Kaleidoscope Project
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The street front with the lowest square windows marking the tall ground floor
A new three-storey building for the Kaleidoscope Project, a Christian-run learning center and detoxification unit for drug users in Kingston Upon Thames
The top-floor houses a residential detoxification unit. On the lower floors are the reception, teaching and training rooms (with IT), a web production unit, recording studio, art studio, meeting rooms and a small exhibition/performance space.
Most clients live at home and come to the centre by day, often on long-term methadone programmes
The building adds to the organisation's presence on the site: a residential block, currently accommodating asylum seekers, a large drop-in café and a church.
Data
- Begun: Nov 2002
- Completed: Nov 2003
- Floor area: 715m2
- Sector: Healthcare
- Total cost: £1.4M
- Funding: Private
- Tender date: Aug 2002
- Procurement: JCT
- Address: 28-46 Cromwell Road, Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey, KT2 6RN, United Kingdom
Professional Team 
- Architect: Grace Architects
- Project architect: James Bryson
- Client: Kaleidoscope Project, Kaleidoscope Housing
- Structural engineer: Atelier One
- M&E consultant: Atelier Ten
- CDM Planning Supervisor: Walker Management
- Main contractor: R Durtnell and Sons
- Project manager: Appleyard and Trew
- Planning supervisor: Appleyard and Trew
- Quantity surveyor: Appleyard and Trew
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