street, such an entrance provides public space for Edinburgh creative space, where people can directly access the exhibition halls, reception areas, and shops from the street. The expansion part is located on the back, and the core part of the building also comes to the rear. The architect also designed a central courtyard so that people can communicate and communicate here. The courtyard also solves the problem of reuse of surrounding sites, and forms a series of public places, forming a sidewalk between the canal and Dundee Street.
The Printmakers’ brief included provision of two galleries, shop, café, education space, staff offices, environmentally controlled archives, eight creative industries units and a large print studio. New architectural elements are light of touch and stem from an understanding of the heritage. The bold new entrance onto Dundee Street provides a public face for Edinburgh Printmakers offering views from the street directly in to the galleries, reception and shop. The new extension to the rear subtly shifts the centre of gravity of the building to create a central courtyard around which all building users can meet and interact. The courtyard also addresses the broader redevelopment of the surrounding site and becomes one of a series of public spaces creating pedestrian routes from the canal to Dundee Street.
The expansion part is three-story high. This was once a woodworking studio, and the printing studio is located on the first floor of the expansion part. There will still be some fabric restoration work here, and the architects have retained the long-standing traces of work here. The historical joists in the masonry and stone walls have also been preserved, the original cast iron structure and wood truss are exposed, and the once painted interior has also not been changed. The architect's retention strategy allowed the characteristics of this space to spread, as if in another way, telling the story that once happened here.
The print studio sits at first floor level in the expanding 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 muscle cast iron structure and timber trusts 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.
architecturer re-engineered the part where the original fabric is no longer needed. The ancient glass bricks on the back of the basement plastering layer have been renovated to be used in the dining preparation counter. The large wooden door was demolished and converted into a table in a cafe. The souvenir shop uses plywood, steel, rubber and other materials to express the industrial characteristics of the space.
Whe original fabric was no longer required it was repurposed. Old glazed bricks found behind layers of plastic in 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.
In this project, Page\Park firm worked with visual artist Calum Colvin to design a commissioned art exhibit in the building. The work "EPscope" is a perfect combination of periscope and kaleidoscope, which brings people a perspective from a public café to a printing studio, which is covered with product images from the original rubber company. These images are reflected and refracted to form infinite patterns, and these patterns are accurately and delicately telling the memories here.
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 reflect and colleague to create an infinity of patterns that are at once obtuse and accurate, like a memory.
Architectural design: Page / Park Architects
Location: Edinburgh, UK,
Category: Renovation
Creative architect: Suzy O’ Leary
Page \Park Team: Suzy O’ Leary, Eilidh Henderson, Nicola Walls, David Page
Area: 2650.0㎡
Project time: 2019
Photography: Jim Stephenson
Manufacturer: Flos, Flowcrete, HAY, Johanson Design
Client: Edinburgh Printmakers
Structural Engineering : Will Rudd Davidson
Structural Engineering: Will Rudd Davidson
Fire Protection Engineering: Atelier 10
Project Management: Gardiner and Theobald
Cost Consultant: Doig and Smith
Main Designer: Doig and Smith
General Contractor: Interserve Construction Ltd.
Landscape Contractor: Advance Construction Scotland
Architects: Page / Park Architects
Location: Edinburgh Printmakers, Castle Mills, 1 Dundee Street, Edinburgh, EH3 9FP, United Kingdom
Category: Renovation
Lead Architect: Suzy O’ Leary
Page \Park team: Suzy O’ Leary, Eilidh Henderson, Nicola Walls, David Page
Area: 2650.0 ㎡
Project Year: 2019
Photographs: Jim Stephenson
Manufacturers: Flos, Flowcrete, HAY, Johanson Design
Client: Edinburgh Printmakers
Structural Engineers: Will Rudd Davidson
Structural Engineers: Will Rudd Davidson
Fire Engineers: Atelier 10
Project Management: Gardiner and Theobald
Cost Consultant: Doig and Smith
Principal Designer: Doig and Smith
Main Contractor: Interserve Construction Ltd.
Landscape Contractor: Advance Construction Scotland
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