BIKEWORKS

With bespoke joinery expertly crafted by Constructive and Co, services design by Skelly and Couch, and construction by Sara-Int, FKA were lead designer and CA to deliver an eye-catching fit-out that provides dedicated office and workshop space for an essential community charity. The new Bikeworks hub is located opposite the Lee Valley Velo Park (Velodrome), the spiritual home of British cycling. Innovative features bring delight and function to the project, such as ‘The Penknife’ - a flexible storage wall containing shelving, desk space and a unique curved door and ‘The Gantry’ - a movable soffit containing power, lighting and storage. The scheme is ostensibly a fit-out of a retail unit at the ground floor of the Chobham Manor Estate (built by Taylor Wimpey, designed by PRP). The brief was to design and install new cladding, internal partitions, linings and services and bespoke fitted joinery for Bikeworks. Foster Kirk Architects were selected as one of five Design Partners in London’s Open House Festival 2023. “The festival’s Design Partner award is an accolade that represents both the architectural merit of a project, and the practices that champion genuine public engagement and the social value of architecture.” Zoë Cave, chief curator of Open House Festival