Colour Factory
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The elevation on approach
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Small studio and workshop, situated in the enclosed garden of artists’ collective Colour Factory
The building is a small workshop that provides a studio facility for the delivery of regular and ongoing classes for the local community.
The 25m2 building has relied on the use of a minimal materials palette to maximum effect comprising of a timber and plywood structure clad in translucent, colourful polycarbonate panels that reflect the ethos of the client organisation.
Apertures in the plywood provide pools of coloured light to the interior during the day, and glowing circles of colour to the exterior at night.
Data
- Begun: Aug 2008
- Completed: Oct 2008
- Floor area: 25m2
- Sector: Arts and culture
- Total cost: £15,000
- Funding: Arts' Council, Winchester City Council, Penningtons Solicitors
- Procurement: Management
- Address: 1 Gordon Road, Winchester, SO23 7DD, United Kingdom
Professional Team 
- Architect: Dan Brill Architects
- Project architect: Dan Brill
- Client: The Colour Factory
- Structural engineer: Heyne Tillett Steel
- Cost consultant: Dan Brill Architects
- Main contractor: The Colour Factory
Suppliers
- Carpenter: Andrew Higgins
- Polycarbonate roof and cladding: Rodeca
- Glazing contractor: County Glass